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Thecus N3200XXX/N0503 N4200 series N5200XXX/N5500 1U4200XXX/1U4600 N7700 series N2200XXX N8200XXX/N8800 series User’s Manual

10 Front Panel N2200XXX: The Thecus N2200XXX’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Descript

100 Modify Folders On the Folder screen, press the Edit button and the Modify Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to change folder informat

101 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

102  Guest system root account will have full access to this share (root:root).  Guest system root account will be mapped to anonymous user (nobo

103 The Thecus IP storage snapshot is supported total 16 versions. Once checked “Automatically remove oldest snapshot”, the oldest will be removed t

104 ACL setting Item Description Deny Denies access to users or groups who are displayed in this column. Read Only Provides Read Only access to

105 The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user. To do this, follow the steps below: 1. In the blank, enter the name of the

106 User and Group Authentication The Thecus IP storage has built-in user database that allows administrators to manage user access using different g

107 To join an AD domain, you can refer the figure and use the example below to configure the Thecus IP storage for associated filed input:

108 Local User Configuration From the Accounts menu, choose the User item, and the Local User Configuration screen appears. This screen allows you to

109 Edit Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen. 2. Click on the Edit button, and Local User Setting scree

11 N3200XXX: The Thecus N3200XXX’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description Power LED

110 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

111 Add Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, click on the Add button. 2. The Local Group Setting screen appears. 3. Enter a Group

112 Remove Groups 1. On the Local Group Configuration screen, select a group name from the list. 2. Press Remove to delete the group from the syst

113 Quota The User Quota system provides a way of limiting users’ available storage capacity. Setting a user quota gives a given user a given amoun

114 Network Service Setup and manage protocols such as Samba/CIFS, FTP, and HTTP/Web Disk, and other network services. Samba / CIFS There are 5 opti

115 In general, Windows has default to invisible all of hidden folders/files. So please enable this option to view “.recycle” folder. Samba Anonymo

116 NFS Setup From the Network Service menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Support screen appears. The Thecus IP storage can act as an NFS server,

117 public folders. No access: Block anonymous FTP user access. Auto Rename If checked, the system will automatically rename files that are uploaded

118 A description of each item follows: Web Service Item Description HTTP (WebDisk) Support Enable or disable WebDisk support. Enter the port nu

119 Application Server Thecus IP storage support iTunes server functionality, Module Installation, and Auto Module Installation. The iTunes server fu

12 N0503: The Thecus N0503’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Descripti

120 Auto Module Installation Or choose the Auto Module Installation item and the available system Module screen appears. The default to get module l

121 Auto Module Source List Item Description Installed Status of module Name Module name Version The version of released version Description T

122 If the files on your Thecus IP storage are lost for any reason, you can restore those files from the target Thecus IP storage. To backup files r

123 Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync task. Target Server Manufacturer Select replication to method, it has 3 options can choose fr

124 device, make sure there is a folder named “nsync”, and the Auth ID has writable permission in that folder. Designating Thecus IP storage as an Ns

125 Rsync Target (For the 3x series) When it comes to backing up your data, it’s very important to have flexibility. Rsync Backup provides you wi

126 *Now Rsync is turned on 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 ac

127 that you wish to backup. 4. Input your target’s IP address and port number - This is the NAS which you are going to use as a backup, port number

128 When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you whether to create a DB file. Click Yes. 1. Click Add to create a Backu

129 5. Double-click Ntbackup.msi to install the backup utility. Once installed, you can use the Windows Backup Utility by following the steps belo

13 Up Button ▲  Push to scroll UP when using the LCD display. Enter Button   Push to confirm information entered into the LCD display. Escape B

130 Printer Information Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the USB printer manufacturer. Model Displays the model of the USB p

131 8. Your Windows system will ask you if you want to set this printer as “Default Printer”. Select Yes and all your print jobs will be submitted t

132 Windows Vista To set up the Printer Server in Windows Vista, follow the steps below: 1. Open Printer Folder from the Control Panel. 2

133 4. 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 wait

134 If your printer model is not listed, please contact your printer manufacturer for help. 7. Windows will attempt to connect to the printer.

135 UPS Setting The Thecus IP storage can also support various uninterruptible power supply unit via either “Serial” or “USB” interface (depend on mo

136 Chapter 5: Using Thecus IP Storage Overview Once the Thecus IP storage is setup and operating, users on the network may manage all varieties of d

137 1. In the Login page, type in the User ID and password that were previously set for you in the Accounts menu. See Chapter 4:User and Group Aut

138 Folder Page Button Button Description List all directory trees per login user’s privilege. Browsing selected directory of its folders and

139 Photo Server (Does not apply to the 3X series’ photo server) Using the Photo Server, users can view and share photos, and even create their own a

14 N5200XXX/N5500: The Thecus N5500 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description

140 3. Windows XP will ask whether you want to run or save this file. Click Save to save the register file. 4. Once the register file is insta

141 6. Select the pictures you want to publish to the Photo Web Server by placing a check mark on the top left hand corner of the picture. Click Ne

142 10. Create your album by entering an album name and clicking on the Create Album button. 11. Select the album you want to upload your picture

143 14. When the upload is finished, the Wizard will ask you whether if you want to go to the website. Click Finish to go to your Photo Web Server

144 16. You will see the user’s album list. Click on Album. 17. Finished! You will see the pictures just selected in the album.

145 Managing Albums and Photos Icon Function Description Make Cover Make selected photo your cover picture. Back Return to the previous screen

146 Creating Albums To create a photo album, follow the steps below: 1. Click the Add button to create a new album. 2. Enter a name for the album

147 Slide Shows Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pictures stored on your Thecus IP storage. You can click on the Start Slide Show icon on the

148 Apple OS X On an Apple computer, you can connect to shared computers and servers using a network address. 1. Choose Go > Connect to Server…

149 Windows 2000/XP 1. First, download the iSCSI Initiator from the Microsoft website (http://www.microsoft.com). You can find this software by ent

15 N7700 Series: The Thecus N7700 series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item D

150 6. The iSCSI Initiator will now install automatically. Click Finish once completed. 7. Start the iSCSI Initiator by double-clicking its icon

151 10. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, select the Targets tab. With the iSCSI target highlighted, click Log On. The Log On to Target dia

152 12. Right click My Computer on the desktop and select Manage. 13. Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard disk listed. 14. Ini

153 Windows Vista Because Windows Vista has the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator pre-installed, you will not have to install this piece of software. Instead

154 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,

155 Replacing Damaged Hard Drives If you are using RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 you can easily replace a damaged hard drive in the Thecus IP storage whi

156 Chapter 7: Troubleshooting Forgot My Network IP Address If you forget your network IP address and have no physical access to the system, you can

157 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

158 Appendix A: Customer Support If your Thecus IP storage is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 7: Troubleshooting, locat

159 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

16 1U4200XXX: The Thecus 1U4200XXX front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Up Bu

160 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

161 Disk Usage When all disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, Thecus IP storage disk usage percentage is listed below: RAID Level Percent

162 Appendix C: Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large database/informatio

163 Appendix D: Licensing Information Overview This product included copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of GNU General Public

164 CGIC License Terms Basic License CGIC, copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc. P

165 they have is not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors' reputations. Finally, an

166 these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normal

167 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to c

168 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions wil

17 1U4600: The Thecus 1U4600 front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Escape Button PWR LED

18 N8200XXX/N8800 series: The Thecus N8200XXX/N8800 series front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item

19 Hard Disk Trays 1U4200XXX/N2200XXX/N8200XXX: Each of above mentioned models’ hard disk trays has a lock, a latch, and two LED indicators: Hard

2 Copyright and Trademark Notice Thecus and other names of Thecus products are registered trademarks of Thecus Technology Corp. Microsoft, Windows, a

20 N4200 series/N5200XXX/N5500: Each of the N5500’s hard disk trays has a lock, a latch, and two LED indicators: Hard Disk Trays Item Description

21 N0503: The N0503 supports both 2.5” and 3.5” Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks. To install a hard disk into the N0503, follow the steps below: 3. Ope

22 Rear Panel N2200XXX: The N2200XXX rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed

23 N3200XXX/N0503: The N3200XXX/N0503 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description eSATA Port  eSATA por

24 N4200 series: The N4200 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description Power Connector  For connect the power adapto

25 Back Panel Item Description 1.WAN/LAN1 Port  WAN/LAN1 port for connecting to an Ethernet network through a switch or a router. 2.LAN2 Port 

26 N7700 series: The N7700 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1.LAN2 Port  LAN2 port for connecting to

27 1U4200XXXR: Locator LED 1U4200 Back Panel Item Description eSATA Port  eSATA port for high-speed storage

28 1U4600R: The rear panel of the 1U4600R houses most of the USB and Ethernet connections, as well as the eSATA port, system fan, and power connector

29 N8200XXX: The N8200XXX rear panel features ports and connectors. 4 7

3 Safety Warnings For your safety, please read and follow the following safety warnings: Read this manual thoroughly before attempting to set up

30 N8800 series: The N8800 rear panel features ports and connectors. Back Panel Item Description 1.Power Connector  Connect the included pow

31 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Overview Your Thecus IP storage is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter

32 3. Press the power button to boot up the N2200XXX. To connect the N3200XXX/N0503 to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethe

33 3. Open the front door then press the power button to boot up the N3200XXX/N0503. To connect N4200 series NAS to your network, foll

34 3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the N4200. To connect the N5200XXX/N5500 to your network, follow the steps below:

35 To connect the 1U4200XXX/1U4600 to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on

36 To connect N7700 series NAS to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 port on the

37 To connect N8200XXX/N8800 series NAS to your network, follow the steps below: 1. Connect an Ethernet cable from your network to the WAN/LAN1 por

38 Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the

39 5. Login with the administrator account and password. The default account and password are both “admin”. 6. Name your Thecus IP storage and c

4 Table of Contents Copyright and Trademark Notice ... 2 About This Manual...

40 8. Finished! Access the Thecus IP storage Web Administrator Interface by pressing the Start Browser button. You can also configure another Thecus

41 Display Mode During normal operation, the LCD will be in Display Mode. Display Mode Item Description Host Name Current host name of the system

42 LCD Operation (N3200XXX/N0503) LCD Controls Use the Down (▼), Up (▲), Enter () and Escape (ESC) keys to operate LCD to view system informati

43 4. Press Enter () and theN3200XXX/N0503 will start copying USB disks connected to the front USB port. The LCD will display the USB copy progress

44 Typical Setup Procedure From the Web Administration Interface, you can begin to setup your Thecus IP storage for use on your network. Setting up t

45 SMB/CIFS Apple File Protocol (AFP) Network File System (NFS) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) iTunes Server Printer Server Photo Server

46 Chapter 4: System Administration Overview The Thecus IP storage provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface. With it, you can confi

47 2. Login to the system using the administrator user name and password. The factory defaults are: User Name: admin Password: admin ※ If you c

48 Administrators can add or remove favorite functions to My Favorites by right clicking the mouse on the menu tree. The other way administrators

49 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

5 WAN/LAN1... 63 LAN2...

50 Message Bar You can get information about system status quickly by moving mouse over. Message Bar Item Status Description RAID Information

51 ‧My Favorite Add/Remove the current page from the Home page. ‧Shutdown Choose Shutdown or Reboot from the dropdown menu to shutdown or reb

52 System Status Item Description CPU Loading (%) Displays current CPU workload of the Thecus IP storage. CPU Fan Speed Displays current CPU fan

53 See the following table for a detailed description of each item: System Logs Item Description All Provides all log information including syste

54 Other than the defined items sent upon registration, there are also two additional items: “HDD Info” and “Time Zone”. These two optional items ca

55 System Management The System Management menu gives you a wealth of settings that you can use to configure your Thecus IP storage system administra

56 Notification configuration From the menu, choose the Notification item, and the Notification Configuration screen appears. This screen lets you ha

57 Firmware Upgrade From the menu, choose the Firmware Upgrade item and the Firmware Upgrade screen appears. Follow the steps below to upgrade you

58 Example - Monday: On: 8:00; Off: 16:00 System will turn on at 8:00 AM on Monday, and off at 16:00 on Monday. System will turn on for the rest o

59 See the following table for a detailed description of each item. Change Administrator and LCD Entry Password Item Description New Password Ty

6 Windows... 147 Apple OS X ...

60 Factory default From the menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset Thecus IP s

61 Once the system has rebooted, you will be returned to the File System Check prompt. There you will see the available

62 Wake-Up On LAN (WOL) The Thecus IP storage has the ability to be awoken from sleep mode via WAN/LAN1 port. From the menu, choose the W

63 From the menu, choose the SNMP item, and the SNMP Support screen appears. From here, you can Enable or Disable. UI Login Configuration Adjusts

64 WAN/LAN1 Configuration Item Description Host name Host name that identifies the Thecus IP storage on the network. Domain name Specifies the

65 LAN2 LAN2 Configuration The Thecus IP storage supports two Gigabit Ethernet ports for higher service availability. To configure these ports,

66 DHCP Server Configuration A DHCP server can be configured to assign IP addresses to devices connected to the LAN2 port. To configure these ports,

67 Disks Information Item Description Disk No. Indicates disk location. Capacity Shows the SATA hard disk capacity. Model Displays the SATA h

68 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

69 RAID Information From the Storage menu, choose the RAID item and the RAID Information screen appears. This screen lists the RAID volumes curren

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 Stripe Size This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential files in a storage volume. Keep the 64K setting unless you require a

71 Once the Create button has been pressed with the Encryption checkbox enabled, the following message pop-up will appear for confirmation. After

72 8. Selected the file system you like to have for this RAID volume. The selection is available from ext3, XFS and ZFS. 9. Press Create

73 With a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is created. See Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks > Add

74 Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data and iSCSI has been created in selected RAID volume will be removed. To remove a

75 Expanding a RAID To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 volume, follow the steps below: 1. Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volu

76 Migrating a RAID Once a RAID volume has been created, you may want to move it to other physical drives or change the RAID array all together. T

77 With RAID level migration function, the limitation as listed below. 1. During RAID level migration, it is not allowed reboot or shutdown

78 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]

79 RAID 6 X X [ONLINE] [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx5 [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx6 [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6] HDDx7 [RAID 6] HDDx4 to [RAID 6

8 Printer Server With the Thecus IP storage’s Printer Server, you can easily share an IPP printer with other PCs connected to your network. To set

80 Volume Allocation List Item Description Modify Click this to modify the allocated space. Delete Click this to delete the allocated space. iSC

81 To allocate space for an iSCSI volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume Allocation List, select iSCSI Targ

82 8. When iSCSI target volume has been created, the LUN ID is configurable from 1 to 254 with a default of the next available number in ascending n

83 Expand Volume The iSCSI volume is now able to expand its capacity from unused space. From the volume list, simply select the iSCSI volume you like

84 2. Press YES. All data in the volume will be removed. iSCSI Thin-Provisioning With this function, the iSCSI capacity can be more flexible and m

85 Next, setup the physical capacity for iSCSI thin-provision volume by dragging the Allocation bar to the desired size. After the size has been

86 Now you can start to create iSCSI targets to join the newly-created iSCSI thin-provision volume. Basically, the iSCSI target under iSCSI thin-pro

87 The screen shot for iSCSI target volume creation under thin-provisioning; the physical capacity 333.8GB. The screen shot to setup an iSCSI targ

88 This message appears if there is no more room for new iSCSI target creation. Advance Option There are 2 options is currently al

89 iSCSI Block Size Select the block size with 4K while the iSCSI volume size is over 2TB. iSCSI CRC/Checksum To enable this option, the initiat

9 Package Contents The Thecus IP storage should contain the following common items:  System Unit x1  QIG (Quick Installation Guide) x1  CD-Titl

90 A. Add a Stack Target Volume From the figure above, click Add to access the stackable target device configuration page. Please refer to the

91 The Export share name will become the network share name and displayed through network access such as SMB. You may refer the figures below to se

92 The Browseable setting will be same method of setting for system share folder. It designates whether or not this folder will be visible

93 Click Apply to save your changes. B. Activate a Stack Target After your settings have been applied, the system will bring you back to Stack Ta

94 After the format is complete, the stack target volume will be created successfully. You will see the volume’s capacity and status in the Stack Tar

95 E. Reconnect a Stack Target The enabled stack target devices may be disconnected by situations such as power outages or network disconnects. When

96 A. Add a ISO file From the figure above, select ISO file from drop down share list. After selection, system will bring up Mount table for furth

97 After you have completed to add ISO then the page will displayed all mounted ISO files, You could click “Unmount” to eliminate mounted ISO f

98 Share Folder From the Storage menu, choose Share Folder, and the Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to create and configure folder

99 Adding Folders On the Folder screen, press the Add button and the Add Folder screen appears. This screen allows you to add a folder. After enterin