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  • Page 1 User’s Manual N2520/N2560/N4520/N4560 Series v6.2...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademark Notice

    Thecus Technology Corporation is not responsible for any damage or loss of data deemed to be caused by its products. It is highly recommended that users conduct neces- sary back-up practices.

  • Page 3: Safety Warnings

    �o ��T place Thecus IP storage on any uneven surfaces. ¾ �� ��T place Thecus IP storage in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sourc� Thecus IP storage in direct sunlight or expose it to other heat sourc�...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ™ Copyright and Trademark Notice..........ii About This Manual...............ii Limited Warranty.................ii Safety Warnings................iii §Chapter 1: Introduction.............1 1.1 Overview..................1 1.2 Package Contents................1 1.3 Front Panel ..................2 1.4 Rear Panel..................4 §Chapter 2: Hardware Installation..........6 §Chapter 3: System Administration.
  • Page 5 3.3.13 Reboot & Shutdown....................20 3.3.14 File System Check..................... 20 3.3.15 Wake�Up �n LA� (W�L)..................22 3.3.16 S�MP Support (�4520/�4560 �nly)..............22 3.3.17 UI Login Function...................... 22 3.3.18 �etworking......................... 23 3.4 Storage Management..............24 3.4.1 �isks Information......................
  • Page 6 3.7.3 Module Installation..................... 75 3.7.4 �AS Application......................76 3.8 Backup.....................76 3.8.1 Rsync Target Server..................... 76 3.8.2 �ata Guard (Remote Backup).................. 77 3.8.3 �ata Guard (Local Backup)..................88 3.8.4 ACL Backup and Restore................... 102 3.8.5 �ata Burn.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    The Thecus IP storage offers data mobility with a disk roaming feature that lets you swap working hard drives for use in other Thecus IP storage, securing the con- Thecus IP storage, securing the con- , securing the con- tinuity of data in the event of hardware failure.

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    Front Panel • N2520/N2560: The Thecus N2520/N2560’s front panel shows the device’s indicators and hard disk install slots: Front Panel Item Description Blinking white: Diagnostic mode kick-in 1. System status Solid white: Diagnostic completed Blinking white: HDD activity 2. HDD1 LED...
  • Page 9 • N4520/N4560: The Thecus N4520/N4560 front panel shows the device’s indicators, system information and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. Power LED Solid blue: Power on Blinking orange: Diagnostic mode kick-in 2. System status Solid orange: Diagnostic completed 3.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel • N2520/N2560: The N2520/N2560 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. System Fan System fan that exhausts heat from the unit. 2. HDMI For Video/Audio out 3. SPDIF For Audio out 4. LAN Port LAN port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or a router.
  • Page 11 • N4520/N4560: The N4520/N4560 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. System Fan System fan that exhausts heat from the unit. 2. USB Ports USB 2.0 port for compatible USB devices, such as digital cameras, USB disks, and USB printers. 3.

  • Page 12: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you quickly get your Thecus IP storage up and running. Please read it carefully to prevent damaging your unit during installation.
  • Page 13 Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage. N2520/N2560 power button N4520/N4560 power button Chapter 2: Hardware Installation...

  • Page 14: Chapter 3: System Administration

    The Thecus IP storage provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface. With it, you can configure and monitor the Thecus IP storage anywhere on the network. Web Administration Interface Make sure your network is connected to the Internet. To access Thecus IP storage Web Administra- Thecus IP storage Web Administra- Web Administra-...

  • Page 15: My Favorite

    Administrators can add or remove favorite functions to My Favorites by right clicking the mouse on the menu tree. 3.2.2 Control Panel The Control Panel is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of Thecus IP storage. Control Panel Item...

  • Page 16: Message Bar

    3.2.3 Message Bar You can get quick information about your system status by moving your mouse over these icons. Message Bar Item Status Description Display the status of created RAID volume. Click to go to RAID information page as RAID Information. short cut.

  • Page 17: Language Selection

    Information provides viewing on current Product info, System Status, Service Status and Logs. The menu bar allows you to see various aspects of the Thecus IP storage. From here, you can discov- Thecus IP storage. From here, you can discov- .

  • Page 18: System/Service Status

    Hardware Information From the System Management category,, choose the Hardware Information item and the system will display the related HW details for the associated model. Below is an example of the information for a Thecus N2520. 3.3.4 Logs From the System Management category, choose the System Logs item and the System Logs screen appears.

  • Page 19: Syslog Management

    WARN Shows only warning messages. ERROR Shows only error messages. Download All Log File Export all logs to an external file. Truncate All Log File Clear all log files. The number of lines per page Specify desired number of lines to display per page. Sort Ascending Shows logs by date in ascending order.

  • Page 20: System Monitor

    If Server has been selected then associated syslog folder will be used to store all system logs from other NAS devices which has assigned this system for syslog server as well as syslog of this server unit. It can be Syslog service seen from associated syslog folder with files “error”, “Information”...
  • Page 21 For the on-line users list, system monitor will display the on-line users and the share folder they have visited. System Monitor Item Description Save Layout Saving selected monitoring items. Layout will remain the same for future visits. Reset Layout Set back to default monitoring settings and layout. History Click on this check box and system monitor will write the monitoring history to a designate path in the RAID volume.
  • Page 22 Chapter 3: System Administration...

  • Page 23: Time: Setting System Time

    From the System Management category, choose the Time item and the Time screen appears. Set the desired Date, Time, and Time Zone. You can also elect to synchronize the system time on Thecus IP storage with an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server.

  • Page 24: Schedule Power �N/�Ff

    From the System Management category, choose the Schedule Power On/Off item and the Schedule Power On/Off screen appears. To designate a schedule for the Thecus IP storage to turn on and off, first enable the feature by checking the Enable Schedule Power On/Off checkbox.

  • Page 25: Administrator Password

    The backup details exclude user/group accounts. 3.3.12 Factory Default From the System Management category, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset Thecus IP storage to factory default settings. Chapter 3: System Administration...

  • Page 26: Reboot & Shutdown

    Resetting to factory defaults will not erase the data stored in the hard disks, but WILL revert all the settings to the factory default values 3.3.13 Reboot & Shutdown From the System Management category, choose Reboot & Shutdown item, and the Shutdown/Re- boot System screen appears.
  • Page 27 When the file system check is running, the system will show 20 lines of information until it is com- plete. Once complete, the results will be shown at the bottom. The system must be rebooted before Thecus IP storage can function normally after file system check completes.

  • Page 28: Wake�Up �N La� (W�L)

    3.3.15 Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via LAN port. From the System Management category, choose the WOL item, and the Wake-up On LAN screen ap- pears. From here, you can Enable or Disable.

  • Page 29: Etworking

    Input netmask for IPv4 and Prefix length for IPv6. Gateway Gateway for associate NIC. Default gateway It can be chosen from a drop down list of default gateway that’s been used for the Thecus IP storage. • �nly use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting enabled.

  • Page 30: Storage Management

    Frame and will not be able to connect to your Thecus �AS after Jumbo Frame is turned on. Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the Thecus IP storage. It includes storage configuration options such as RAID and disk settings, iSCSI (N4520/N4560) and ISO Mount (N4520/N4560).
  • Page 31 • S2M2A2R2T2 Information On the Disk Information screen, select a disk then click on “Smart” to list the S.M.A.R.T. info of the associated disk. You may also perform a disk SMART test; simply click “Test” to start the SMART test. The result is only for reference and the system will not take any action from its results.

  • Page 32: Bad Block Scan

    From the Storage menu, choose the RAID Management item and the RAID Management screen ap- pears. This screen lists the RAID volumes currently residing in the Thecus IP storage. From this screen, you can get information about the status of your RAID volumes, as well as the capacities allocated for data.
  • Page 33 RAID Level Shows the current RAID configuration. Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy, Degraded, or Damaged. Status Disks Used Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume. Total Capacity Total capacity of the current RAID. Data Capacity Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user data.
  • Page 34 Specify a RAID ID. If this RAID volume is meant to be the Master RAID volume, tick the Master RAID checkbox. In a multiple RAI� configuration, one RAI� volume must be designated as the Master RAI� volume. The Master RAI� volume will store all installed modules.
  • Page 35 Once the Create button has been pressed with the Encryption checkbox enabled, the following message pop-up will appear for confirmation. After the RAID volume has been created, you may remove the USB disk until the next time the system boots. The RAID volume cannot be mounted if the USB disk with the encryption key isn’t found in any system USB port when the volume is accessed.
  • Page 36 Selected the file system you would like to have for this RAID volume. . Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume. Press “Yes” for RAID volume creation preparation. Then click “Finish” to start up with RAID volume building. Chapter 3: System Administration...

  • Page 37: Raid Level

    Building a RAI� volume may be time consuming, depending on the size of hard drives and RAI� mode. In general, if the RAI� volume building process is up to “RAI� Building”, then the data volume is accessible. Creating RAI� destroys all data in the current RAI� volume. The data will be unrecoverable.

  • Page 38: Edit Raid

    Creating RAI� destroys all data in the current RAI� volume. The data will be unrecoverable. • Edit RAID On the RAID Information screen, press the Edit button to go to the RAID Information screen. Using Edit RAID, you can select RAID ID and the Spare Disk. Chapter 3: System Administration...

  • Page 39: Remove Raid

    • Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI created in the selected RAID volume will be deleted. To remove a RAID volume, follow the steps below: On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio button, and click RAID Information to open the RAID Configuration screen.
  • Page 40 • Migrating a RAID(Dose not apply to the N2520/N2560) Once a RAID volume has been created, you may want to move it to other physical drives or change the RAID array all together. To migrate a RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 6 volume, follow the steps below: From the RAID Configuration screen, click Migrate RAID.
  • Page 41 For RAID migration from R1 to R5 or R1 to R6, all services will restart and “iSCSI” volume will be in read only mode but read/write of the “user data” will be possible during the operation. The migration scheme below is based on Thecus IP Storage product’s maximum possible combination. For other model which supports less H��, please refer to the web UI while RAI�...

  • Page 42: As Stacking (�4520/�4560 �Nly)

    3.4.3 NAS Stacking (N4520/N4560 Only) The Thecus IP storage’s capacity can be expanded even further using the stackable function. With it, users can expand the capacity of their network storage systems up to 5 other stack target volumes which are located in different systems. These can be stacked through single network access like SMB or AFP acting as a share folder type.
  • Page 43 Next, input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery button. The system will list available target volumes from the inputted IP address. Once the volume IP has been set, you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights.
  • Page 44 From the figure above, the Stacked Target name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access when settings have been completed. The Browseable setting is the same method used for setting a system share folder. It designates whether or not this folder will be visible through web disk.
  • Page 45 The Public setting will be set the same way as the setting for the system share folder associated with the ACL permission is. If Public is set to Yes, all users will be able to access it, and ACL button will be grayed out.
  • Page 46 In general, if the attached stack target device has been used by another Thecus NAS as stack target volume, then the Format item will be display and system will recognize it straight away and display its capacity.
  • Page 47 D2 Stack Target ACL If the stack target Public setting set to Yes, then the ACL button will be grayed out. However, if Public setting is set to No, then the ACL button will be available for you to setup user access permissions for the stack target.

  • Page 48: Is� Mount (�4520/�4560 �Nly)

    3.4.4 ISO Mount (N4520/N4560 Only) The ISO Mount feature is a very useful tool from the Thecus products. With it, users can mount an ISO file and have the export name display all the details from the mounted ISO file.
  • Page 49 The mounted ISO file will be located in the share folder of the same name as the file. Please refer the screen shot below. Here, the ISO file “Thecus 01” wasn’t assigned a mounting name, so the system automatically created a folder “Thecus 01”.

  • Page 50: Iscsi (�4520/�4560 �Nly)

    Click this to modify the iSCSI Target. Advanced There are 3 options (iSCSI CRC/Checksum, Max Connections, Error Recovery Level) These currently allow the Admin to Enable/Disable the Thecus IP storage associated with the iSCSI setting. Delete Click this to delete the iSCSI Target.
  • Page 51 To allocate space for an iSCSI target on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: Under the iSCSI Target List, select iSCSI Target then click Add. The Create iSCSI Volume screen appears. Create iSCSI Volume Item Description iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume.
  • Page 52 Username Enter a username. Password Enter a password. Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password RAID ID ID of current RAID volume. LUN Allocation Two modes can be choose from: Thin-provision: iSCSI thin-provisioning shares the available physical capacity to multiple iSCSI target volumes. It allows virtual capacity to be assigned to targets prior to adding physical space when it has run out.
  • Page 53 Modify your settings. Press ok to change. • Expand Volume The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space (Instant Allocation mode only). From the volume list, simply select the iSCSI volume you like to expand and click the Expand button: Chapter 3: System Administration...

  • Page 54: Delete Volume

    You will then see the dialog box displayed below. Drag the Expand Capacity bar to the size you want. Then press Expand to confirm the operation. • Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: Under the Volume Allocation List, click Delete.
  • Page 55 Press YES. All data in the volume will be removed. • iSCSI Thin-Provisioning If iSCSI Thin-Provisioning is selected when creating an iSCSI target volume, virtual memory is as- iSCSI target volume, virtual memory is as- virtual memory is as- signed to the target, allowing the physical memory to reach maximum capacity and adding new disks only when needed.
  • Page 56 From the LUN ACL setting screen click “Add”: Next, input “Initiator iqn” and setup iSCSI target volume access privileges from the available list. Apply by clicking the OK button. The accessible Initiator will be listed as shown in the screen shot displayed below. Chapter 3: System Administration...

  • Page 57: Advance Option

    • Advance Option There are 3 available options for the user to operate Thecus IP storage associated with iSCSI setting. The details are listed in the following screenshot. If the options are modified, the system will need to reboot for the changes to take place.

  • Page 58: File Sharing/Privilege

    If you have a Windows Active Directory Server (ADS) to handle the domain security in your network, you can simply enable the ADS support feature; the Thecus IP storage will connect with the ADS server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically. From the Accounts menu, choose Authentication item and the ADS Support screen appears.

  • Page 59: Local User Configuration

    Specifies the ADS server name (e.g. adservername). ADS Realm Specifies the ADS realm (e.g. example.com). Administrator ID Enter the administrators ID of Windows Active Directory, which is required for Thecus IP storage to join domain. Administrator Password Enter the ADS Administrator password.

  • Page 60: Add Users

    Local User Configuration Item Description Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local users. Press the Edit button to modify a local user. Edit Press the Remove button to delete a selected user from the system. Remove •...

  • Page 61: Local Group Configuration

    • Edit Users Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. Click on the Edit button, and the Local User Setting screen appears. From here, you can enter a new password and re-enter to confirm, or use the << or >> but- tons to have this user join or leave a group.

  • Page 62: Add Groups

    Local Group Configuration Item Description Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups. Press the Edit button to modify a selected group from the system. Edit Remove Press the Remove button to delete a selected group from the system. •...

  • Page 63: Batch Users And Groups Creation

    Batch Users and Groups Creation The Thecus IP storage can also add users and groups in batch mode. This enables you to convenient- Thecus IP storage can also add users and groups in batch mode. This enables you to convenient- can also add users and groups in batch mode.

  • Page 64: Share Folder

    3.5.5 Share Folder From the File Sharing/Privilege menu, choose Share Folders, and the Shared Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folders on the Thecus IP storage volume. • Adding Folders On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to add a folder.

  • Page 65: Remove Folders

    you to change folder information. After entering the information, press Apply to save your changes. Modify Folder Item Description Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Public Admit or deny public access to this folder. Press Apply to create the folder. Apply •...
  • Page 66 • NFS Share (N4520/N4560 Only) To allow NFS access to the share folder, enable the NFS Service, and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add. NFS Share Item Description Hostname Enter the name or IP address of the host Privilege Host has either read only or writeable access to the folder.
  • Page 67 • Samba Configuration On the Folder screen, press the Samba button and the Samba Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to setup samba configuration for associated folder. After entering the information, press Apply to activate input settings. Samba Configuration Item Description RAID ID...
  • Page 68 ACL setting Item Description Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Read Only Provides Read Only access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Writable Provides Write access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Recursive Enable to inherit the access right for all its sub-folders.

  • Page 69: User Quota

    3.5.6 User Quota The Thecus IP storage support local or AD users with storage quota limitations in each RAID volume of the system. To enable this function, simply click “Enable”, then apply. Next, each user can be setup a global storage quota size for each RAID volume. Simply click on “Quota Size”...

  • Page 70: User And Group Backup

    3.5.7 User and Group Backup The user and group backup feature allow system users and groups to be backed up to another location and be restored if needed. Please note, when restoring previous backup users and groups, the current users and groups list will be replaced from this restore file’s contents.
  • Page 71 A description of each item follows: LDAP Support Item Description LDAP Service Enable or Disable LDAP service. LDAP Server IP Input LDAP server IP address. Base Domain Input base domain information ex. dc=tuned, dc=com, dc=tw Manager Input manager’s name. Password Input manager’s password Click Apply to save your changes.

  • Page 72: Network Service

    • Samba is Native mode The Thecus IP storage is supported Samba mode options. In the ADS environment with “Native” mode selected then Thecus IP storage is capable to become local master position. •...
  • Page 73 Simply enable the “Recycle Bin” function and “Recycle Folder Display” then all of deleted files/folders will reside in the “_NAS_Recycle_(Associated RDID Volume)” share folder. For example, the system has created 2 RAID volumes with ID “RAIDpm” and ‘RAID”. Then it will have 2 recycle bin folder appear as “_NAS_Recycle_RAID”...

  • Page 74: Afp (Apple �Etwork Setup)

    If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks and is assigned with multiple zones, assign a zone name to the Thecus IP storage. If you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to use the default setting.

  • Page 75: Fs Setup (�4520/�4560 �Nly)

    From the System Network menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Support screen appears. The Thecus IP storage can act as an NFS server, enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite NFS clients. Press Apply to confirm your settings.

  • Page 76: Tftp (�4520/�4560 �Nly)

    3.6.5 TFTP (N4520/N4560 Only) Thecus IP storage can act as a TFTP server, enabling users to download and upload files with their favorite TFTP programs. From the System Network menu, choose the TFTP item, and the TFTP screen appears. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings.

  • Page 77: Upnp

    This device supports UPnP Media server, which allows users to play media files with UPnP client (ex. DMA devices). Enable or disable Universal Plug and Play protocol. UPnP helps to find the IP address of Thecus IP storage. 3.6.8 Bonjour Setting Bonjour, is Apple Inc.

  • Page 78: Ssh

    3.6.9 The device is now SSH protocol supported. It allows user to use SSH and have console to manipulate as needed. The SSH default login user name is “root” with full privilege and password is admin’s pass- needed. The SSH default login user name is “root” with full privilege and password is admin’s pass- “root”...

  • Page 79: Upnp Port Management

    A description for each item as following: DDNS Item Description DDNS Service Enable or disable DDNS service. Register Choose the service provider from the drop down list. User name Input user name with DDNS registry. Password Input password with DDNS registry. Domain name Input domain name with DDNS registry.
  • Page 80 And click “Add Rule” to add more port mapping from Internet to access desired services or press “Refresh” to get most updated list. A description for each item as following: UPnP Port Management Item Description Start port Specific port number starts with. End port Specific port number ended Protocol...

  • Page 81: Application Server

    Rescan interval in seconds. MP3 Tag Encode Specify tag encoding for MP3 files stored in Thecus IP storage. All ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF-8 for- Thecus IP storage. All ID3 tags will be sent out in UTF-8 for- .

  • Page 82: As Application

    Click on NAS Application from the Application Server category, it will list the current system software and official application status. Backup There are a number of ways to back up data with the Thecus IP storage. 3.8.1 Rsync Target Server When it comes to backing up your data, it’s very important to have flexibility.

  • Page 83: Ata Guard (Remote Backup)

    Enable Rsync Target Server Add a username and password (they can be different than your NAS’s username and password) Select Apply You will need this user name and password while the data is going to remotely backup to this Rsync target server. Now Rsync is turned on your NAS, which means it can be used as a target for Rsync backup, in other words, only the backup NAS needs to be activated in this way.
  • Page 84 Then 3 different selections appear and can be chosen from: Remote Data backup Item Description Full Backup The “Full backup” will have all shares from source backup to destination. It could also create shares automatically from destination if it is not existent. This only applies if the target server is the same model as the source.

  • Page 85: Full Backup

    • Full Backup Click on full backup and the setup screen appear as below. Fill in the remote target IP (Destination) and port (need to be changed only if this port is already in use). If encryption is required then enable it. Please make sure the associated target server also has encryption enabled.
  • Page 86 -Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description Task Name This is how this task will appear in the task list. Backup Type Real time: It will backup folders/files from source to target on the fly. On the other hand, any changes from the source will back up to the target right away.
  • Page 87 From the task list, you can now see the newly added task “fullback01”. The backup is setup as “real time”. From the status field, “Processing” can be read as the back-up is performed on the fly. • Custom Backup The custom backup setting is similar to the full backup. The only differences are explained below: Inputs the share folder name of target sever where the source is going to backup.
  • Page 88 Click “Next” and more setting appears. These are the as the settings for “Full backup” Click “Finish” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below. From the task list, you can now see the newly added “customback01”. This backup is setup as “schedule”.
  • Page 89 • iSCSI Backup If the source unit contains iSCSI volume, it can be backed up to the target unit as a single file. The procedure is the same as for the previous “Full backup” and “Custom backup”, select “iSCSI backup” from data guard wizard.
  • Page 90 Click “Finish” and the data guard task will appear in the list as shown below. From the task list, you can now see the newly added “iscsiback”. This backup is setup as “schedule”. The source folder name will use iSCSI_+target volume name. So here it is displayed as “iSCSI_pmtest”.
  • Page 91 • Restore NAS Configuration This is a useful feature if the system configuration needs to be restored to a brand new unit. Let’s go thru the following example to see how it works. The original source system has 3 RAID volume, “RAID”, ‘RAID10” and “RAID20”, and has backed up the system configurations to the target server.
  • Page 92 Click “Next” and a screen will appear as shown below. It has the listed available system configuration backup files. Select the one you want and click next. You also have the option to download the current system configuration before restoring from the backup file. After clicking “Next”, a screen will appear as shown below.
  • Page 93 The backup configuration has different numbers of RAID volume than the current system (3 vs 1). It can be kept as the RAID volume mapping arranged by the system, then carry on to click “Finish”. This means that all 3 RAID volumes configuration such as share folder etc. will all restore to the current unit in the RAID volume “RAID”.

  • Page 94: Ata Guard (Local Backup)

    3.8.3 Data Guard (Local Backup) The Thecus product provides complete backup solution between Thecus NAS systems as well as between folders of local systems. Remote Data backup Item Description Add a new task. Edit Edit selected task. Remove Remove selected task.
  • Page 95 Local Data backup Item Description Import This is associated with external devices which are added to the system such as USB disk. You can select a folder from an external device and import it to the NAS as a share folder. Copy Copy folder to folder or NAS folder to external device or external device to NAS folder.
  • Page 96 imported them to the NAS under the RAID60volume. Next, please select the path from the drop down list to save the log. Also, give the access permission whether these selected folders will be “Public” or not after the import. Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confi rmation. If a share name already exists for the im- s and check the “Accept”...
  • Page 97 Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task . And that the system has created 2 new share folders from the task just created. Copy: click on “Copy” and this screen appears. 3 different options can be selected, folder to folder, folder to external device or external device to folder.
  • Page 98 • Folder to Folder • Folder to external device • External device to Folder Chapter 3: System Administration...
  • Page 99 Let’s take “Folder to External device” as an example. In the source pane, select the desired RAID volume and its associated folder list will appear; same method in the target pane for the associated external device. Select a folder from the source pane which is going to be copy over, then select in target pane it’s destination.
  • Page 100 Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task. Realtime Backup: click on “Realtime Backup” and this screen will appear. 2 different options can be selected from, folder to folder, folder to external device. Let’s take “Folder to Folder”...
  • Page 101 Next, fill in the task name and related settings. Chapter 3: System Administration...
  • Page 102 Realtime Backup Item Description Task Name Input the task name, length limited to 4~12 characters. Sync Type Select “Incremental” or “Synchronize”. Backup Symbolic Link Choose to backup symbolic link which is included in the source. Filter The filter can be set to be executed only in certain circumstances. If none of them has been selected, it will do the real time backup from the source to the destination in full.
  • Page 103 Schedule Backup: click on “Schedule Backup” and this screen will. 2 different choices can be selected from, folder to folder, folder to external device. Let’s use “Folder to External device” backup for our example. From the NAS volume RAID in the Source pane select the folder “NAS_Public”, then in the target pane select the external USB disk folder “N10850”.
  • Page 104 Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. Now, you will see in the data guard task list that you have created a task. iSCSI Backup: click on “iSCSI Backup” and screen appear as below. It can be backup to two different storage pool, iSCSI to folder, iSCSI to external device. Chapter 3: System Administration...
  • Page 105 Let’s take example to have “iSCSI to Folder” backup, from existed iSCSI volume “iSCSI_iscsiv502” to volume RAID folder “andy_local”. The source pane listed “iSCSI_iscsiv502” and “iSCSI_iscsiv50” where are iscsi volume has existed in this system with name “iSCSI_+iscsi target volume name”. Next, provide the task name and where the task log will store.
  • Page 106 task list will have created task listed. To start the iSCSI volume backup, select the task and click “Start” from task bar. Once “Start” click, the associated iSCSI volume will not allow to I/O during backup processing. And the task status will change to ‘Processing”. States change to “Finish”...
  • Page 107 iSCSI Import: click on “iSCSI Import” and screen appear as below. It can be imported from two different storage pools, folder to iSCSI or external device to iSCSI. It is depend on where iSCSI volume has backup to. Let’s take example to import “RAID folder to iSCSI” which is the iSCSI volume we have backup earlier to RAID volume folder andy_local than import to volume RAID.

  • Page 108: Acl Backup And Restore

    Next, provide where the task log will store. Reading the note and check on “Accept” for confirmation. Now, from the data guard task list will have created task listed. 3.8.4 ACL Backup and Restore The ACL backup and restore feature enables the system ACL (Access Control List) to be backed up on the RAID volume based to other location and restored if needed.
  • Page 109 For the ACL restore, it can be restored in the same system or used in another unit. For example, let’s restore the ACL backup file to another unit. This unit has a RAID volume “RAIDpm” with share folders as listed on right hand screen shot. After inputting the ACL backup file and clicking the “Next”...

  • Page 110: Ata Burn

    3.8.5 Data Burn The data burn is featured to support 3 different modes of data burning for files/folders to and from image file and physical optical disk. The 3 different modes are “Write Files/folders to disc”, “Write image to disk” and “Write files/folders to image”.
  • Page 111 Select from the installed USB burning devices. Please click the “detect disc” button to check the status once the disc is inserted. Select the burning speed from the drop down list. Select whether disc data verification is required or not. Click “Burn”...
  • Page 112 Select the ISO file. Select from the installed USB burning devices. Please click the “detect disc” button to check the status once the disc is inserted. Select the burning speed from the drop down list. Select whether disc data verification is required or not. Click “Burn”...

  • Page 113: External Devices

    The Thecus IP storage supports printer server and UPS via USB interface. The integrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer with all users on the network. For the UPS, Thecus IP storage support via USB, Series and Network interface. The following section shows you how.

  • Page 114: Windows Xp Sp2

    Click Next. Click Finish. �ote that if a multi�function (all�in�one) printer is attached to the Thecus IP Storage, usually only the printing and fax functions will work. �ther features, such as scanning, will probably not function.
  • Page 115 Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. Select The printer that I want isn’t listed. You can press The printer that I want isn’t listed to go into next page without waiting for Searching for available printers to finish. Click Select a shared printer by name.
  • Page 116 Type http://<Thecus_NAS>:631/printers/usb-printer in the box, where <Thecus_NAS_IP> is the IP address of Thecus IP storage. Click Next. Select or install a printer and then press OK. Windows will attempt to connect to the printer. You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box.
  • Page 117 Done! Click Finish. Chapter 3: System Administration...

  • Page 118: Uninterrupted Power Source

    3.9.2 Uninterrupted Power Source From the External Devices menu, choose the Uninterrupted Power Source item and the UPS Setting screen appears. Make any changes you wish, and press Apply to confirm changes. See the following table for a detailed description of each item. UPS Setting Item Description...

  • Page 119: Appendix A: Customer Support

    Appendix A: Customer Support ™ If you are still experiencing problems with your Thecus IP storage, or require a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), feel free to contact technical support via our Technical Support Website: http://www.thecus.com/sp_tech.php Customers in the US should send all technical support enquiries to the US contact window included in the following web page: http://www.thecus.com/sp_tech.php...

  • Page 120: Appendix B: Raid Basics

    • RAID Levels The Thecus IP storage supports standard RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD. You choose a RAID level when you create a system volume. The factors for selecting a RAID level are: Š...
  • Page 121 RAID. Since multiple disks are accessed at the same time, disk strip- ing enhances performance. The stripes can vary in size. Disk Usage When all disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, Thecus IP storage disk usage percentage is Appendix B: RAID Basics...
  • Page 122 listed below: RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 100% RAID 1 1/n x 100% RAID 5 (n-1)/n x 100% (n-2)/n x 100% RAID 6 RAID 10 JBOD 100% n: HDD number Appendix B: RAID Basics...

  • Page 123: Appendix C: Active Directory Basics

    ADS lets Thecus IP storage integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office environment. This means the Thecus IP storage is able to recognize your office users and passwords on the ADS server. Other major benefits ADS support provides include: Easy integration of Thecus IP storage into the existing office IT infrastructure The Thecus IP storage acts as a member of the ADS.

  • Page 124: Appendix D: Licensing Information

    Public License. Please see THE GNU General Public License for extra terms and conditions of this license. Source Code Availability Thecus Technology Corp. has exposed the full source code of the GPL licensed software. For more information on how you can obtain our source code, please visit our web site, http://www.thecus. com.
  • Page 125 • CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell. Com, Inc. Permission is granted to use CGIC in any application, commercial or noncommercial, at no cost. HOWEVER, this copyright paragraph must appear on a “credits” page accessible in the public online and offline documentation of the program.
  • Page 126 the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights. We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software.
  • Page 127 warranty protection in exchange for a fee. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Sec- tion 1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
  • Page 128 ware interchange; or, Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine- readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange;...
  • Page 129 If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agree- ment or otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the conditions of this License.
  • Page 130 rivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally. NO WARRANTY BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS"...

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