Thecus N2800 N4800 Series User’s Manual
10 Front Panel N2800: The Thecus N2800’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1. P
100 iTunes® Server With the built-in iTunes server capability, Thecus IP storage enables digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the netwo
101 Auto Module Installation Choose the Auto Module Installation item and the available system Module screen appears. The default for this module l
102 Auto Module Source List Item Description Installed Status of module Name Module name Version The version of the released module Description The
103 When it comes to backing up your data, it’s very important to have flexibility. Data guard provides you with many options, including full backup
104 Remote Data backup Item Description Add Add new task. Edit Edit select task. Remove Remove select task Start If associated task has been setu
105 Remote Data backup Item Description Full Backup The “Full backup” will have all shares from source backup to destination. It could also create s
106 After the settings are complete, please click on “Connection Test”. The source unit will try to connect with the associated target system. If a
107 -Fill out all the necessary details and choose your parameters Add Rsync Backup Task Item Description Task Name This is how this task will appea
108 The custom backup setting is similar to the full backup. The only differences are explained below: 1. Inputs the share folder name of target seve
109 4. 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 “customba
11 N4800 Series: The Thecus N4800 Series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.Pow
110 2. Select the iSCSI target volume which you wish to back up to the target server. 3. Click “Next” and more settings will appear. It is slightl
111 4. 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 “iscsibac
112 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 fo
113 2. Click on “Restore NAS Configuration” and the screen shown below will appear. Input the target server’s IP address where the system configu
114 4. After clicking “Next”, a screen will appear as shown below. Listed on the left hand side, you will see the configuration backup details whic
115 The current system has 2 RAID volumes, “RAID” and “RAIDa”. Select the RAID volume from the backup configuration volume list which is going to be
116 After inputting the ACL backup file and clicking the “Next” button, the system will show another screen to list the matched folders in between
117 1. Write Files/folders to disc a. Click the Add button and the NAS share list appears. b. Select files/folders which you would like
118 d. Select the burning speed from the drop down list. e. Select whether disc data verification is required or not. f. Click “Burn” to star
119 a. Click the Add button and the NAS share list will appear. b. Select the files/folders which you would like to burn. All of the selected fold
12 Rear Panel N2800: The N2800 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. eSATA Port eSATA port for high-speed exte
120 When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you to create a DB file. Click Yes. 1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add
121 4. Click Next and in the Backup Type, Destination, and Name page, specify a backup location using the Browse button. 5. Find and select the d
122 If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail. If your print jobs seem to be locked up, pressing the Remove All Documen
123 2. Click the right mouse button in anywhere on the Printers folder and then select Add Printer. 3. Select Add a network, wireless
124 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. 5. Cl
125 8. You can choose to set this printer as the default printer by checking the Set as the default printer box. Click Next to continue.
126 Uninterrupted Power Source From the External Devices menu, choose the Uninterrupted Power Source item and the UPS Setting screen appears. Make an
127 The Thecus IP storage also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port. Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to Thecus IP storage, you
128 Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account 1. Go to http://www.dyndns.org from your home PC. 2. Click on the Sign Up Now link. 3. Check the Check boxes,
129 Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50 or RAID 60 you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thec
13 N4800 Series: The N4800 Series rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1. Power Connector For connect the pow
130 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your network IP address and have no physical access to the system, you can
131 Problems with Time and Date Settings The administrator is able to select an NTP Server to keep Thecus IP storage time synchronized. However, if T
132 Chapter 7: Updates for FW v2.03.01 Changes for FW v2.03.01 - Modifed the Status layout in the System Information category - Added Hardware Infor
133 Disk Information From the Storage menu, choose the Disk Information item and the Disk Information screen appears. From here, you can see various
134 Disks Information Item Description Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA hard
135 You may also perform a disk SMART test (doesn’t apply to SAS HDD); simply click “Test” to start the SMART test. The result is only for reference
136 more) can be noticed in disk read/write speeds. Current Pending Sector Current count of unstable sectors (waiting for remapping). The raw value
137 Remote Data backup Item Description Add Add a new task. Edit Edit selected task. Remove Remove selected task. Start Click on start to start a
138 Local Data backup Item Description Import This is associated with external devices which are added to the system such as USB disk. You can selec
139 Click on the associated external device and the contain folders will be listed. Select the folders that are going to be imported to the NAS and
14 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Overview Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter
140 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 “P
141 For esample, if the NAS RAID volume “RAID60” already has a folder named “Intel_Graphics_V614105398_XP”, the import folder will then be rename to:
142 Folder to Folder Folder to external device External device to
143 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 appe
144 Choosing the sync type, “Incremental” or ‘Sync”, and select the log path from the drop menu list. Read the notes and chec
145 3. Realtime Backup: click on “Realtime Backup” and this screen will appear. 2 different options can be selected from, folder to folder, folder t
146 Realtime Backup Item Description Task Name Input the task name, length limited to 4~12 characters. Sync Type Select “Incremental” or “Synchron
147 Now, you can see in the data guard task list that your created task is listed. The task status will say “Processing” untill the “Stop” button is
148 Read the notes and check the “Accept” box for confirmation. Now, you will see in the data guard task
149 5. 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 e
15 3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the Thecus IP storage. ▲ ▲
150 Reading the note and check on “Accept” for confirmation. Now, from the data guard task list will have created task listed.
151 6. iSCSI Import: click on “iSCSI Import” and screen appear as below. It can be imported from two different storage pools, f
152 Next, provide where the task log will store. Reading the note and check on “Accept” for confirmation. Now, from the dat
153 Appendix A: Customer Support If your Thecus IP storage is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 6: Troubleshooting, located
154 Appendix B: RAID Basics Overview A Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is an array of several hard disks that provide data security and h
155 This is excellent for complete data security. RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data security and it is best suited for networks that perform many small I/O
156 Stripe Size The length of the data segments being written across multiple hard disks. Data is written in stripes across the multiple hard disks o
157 Appendix C: Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large database/informat
158 Appendix D: Licensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public
159 CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. P
16 Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the T
160 modified by someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced b
161 copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program
162 though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code. 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute th
163 permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body of th
17 6. Name your Thecus IP storage and configure the network IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the T
18 8. Finished! Access the Thecus IP storage Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another Thecus
19 Link Aggregation Current Link Aggregation status System Fan Current system fan status. CPU Fan Current CPU fan status 2009/05/22 12:00 Current sys
2 Copyright and Trademark Notice Thecus and other names of Thecus products are registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp. Microsoft, Windows, a
20 Next, administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their RAID volume. You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the
21 Chapter 4: System Administration Overview The Thecus IP storage provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface. With it, you can confi
22 Following the disclaimer page, you will see the Web Administration Interface. From here, you can configure and monitor virtually every aspect of t
23 Menu Bar The Menu Bar is where you will find all of the information screens and system settings of Thecus IP storage. The various settings are p
24 Message Bar You can get quick information about your system status by moving your mouse over these icons. Message Bar Item Status Description
25 System Information Information provides viewing on current Product info, System Status, Service Status and Logs. The menu bar allows you to see va
26 Up Time Shows how long the system has been up and running. Service Status Item Description AFP Status The status of the Apple Filing Protocol ser
27 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 Sho
28 Syslog Management Generates system log to be stored locally or remotely, it also can be chose to act as syslog server for all other devices. The
29 “error”, “Information” and “warning”. If client has been selected then “Local” or “Remotely” can be choose. Target Choose Local, all system lo
3 Safety Warnings For your safety, please read and follow the following safety warnings: Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up y
30 If graphic mode is chosen, 3 minutes of information is displayed on the x-axis. A resume of the information is displayed by dragging the mouse ove
31 System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your Thecus IP storage system administ
32 Notification configuration From the menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notification Configuration screen appears. This screen lets yo
33 Follow the steps below to upgrade your firmware: 1. Use the Browse button to find the firmware file. 2. Press Apply. 3. The buzzer wil
34 System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and will not shut down unless powered down manually. You may also choose two on times or two off times
35 Upload Import a saved configuration file to overwrite the current system configuration. Factory Default From the menu, choose the Factory D
36 To perform a file system check, click Apply. Once clicked, the following prompt will appear: Click Yes to reboot the system.
37 Click Start to begin the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot the system. When the file system check is running, the system will show 20 li
38 From the menu, choose the WOL item, and the Wake-up On LAN screen appears. From here, you can Enable or Disable. Wake-up On LAN Configuration It
39 System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings to an on board network port or additional NIC as well as DHCP
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40 compatible list. Therefore, the screen shown above is an example of a Thecus N16000 with 3 on board GbE NIC and an additionally Intel PRO/1000 PT
41 DHCP/RADVD Server Configuration A DHCP/RADVD server can be configured to assign IP addresses (IPv4) or Prefix (IPv6) to devices connected to the
42 The associated screen shot will appear after the “+” is clicked. Select from available network port then move over to selected box. Click “L
43 Link1 Configuration Status Specifies the network ports being used with the associated link aggregation. Click on to modify th
44 To modify or delete LINK1, go to Link Aggregation setting page. Click on to modify the settings or click on to delete this link aggregation
45 hard disks. A blank line indicates that a hard disk is not currently installed in that particular disk slot. Disks Information Item Descri
46 S.M.A.R.T. Information Item Description Tray Number Tray the hard disk is installed in. Model Model name of the installed hard disk. Power ON Ho
47 On the Disk Information screen, you may also perform disk bad block scan, simply click “Click to start” to start the scan. The result is only for
48 Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk. . RAID Configurations Item Description Disk N
49 To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. On the RAID Information screen, clicks create. 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set th
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50 4. If this RAID volume is meant to be the Master RAID volume, tick the Master RAID checkbox. 5. Selected whether the RAID volume wil
51 We strongly recommended copying the RAID volume encryption key to a safe place. You can find the encryption key file from the USB disk in the foll
52 9. Press Submit to build the RAID storage volume. 10. Press “Yes” for RAID volume creation preparation. Then click
53 RAID Level You can set the storage volume as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 (depending on model). Level
54 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 RAI
55 2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID. 3. A confirmation screen will appear, you will have to click “Yes” to complete the “Rem
56 Expanding a RAID(Dose not apply to the N2800) To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, follow the steps below: 1. Replace one of the hard
57 Here is a list of limitation with RAID level migration function: 1. During RAID level migration, it is not permitted to reboot or shutd
58 Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes: To From RAID 0 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 1 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3 [RAID 1] HDD
59 Next, input the target IP address of the stackable device and click the Discovery button. The system will list available target volumes from the
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60 From the figure above, the Stacked Target name is “pmmeeting”. The figures below show the result before and after via Microsoft Network Access wh
61 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
62 With this newly attached stack target device, you will see the information displayed and also have access to several options to choose from. I
63 The ACL settings will be exactly the same as the system folder that you may have setup previously. E. Reconnect a Stack Target This is used t
64 ISO Mount 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 disp
65 To mount the new ISO file, select one file from the list of files and input the desired mounting name into the “Mount as:” field. Click “ADD” to
66 You can click “Unmount” to eliminate a mounted ISO file. B. Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located in the share folder of the same n
67 On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to add a folder. After entering the informati
68 Modify Folder Item Description RAID ID RAID volume where the folder will reside. Folder Name Enter the name of the folder. Description Provide a
69 NFS Share To allow NFS access to the share folder, enable the NFS Service, and then set up hosts with access rights by clicking Add. NFS Shar
7 Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus IP Storage Server. The Thecus IP storage is an easy-to-use storage server that a
70 share (root:root). Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user (nobody:nogroup) on NAS. All user on guest system will be mapp
71 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-f
72 2. From the drop down select the group you would like to search for the user in. 3. Click Search. iSCSI You may specify the space all
73 iSCSI Target To add iSCSI target volume, click iSCSI with associated RAID volume from its drop down list and select the desired RAID volume. i
74 Create iSCSI Volume Item Description iSCSI Target Volume Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume. Target Name Name of the iSCSI Target. This
75 LUN ID Specific Logic unit ID number. iSCSI Block size The iSCSI block size can be set under system advance option, default is 512 Bytes. [ 4K ]
76 2. Modify your settings. Press ok to change. Expand Volume The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space (Instant Alloc
77 Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume Allocation List, click Delete. The
78 Next, allocate capacity for the iSCSI thin-provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size. After the size has been determ
79 From the LUN ACL setting screen click “Add”: Next, input “Initiator iqn” and setup iSCSI target volume access pri
8 Thecus IP storage supports multiple RAID volumes on one system. So, you can create RAID 0 for your non-critical data, and create RAID 1,5,6,50 or 6
80 The listed “Initiator iqn” can be modified or deleted by selecting the desired iqn and pressing Modify or Delete. Advan
81 Max Connections The maximum number of iSCSI connections. Error Recovery Level The Error Recovery Level (ERL) is negotiated during a leading iSCS
82 A description of each item follows: ADS/NT Support Item Description Work Group / Domain Name Specifies the SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Domain Name
83 AD Domain Example Item Information Work Group / Domain Name domain ADS Support Enable ADS Server Name Computer1 ADS Realm Domain.local Administrat
84 3. Enter a User ID number or leave blank to use the system default value. 4. Enter a password in the Password box and re-enter the password
85 Remove Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on Remove button and the user is deleted from the
86 Local Group Configuration Item Description Add Press the Add button to add a user to the list of local groups. Edit Press the Edit button to modi
87 Edit Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. 2. Press the Edit button to modify the members in a
88 Batch Users and Groups Creation The Thecus IP storage can also add users and groups in batch mode. This enables you to conveniently add numerous
89 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 functi
9 Package Contents N2800 The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items: System Unit x1 QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1 C
90 LDAP Support The LDAP is the other way to authenticate login users who has joined LDAP server, fill in the LDAP server information and get LDAP a
91 Samba Service Use
92 Protocol. You can change any of these items and press Apply to confirm your settings. A description of each item follows: Apple Network Configura
93 A description of each item follows: NFS Server Setting Item Description NFS Enable or Disable NFS support. Apply Click Apply to save your change
94 encoding as your OS here in order to properly view the files and directories on the server. Available options are BIG5, HZ, GB2312, GB18030, ISO,
95 WebService From the Network Service menu, choose the WebService item, and the WebService Support screen appears. This screen displays the servic
96 Bonjour Setting Bonjour, is Apple Inc.'s trade name for its implementation of Zeroconf, a service discovery protocol. Bonjour locates device
97 SSH 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
98 UPnP Port Management One of the most convent way to allow users to access required services such as FTP, SSH, web disk and http etc. from Inter
99 And click “Add Rule” to add more port mapping from Internet to access desired services or press “Refresh” to get most updated list. A descript
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