Planet NAS-7450 User Manual

NAS-7450 / NAS-7850 User’s manual Version 1.0.0

9 serial bus  High System Reliability: A dedicated port for each disk drive, providing greater system reliability through individual drive an

993. Change the volume label of the CD/DVD image if necessary. If you want to change the volume label, click the “2. User Define” radio button and e

1005. Set the Mirror CD options if necessary. 6. Click “OK” to start the task. The Task Manager will show the progress. z Ar

101 2. Click the “Build Image” icon on the tool-bar to bring up the “Build Image” wizard. You can click the “Validate” button to check if the

102 4. Name the CD/DVD image to be created. Enter the name in the “Volume label” input-box and click the “Update” button. Pres

1035. Specify the date/time to run the task. Then press “OK”. 6. The Task Manager will show the progress. z Burning Disc

104• High Sierra • Hybrid (ISO+HFS) • Multi-session CD • Mixed Mode CD • UDF V1.5, V2.0

105Appendix C LED Indicators z LED indicator On Off Blink Amber* 1000M link no link 1000M activity Green 100M link no link 100 M activity

106Appendix D Product Specification Hardware Specification for NAS-7450 Specification CPU Intel Celeron 2.0G/1M/533MHz Memory 1GB RAM Flash 1GB

107• Advanced RAID bad sector recovery mechanism • Support smart-signaling UPS, USB UPS and network UPS • Local tape backup with SCSI tape drive sup

108Power Adapter INPUT: 100-240V AC, 3-6A FUSE: 6.3A, 250V Secure Design Lock security slot for HDD prevention Regulatory FCC, CE, RoHS, WEEE co

10HDD Access LED HDD ready LED Description Red on during access Green Blinks Power is being accessed Red on Green Blinks (FAST) RAID building,

109Data Protection • RAID 0,1,5,6,10 and JBOD with global hot-spare and RAID expansion • NAS-to-NAS data synchronization with SmartSync • Advanced

110Humidity: 0% ~ 90%, non-condensing Dimension (L x W x H) 669mm x 480mm x 88mm Weight 16.2kg Power Adapter INPUT: 100-240V AC, 5-8A FUSE: 8A,

11Chapter 2 Installing and Starting NAS system This chapter covers the installation procedure of different form factors of NAS server as well as the

12 Figure 2 4. Slide the hot swap hard disk tray slowly into the chassis, push the outer rim of the tray as

1310. Press the power button on the left hand corner of your NAS server. 11. Wait for the server to boot up. The boot up process takes approximately

14 4. Next, attach the two L-shaped mounting brackets on to a sliding rail. Use the “M4” screws to secure the L-shaped bracket on to the s

15After properly attaching both sliding rails to the rack-mount cabinet, you may slide the rack-mount chassis (mounting) in to the cabinet. Configur

16Configuring the IP addresses using the LCD console 1. After NAS server is boot up, the LCD console shows System Ready. Press the right button.

175. After you edit the last digit of the IP address, press the right button and configure the Subnet Mask address. 6. Repeat Steps 4 to Steps 5 to

182.3 Accessing the Administration Home Page You can configure the detail settings of your NAS server in the administration home pag

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19Chapter 3 Server Configuration This chapter describes how to name the server, specify the server date and time, upgrade the OS firmware, shut down

20Configure from LCD Indicates whether users can configure the server from the LCD console System LCD Banner Indicates the banner text which is disp

21 Shutdown, reboot and startup actions The NAS server can be shut down by pressing the power button twice at the front of the server case. The whol

22occur, the NAS server can shut down itself automatically to prevent potential data loss. To use smart-signaling UPS, connect UPS to the NAS server

23 Note: When utility power fails, the NAS server will always shut down.

243.5 Modifying the Administrator’s Password “Admin” is a built-in user account for the administrator. It is like the “root” account in UNIX or the

25Chapter 4 Network Configuration This chapter details concepts and procedures for configuring the NAS server and establishing the system that can c

26 The “TCP/IP Suite Settings” section shows the various TCP/IP settings of the server. Item Description Port Display Ethernet port #. IP Address

274.2 TCP/IP Settings TCP/IP handles network communications between network nodes that are connected to the network. It is important to setting up c

28 9. Input the “NTP Time Server IP Address” if available. 10. Click “Apply” to save the setting. To disable a LAN port, enter 0.0.0.0 in its “IP ad

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29server will be created as a machine account on the domain controller. And it will use Kerberos as the authentication mechanism, which provides bet

30numbers corresponds to the type of users- Owner, Members of a group and Everyone Else. Number Read (R) Write (W) Execute (X) 0 No No No 1 No

31 Configuring NIS settings The NIS (network information services), formerly known as Yellow Pages, is a UNIX standard for centralizing the manageme

32 Local account authentication: Authenticate user using NAS server’s internal user database. Local and domain authentication: If Windows Network is

33Configuring Macintosh Network Settings 1. Click the “Enable Macintosh Network” (AFP Protocol) checkbox to enable access for AFP client. 2. Select

344. Or, click the “Local and domain account authentication” radio button to use both local account and Microsoft domain security authentication. 5.

354. Or, click “Allow individual user login”. Select “Local account authentication” to authenticate user using the local user database or click the

36Contact: Provide name of the contact person who has the management information of the SNMP agent. Configuring SNMP Settings 1. Click the “Enable

37Configuring Email Settings 1. Click the “Enable SMTP Protocol” checkbox to enable SMTP protocol. 2. Enter the “SMTP Server Address”. 3. Enter an e

384.10 SSL Settings The NAS server enables secure web access by supporting SSL 3.0, both for the user homepage and the administration homepage. To u

3Chapter 1 Introduction...5 1.1 NAS-7450 ove

39Chapter 5 Storage Management This chapter describes how to create a single-disk volume or a RAID volume. It also outlines the steps of deleting a

40Not Ready The volume is not mounted successfully. It is not accessible. Degraded One of the volume members is defective. Data are still intact and

41To change the name of a volume, click its Volume Name hyperlink in the List of Volumes table. It brings to another page for displaying detailed in

42 Item Description JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks. A JBOD-type volume contains only one hard disk as its member. RAID 0 RAID level 0 is disk striping

43performance on the level of RAID 0. Write-Once Volume: When setting a Write-Once volume, you are not allowed to erase or change what you have wr

44clusters in Volume/Disk. All readable data will be placed in new clusters and defective cluster will mark as bad in the file system. All the newly

455.7 Migrating Data Volumes Migrating a data volume is to duplicate a volume block by block. It helps administrators migrate or duplicate data bet

46For NAS-7450 rack mount model: 1. Identify which hard disk fails. The amber LED2 will blink to indicate hard disk failure. 2. Unplug t

471. Click “iSCSI” tab and Click “Add” to create an iSCSI target on the NAS. 2. Enter the iSCSI target information for configuration Item Descripti

48Chapter 6 Security Control This chapter covers how to setting up the security control of the files, folders and shares stored in NAS server. Mana

46.6 Configuring File and Folder Security and ACL... 56 6.7 Managing Quotas ...

49Number of Shares Total number of share created in NAS server. Number of ACL Nodes Total number of ACL node created. ACL tells NAS server which acc

50the name. You can also grant administrator privilege to a local group. Groups with administrator privilege are indicated by a # sign at the suffix

513. Click the “Property” button. 4. If you want to change the password, enter a new password and confirm. 5. If you want to disable this user accou

528. Click “Apply” to save the setting. Filter Rules: 1. User/Group: You can filter windows domain pool displays domain users or domain groups or a

53 To create a list of the UNIX/Linux host: 1. Go to “Security → Account” menu. 2. Click the “UNIX/Linux Host” tab. 3. Enters a single host IP addr

546.5 Creating Share and Assigning Share Permissions You can share a specific folder in any volume created in the NAS server with others on the netw

55 To assign share permission of a share for local account and domain account: 1. Go to “Security → Share” menu. 2. Locate the share and click to as

564. Assign the UID, GID and Permission of this share. It will overwrite the ownership and permission of the mount point once the share is mounted b

57currently accessing, the permission setting do not take immediate effect because of the local handle being used by the user. The new rights will o

58Read Write (RW) – Account is allowed to read and write to the file or folder, but not to delete it. Modify (MO) – Account is allowed to read, writ

5Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 NAS-7450 overview The reliable and high-performance business-class network storage, PLANET NAS-7450 is a 1U 4-Bay rack-m

59 To change owner of a file or folder 1. Go to “Security → File/Folder” menu. 2. If you want to change the owner’s name of the corresponding file a

60Configuring user quota: NAS server supports two types of quotas: user quota and folder quota. User quota monitors the disk space usage of each use

611. Click the “Enable folder quota control” checkbox to enable folder quotas. 2. Click the“Add” to add folder quota to a folder. 3. Click the “Sele

62Chapter 7 User Access The NAS server fits into the network environment as soon as it is properly configured. This chapter describes how to get the

63 1. Please configure the NAS server to operate either in the workgroup mode or the domain mode. Go to the “Network → Windows” menu and select eith

647.3 Accessing from Web Browsers In addition to the administration homepage, the NAS server provides the user homepage for normal users to access d

65NAS server. When the user homepage is opened, it prompts for user name and password. Then it will display all shared folder after user login. The

66 7.4 Accessing from MacOS After setting the NAS server to operate in the workgroup mode or the domain mode, follow the steps below to configure fo

67the server. Once you find the server, click Connect to put it on Desktop. 7.5 Accessing from FTP Clients You can set an FTP home directory in the

68volume01. These will be the accounts which are allowed to login the NAS using ftp software. Note that the Inherited List will be cleared if you un

6 The end-to-end integrity of transferred commands and data can be guaranteed across the serial bus  High System Reliability: A dedicated po

69Once mounted, the /mnt directory will link to volume01 and inherit the same UID, GID and permission as you specify in the configuration steps. The

70Chapter 8 Backup and Recovery 8.1 Snapshot – Fast Point-In-Time Copies Snapshots are read-only copies of file-systems at a specific point in time

712. Viewing Snapshot Information On the page shows the snapshots existing on the volume and their information. “Snapshot Used Space” indicates the

72several snapshots at a time. The NAS server will delete the snapshots one by one. 6. Snapshot Roll-back Snapshot roll-back is to restore the volu

738.2 SmartSync – NAS-to-NAS Data Replication The NAS server is integrated with the SmartSync function for NAS-to-NAS data replication. Two or more

74On the NAS server which acts as the SmartSync client, set up a SmartSync task, which defines the schedule settings and the source folder. To set u

75 The GFS media rotation mechanism is the policy of managing backup versions. The policy is described as below. Basically it wil

76There are four steps to take when adding a SmartSync task. Step 1 is to specify the IP address of the SmartSync server. Step 2 is to choose a sync

77 On the NAS server which acts as the SmartSync client, set up a SmartSync task, which defines the schedule settings and the target folder. To set

78The SmartSync Options When setting up a SmartSync task, you will see the following SmartSync options. • Compress the data stream during data trans

7LAN1 LAN2 Yellow(10M link)、Green(100M link)、Amber(1000M link) HD Access LED HD LED(Power/Fault) Description Red on Green Blinks Powering up Red

79of the system settings to restore. Then click the “Apply” button. A system profile can also be created by the NAS Finder software. To recover from

80• One drive supports 3 partitions. • Please unmeant the USB device before removing, or the data may be damaged

81Chapter 9 Event Logs and System Status This chapter covers the Event Notification and System Status pages. You can collect information about the s

82• Web Reminder* – provides instant notification in the administration homepage. • Email Alert* – provides notification via email. • SNMP Trap* – s

83message and it will directly lead you to the Web Reminder summary menu. Go to “Event → Web Reminder” menu to see a summary of all the critical eve

84the latest figure. Viewing the Open Files In “Status → Open Files” menu, it provides the following information about all the open files on NAS se

85performing tape, SMB, permissions, DISC, and system profiles backup. To create the system folder, please open the “Administration Page” and go

86Chapter 10 Virus Protection Most storage systems are vulnerable to virus attacks. An infected file in you NAS server can be exchanged among the cl

87Last successful update Display the date/time of the last successful virus pattern file update Scan engine version Display the current scan engine

88Scan Settings” on Section 11-3. 2. Click the “Manual” tab to go to the manual scanning page. 3. Click the “Select Folders” hyperlink to specify th

81.2 NAS-7850 overview The reliable and high-performance business-class network storage, PLANET NAS-7850 is a 2U 8-Bay rack-mountable with redundant

891. Click the desire scan file type. 2. If “All file types” is selected, all files regardless to its file extension will be scanned. 3. If “Files w

90 Appendix A Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions Device What kind of OS is used in NAS-7450 / 7850? NAS-7450 / 7850 are equipped with

91RAID device? consist of HD1, HD3, HD5 (all drives connected as “master” devices), and RAID group B should consist of HD2, HD4, HD6 (all drives co

92Security Dose NAS-7450 / 7850 support “file level” security control? NAS-7450 / 7850 can set security permission via ACL (Access Control List) and

93• VGA or higher resolution monitor • Microsoft Windows 95/98/98SE/ME, Windows NT/2000/XP  Installing TCP/IP Protocol for Microsoft Networks NAS

94automatically”. 6. Or, you can specify the IP settings manually. 7. Click “Next” button to go to the next page. 8. Enter the “Server Name, Server

95You can disable this option by choosing “Tool->NAS Finder Options” and un-checking the option - “Open Windows Explorer when NAS Finder starts”.

96view its content. Disc Image: represents a mirrored CD/DVD image. The following are some examples of browsing the servers. Example 1. Content of

97 Save Container: saves data in My Container into a container file. Load Container: loads a container file into My Container. Mirror CD: starts t

98 2. Choose one or more servers as the destination. Select a server in the “Target & File Path” list-box, select “Smart” m