Thecus N5500 Bedienungsanleitung

Thecus N5500 FW v3.00.08 User’s Manual

Media Server With the built-in Media Server capability, the N5500 provides media streaming service to stand-alone networked home media adapters that s

(Admin) Change password and confirm new password. (logout) To logout of the web disk interface. Show the files and folders in the directory. Se

Windows XP Publishing Wizard There are many ways for a local user to upload pictures into their photo album. Users of Windows XP can upload their pic

4. Once the register file is installed, use the Windows file manager to browse the folder that contains the picture you want to publish. On the lef

7. Your PC will start to connect to the Photo Web Server. 8. Select N5500 Photo Gallery Wizard to publish your pictures to the N5500. 9. Login

11. Select the album you want to upload your pictures to. 12. Confirm the target album. 13. Windows will show you that the picture upload is in pro

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. 15.

17. Finished! You will see the pictures just selected in the album. Managing Albums and Photos Icon Function Description Make Cover Make selecte

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, and

Slide Shows Slide shows are a great way to enjoy pictures stored on your N5500. You can click on the Start Slide Show icon on the top right hand cor

1. Choose Go > Connect to Server… 2. Enter the network address for the server in the Server Address text box. When connecting using SMB/CIFS pro

Package Contents Your N5500 package should contain the following items: z N5500 Unit x1 z Power Cord x1 z USB Cable x1 z QIG (Quick Installation

3. You will now install the iSCSI Initiator using the Setup Wizard. Click Next to continue. 4. Leave the default selections and click Next. 5.

7. Start the iSCSI Initiator by double-clicking its icon on the desktop. The iSCSI Initiator properties window will appear. 8. Select the Discover

11. If you have not enabled CHAP, click OK to continue. If you have enabled CHAP, click Advanced. Under Advanced Settings, check the CHAP login infor

13. Click on Disk Management and you will see a new hard disk listed. 14. Initialize the new hard disk and you will then be able to use the iSCSI t

Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks USB and eSATA Storage Expansion The N5500 supports external USB hard disks through its five USB ports. Once a USB hard disk

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, sele

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 N5500 while keeping

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 find

4. Set the Date, Time, and Time Zone. 5. Click Apply. In addition, if the N5500 is able to access the Internet and you want to keep the NTP Server

Chapter 8: Revision Updates (FW 3.00.01 to 3.00.04) What’s New There are additional features implemented into the new 3.00.04 version firmware. RAID

Front Panel The Thecus N5500’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays: Front Panel Item Description 1.System LED

RAID Volume Encryption With firmware v3.00.04, you can protect your data by using RAID Volume Encryption function to prevent the risk of data exposure

RAID volumes with encryption enabled will be displayed with a key lock symbol next to volume ID name. NOTE 1. With RAID volume encryption enab

iSCSI Thin-Provisioning An advanced thin-provisioning for iSCSI feature is available in this firmware release. With this function, the iSCSI capacit

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

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

iSCSI target volume creation. The maximum virtual size is 14300GB (16000GB – 1700GB(1st iSCSI target volume)). This screenshot lists iSCSI t

iSCSI LUN ID When iSCSI target volume has been created, there is a default LUN ID of 0 in previous firmware versions which was un-configurable. From v

Chapter 9: Revision updated up to FW 3.00.08 What’s New There are additional features implemented into the new 3.00.08 version firmware. Updated Lo

Disclaimer Page Added The following disclaimer page has been added to this firmware release. Please click the check box if you do not want to have th

Updated Main User Interface The look and icons of the main user interface have been updated. Add On-Line Register Service From main menu tree, there

Note: For supported USB wireless dongles, please contact http://esupport.thecus.com/support 8.Power Button/ Power LED • Power on/off N5500 and Power

Added Rsync Setting under Nsync Target The Thecus Nsync feature has added a third way to use Rsync to replicate data between two systems. For the tar

enable the sync target server and input a valid username and password to grant access permission. Added 2nd Gateway for Clients of DHCP Server Route

Added Dual DOM for Auto Repair The unique Dual DOM feature can now perform “Auto Repair”. The Thecus NAS will backup up to five versions of the system

Appendix A: Product Specifications Hardware Specifications Product Model N5500 Network Interfaces WAN Gigabit RJ-45 connector LAN Gigabit RJ-45 c

Auto rebuild Hot swappable Hot spare Disk roaming RAID level migration RAID expansion iSCSI Target Supports: Microsoft iSCSI Initiator v2.0.4 StarPor

Appendix B: Customer Support If your N5500 is not working properly, we encourage you to check out Chapter 7: Troubleshooting, located in this manual.

Appendix C: RAID Basics Overview A Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is an array of several hard disks that provide data security and high p

RAID 5 RAID 5 offers data security and it is best suited for networks that perform many small I/O transactions at the same time, as well as applicatio

Disk Usage When all 5 disks are of the same size, and used in RAID, N5500 disk usage percentage is listed below: RAID Level Percentage Used RAID 0 1

Appendix D: Active Directory Basics Overview With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large database/information sto

Rear Panel The N5500 rear panel features ports and connectors. 4 Back Panel Item Description 1.WAN Port • WAN port for connecting to an Ethernet

Appendix E: UPS Compatibility List Brand Series Model Notes Ablerex MS-RT ActivePower 1400VA AEC MiniGuard UPS 700 M2501 cable

Brand Series Model Notes Ares 700 and larger Fideltronik Other Ares models PowerRite MAX Fiskars PowerServer 10, 30 All models

Brand Series Model Notes Oneac EG/ON Series advanced interface Online P-Series OnLite AQUA 50 Orvaldi various not 400 or 600

o PhoenixTec protocol o Safenet software o Generic RUPS 2000 (Megatec M2501 cable) o Generic RUPS model o SEC protocol • If your UPS is not in the s

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Overview Your N5500 is designed for easy installation. To help you get started, the following chapter will help you q

3. Press the power button on the Front Panel to boot up the N5500. Checking System Status After making connections on the N5500 and powering up

1324 System Trouble The system has trouble if: 1. System LED always glows orange. If the system has trouble, please refer to Chapter 7: Tr

Chapter 3: First Time Setup Overview Once the hardware is installed, physically connected to your network, and powered on, you can configure the N5500

6. Name your N5500 and configure the network IP address. If your switch or router is configured as a DHCP Server, configuring the N5500 to automatic

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

LCD Operation The N5500 is equipped with an LCD on the front for easy status display and setup. There are four buttons on the front panel to contr

Disk Info Current status of disk slot has been installed RAID Current RAID status. The N5500 will rotate these messages every one-two seconds on the

Step 1: Network Setup From the Web Administration Interface, you can configure the network settings of the N5500 for your network. You can access the

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Chapter 4: System Administration Overview The N5500 provides an easily accessible Web Administration Interface. With it, you can configure and monitor

Menu Bar Item Description System Information Current system status of the N5500. System Management Various N5500 system settings and information. S

Temperature. Green: Systematic temperature is normal. Red: Systematic temperature is unusual. Click to go to System Status page as short cut. Networ

Product Information Item Description Manufacturer Displays the name of the system manufacturer. Product No. Shows the model number of the system.

NFS Status The status of the Network File Service Server. SMB/CIFS Status The status of the SMB/CIFS server. FTP Status The status of the FTP serve

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

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

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

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

See the following table for a detailed description of each item. UPS Setting Item Description UPS Monitoring Enable or disable UPS monitoring. Man

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 of the

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 Item D

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

˙ Factory default From the menu, choose the Factory Default item and the Reset to Factory Default screen appears. Press Apply to reset the N5500 to

To perform a file system check, click Apply. Once clicked, the following prompt will appear: Click Yes to reboot the system. Onc

Click Start to begin the file system check. Click Reboot to reboot the system. When the file system check is run, the system will show 20 lines of i

System Network Use the System Network menu to make network configuration settings as well as service support settings. WAN Configuration From the Syst

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• To use the Link Aggregation with “802.3ad selected” feature, please make sure the networking equipment on the other end of Ethernet cable also supp

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

Samba Recycle Bin The N5500 is supported recycle bin via SMB/CIFS protocol. Simply enable it then all of deleted files/folders will reside in the “.re

NFS Setup From the System Network menu, choose the NFS item, and the NFS Support screen appears. The N5500 can act as an NFS server, enabling users to

A description of each item follows: FTP Item Description FTP Enable FTP Service on the N5500. Security FTP Enable or disable Security FTP, be sure t

A description of each field follows: Media Manager Settings Item Description Media Server Enable or disable the Media Server service. Shared Media

4. Setup the DMA (These steps will be different if you use a different DMA) a. From the Server List screen, select “N5500: Media Server” as the ser

UPnP This device supports UPnP Media server, which allows users to play media files with UPnP client (ex. DMA devices). Enable or disable Universal Pl

Storage Management The Storage menu displays the status of storage devices installed in the N5500, and includes storage configuration options such as

S.M.A.R.T. Information On the Disks Information screen, the status of each disk will be displayed in the Status column. Clicking on an OK or Warni

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it to the reserved disk area (spare area), and mark this sector as remapped. If this attribute value remains at zero, it indicates that the quality of

RAID Information Item Description Master RAID The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID volume. ID ID of the current RAID volume. NOT

In a multiple RAID configuration, one RAID volume must be designated as the Master RAID volume. The Master RAID volume will store all installed module

With a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 volume, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is created. See Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks

RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk. RAID 6 Two independent parity computations must be used in order to provide

Remove RAID Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data, iSCSI and target USB data been created in selected RAID volume will be removed. To re

Remove RAID destroys aunrecoverable. ll data in the current RAID volume. The data is WARNING Expanding a RAID To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6

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. To mi

With RAID level migration function, it has two different type “On line” and “Off line” alone with limitation as listed below. 1. During RAID

RAID 1 [OFFLINE] [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx2 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4 [RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5 [

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Allocating Space for iSCSI Volume To allocate space for an iSCSI volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume Al

Username Enter a username. Password Enter a password. Password Confirm Reenter the chosen password 2. Designate the percentage to be allocated fr

2. Modify your setting. Press ok to change. Delete Volume To delete volume on the current RAID volume, follow the steps below: 1. Under the Volume

Allocating Space for Target USB Volume 1. Under the Volume Allocation List, click Target USB. The Create Target Volume screen appears. 2. Design

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 initiator can

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 entering th

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

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 Share

IO Mapping There are three selections available: • Guest system root account will have full access to this share (root:root). • Guest system root a

The N5500 snapshot is supported total 16 versions. Once checked “Automatically remove oldest snapshot”, the oldest will be removed to let newest to a

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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

NOTE The ACL can be set for share and sub-folders level, not for files. The ACL screen also allows you to search for a particular user. To do thi

From the main menu, the stackable feature is located under “Storage”. Please refer the figure below for reference. A. Add a Stack Target Volume

Once IP with volume have been set, you may need to input a valid user name and password to validate your access rights. If there is no user name and p

Stack target with export share name “pmmeeting” No Stack Target The Browseable setting will be same method of setting for system share

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 Target

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 Target

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

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 further se

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

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B. Using ISO The mounted ISO file will be located same share folder with name giving. Please refer the screen shot below. ISO file “image” has moun

A description of each item follows: ADS/NT Support Item Description Work Group / Domain Name Specifies the SMB/CIFS Work Group / ADS Domain Name (e.g

NOTE • The DNS server specified in the WAN configuration page should be able to correctly resolve the ADS server name. • The time zone setting betwe

NOTE All users are automatically assigned to the ‘users’ group. Edit Users 1. Select an existing user from the Local User Configuration screen.

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 syste

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 Name.

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 system.

Application Server The N5500 supports printer server, and Tunes server. The integrated Print Server allows you to share a single USB printer will all

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 Documents b

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

Chapter 1: Introduction Overview Thank you for choosing the Thecus N5500 IP Storage Server. The Thecus N5500 is an easy-to-use storage server that all

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 waiting f

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

iTunes® Server With the built-in iTunes server capability, the N5500 enables digital music to be shared and played anywhere on the network! From the

User Module The user module is reserved for Thecus fans to build up 3rd party functions in the future. Backup There are a number of ways to back up d

Add Nsync Task Item Description Task Name The name of your Nsync task. Target Server Manufacturer Select whether the target is a Thecus Product (e

Password on Target Server The password for the username on the target server. Test Connection Click to check the connection to the Target Server. Sch

Thecus Backup Utility The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD. When you click on the CD, the Backup Utility will be installed under Progr

2. When the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen appears, click Perform Additional Tasks. 3. Click Browse this CD. 4. In Windows Explorer, na

Chapter 5: Using the N5500 Overview Once the N5500 is setup and operating, users on the network may manage all varieties of digital music, photos, or

6. To create a new folder within the current folder, press the New folder button. When the screen appears enter a name for the folder. Press OK to cr