User manual COMET LABS JS100

JS100 User Manual ©2006 by Quasarbiz Corporation All rights reserved Quasarbiz and the pulse logo are registered trademarks of Quasarbiz Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in certain countries. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1: Description .......................................................................... 1 Overview ....................................................................................... 1 Unit Components ........................................................................... 2 Front Panel ............................................................................... 2 Power LED .......................................................................... 2 Power Button ...................................................................... 2 Rear Panel ................................................................................. 3 RJ-45 Network Port .............................................................. 3 USB Ports ........................................................................... 3 Main AC Power Switch .......................................................... 3 AC Connector ...................................................................... 3 Section 2: Setting Up and Configuring the JS100 .................................. 4 Getting Started .............................................................................. 4 Navigating to Other Site Pages ...................................................... 5 Setting Up Your JS100 ................................................................... 6 Assigning a Name to the JS100 .................................................... 7 Making Security Settings ............................................................. 7 Making Notification Settings ......................................................... 9 Viewing and modifying network settings ....................................... 10 Configuring your JS100 ....................................................................... 12 Administration ................................................................................. 13 Administration ­ Basic ................................................................ 13 Firmware Administration ............................................................. 14 Error Alerts/Logging ................................................................... 15 Windows Setup ......................................................................... 16 Workgroup Member Mode ..................................................... 17 Domain Member Mode ......................................................... 18 Primary Domain Controller Mode ........................................... 19 User Management ­ Basic ........................................................... 20 Share Management .......................................................................... 22 Share Management ­ Basic ......................................................... 23 NFS Setup on Linux and UNIX ..................................................... 24 Create New Share ..................................................................... 25 Share Access ............................................................................ 26 Index Page 1 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 Disk Management ............................................................................ 27 Disk Management - Basic ............................................................27 Renaming a Disk ................................................................ 28 Erasing a Disk .................................................................... 29 Legacy Disk Management ­ Basic 30 Creating a New Disk Pool ............................................................ 31 Creating a JBOD or Raw Pool ................................................ 32 Creating a RAID 0 or Striped Pool ................................... 32 Creating a RAID 1 or Mirrored Pool ................................. 32 Creating a RAID 0+1 or Mirror of Stripes Pool .................. 32 Encrypting the Pool ...................................................... 32 Renaming a Disk Pool ................................................... 33 Resizing a Disk Pool ............................................................ 33 Adding Mirrors/Spares ........................................................ 34 Removing Mirrors/Spares .................................................... 34 Configuring Default Disk Behavior ........................................ 35 Setting Disk Power Management Options .............................. 36 Media Management ......................................................................... 37 iTunes Jukebox ........................................................................ 37 Airport Express Jukebox ............................................................ 38 Convert digital music in Apple Lossless format ....................... 39 Configure Airport Express ................................................... 40 Broadcast Jukebox ................................................................... 42 Listen to JS100 ........................................................................ 42 Play with Winamp & Windows Media Player ........................... 42 Internet Radio Jukebox ............................................................. 43 Get the information of Internet Radios from Winamp ............. 44 UPnP Media Jukebox ................................................................ 45 Section 3: Using JS100 as a Primary Domain Controller ..................... 46 Creating a User Account ............................................................... 46 Creating a Home Directory ........................................................... 46 Creating a Group Account ............................................................ 46 Managing the Domain .................................................................. 47 Creating a Logon Script ............................................................... 47 Troubleshooting ............................................................................ 48 Glossary Page 2 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 Section 1: Description OVERVIEW The JS100 is a broadband network media storage device designed for use on a small office/home office (SOHO) network. With a JS100 connected to the network, users can easily and quickly access, store, backup, organize and share both files and music on a single JS100. Also, home users can access or transfer files on digital devices such as set-top TV boxes, digital cameras, camcorders, digital audio players, and the like by directly connecting such devices to the USB port on the JS100. JS100 network media storage unit can be connected to multiple Ethernet ports, and can accommodate either IDE/ATA disk drives or SATA disk drives, but are set up at the factory to support either one or the other, but not both. Check the packing list to see which type of disk drive to use in your unit. The use of USB drives is also supported. The front and rear panels on the JS100 network media storage unit case provide a power status LED and an activity LED. Control and status information, as well as information about the network properties, firmware version, configuration settings, alert settings, machine name, security settings, file management settings, disk management settings, and disk power management settings are available when you open the JS100 user interface with your browser. The user interface is also used to change settings and to update the JS100 network media storage unit firmware. Page 1 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 UNIT COMPONENTS FRONT PANEL As shown on Figure 1, the power status and activity LEDs are located on the front panel. Much more information and control are available through the web configuration interface Front Panel of the JS100 Power LED There is one orange power LED on front panel. A continuously-illuminated LED indicates that the JS100 network media storage unit is powering properly. Note: To help prevent the loss of data in the event of a failure of a disk drive, the JS100 disk storage unit uses various methods, including a technology called self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology (SMART), to monitor the condition of disk drives and to detect a pending failure. Drive Activity LED The drive activity green LED for the disk drive is illuminated whenever reading or writing activity occurs. Power Button The power button uses the software to shut down the JS100 network media storage unit and turn off the power. Page 2 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 REAR PANEL The primary power switch, the AC connector, two USB ports, an RJ-45 network port, a reset button, and a serial development connector are on the rear panel of the JS100 network media storage unit. Rear Panel of the JS100 RJ-45 Network Port The RJ-45 network port is a standard network (Ethernet) port. The network port is used to connect the JS100 network media storage unit to the network using a Category 5 network cable. The network cable is not included. USB Ports The USB ports can be used to connect to USB drives, which is a flexible way to quickly or temporarily add disks (such as temporarily tore data while updating one of the internal IDE disk drives) Connecting a USB printer to one of the USB ports enables the JS100 network media storage unit to act as a print server. The JS100 network media storage unit accepts print requests from PCs on the network and saves the files to be printed on the JS100 disks until the printer has completed the process. USB cables are not included. AC Connector The AC connector is an industry-standard 120V connector. The supplied power cord or a compatible cord can be used to connect to a wall outlet or to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Page 3 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 Section 2: Setting Up and Configuring the JS100 network media Storage Unit GETTING STARTED 1 Select an appropriate network cable, connect one end of the cable to the RJ-45 connector on the JS100 network media storage unit, and connect the other end of the cable to an RJ-45 network port on the network. 2 3 4 5 6 7 Turn on the power to the JS100 network media storage unit. On any Windows® machine on the same network, open Network Neighborhood. Type 192.168.1.1 in the address box, and then press ENTER. Double-click the Config folder. Double-click the Configuration.html file. Click the Please click here to begin your JS100 configuration link on the Welcome page. WELCOME PAGE PIC Page 4 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 If the JS100 network media storage unit has not been configured before (or if the user has clicked Restore Defaults (see "Administration - Basic"), the Initial Setup page opens. Otherwise, the default configuration page (Administration - Basic) opens. If HTTP access is enabled (see "Share Management ­ Basic"), the Welcome page also has a Please click here to browse shares in JS100 network media link. This link opens the Browse Shares page, which allows the user to access their files using a web browser (see Section ) Both the Administration - Basic page and the Browse Shares page are password protected. They are also protected (optional) by physical authentication. The User name box is left blank, and the default password is nasoc. 8 Leave the User name box blank, type nasoc in the Password box, and then click OK. Note: If you have enabled physical authentication, make sure that you press the security button on the JS100 unit. NAVIGATING TO OTHER SITE PAGES The Site Map page provides links to other JS100 configuration pages. SITE MAP PAGE PIC Page 5 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 SETTING UP YOUR JS100 If you have not previously gone through the initial setup process, you must do so. The JS100 setup wizard is provided on the Initial Setup page to help you complete the process. To begin the initial setup process, click the language you prefer in the Language list, and then click Next. INITIAL SETUP PAGE PIC Page 6 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 ASSIGNING A NAME TO THE JS100 NETWORK MEDIA STORAGE UNIT The first step in the Initial Setup process is to set the Machine Name for the JS100 network media storage unit. Any name can be used for the machine name. When there are multiple JS100 network media storage units on the network, each unit must have a unique name. Type the machine name the Machine Name box, and then click Next. MACHINE NAME SETUP PAGE PIC MAKING SECURITY SETTINGS On the Administration Security Setup page, you can set up your JS100 unit to have the following types of security: No security Password-based security Physical security Both password-based security and physical security Password-based security consists of an administration user name and an administration password. If you set password-based security, each time you access the JS100 unit, you must type the user name and password. The default user name is left blank, and the default password is nasoc. Physical security consists of setting a requirement that the security button on the front of the unit has to be pressed each time someone wants to access any of the disk drives in the unit. This requirement prevents purely network-based attacks. After the security button is pressed, the user has two minutes to connect to the JS100 unit. After the connection is made, the browser interface is bound to the machine that is connected to it and all other access requests are denied. To release the connected machine and to allow another machine to connect, the button must be pressed again. If the JS100 unit is rebooted, the security button must be pressed to allow users to connect. Page 7 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 The security button and password-based security mechanisms are complementary. For maximum security, both should be used. If maximum security is not needed, either one or the other of the security mechanisms may be used on its own. It is not recommended that both security mechanisms be disabled except on a private network with no connection to the Internet or anyplace else where potential security threats may exist. After you make the preferred security settings, click Next. ADMINISTRATION SECURITY SETUP PAGE PIC Page 8 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 MAKING NOTIFICATION SETTINGS On the Error Handling Alerts page, you can specify how you want to be notified in the event of an operational problem or error. The two options are: e-mail notification, or pop-up window. Note: If you do not want to make notification settings now, you can do so later. To specify being notified by e-mail 1 2 Select the E-mail Notification Enabled check box. In the Error Handling SMTP Server box, type the host name of the SMTP server to be used. Notes: For the host name, use the name listed in your e-mail account. The default SMTP port number is 25; to override this setting, select the SMTP Port Override check box and type the new SMTP port number in the Error Handling SMTP Port Number box. If you want others to receive the e-mail notice, type the e-mail address of each recipient in the individual Error Handling E-mail Recipients boxes. Click Send Test E-mail to verify that the settings for e-mail notification are correct. To specify being notified by pop-up windows 1 2 Select the Pop-Up Notification Enabled check box. In the Error Handling Pop-Up Machines box, type the name(s) of the computer(s) on which the pop-up windows are be displayed. Note: Type the computer name shown on the Computer Name tab of System Properties for each computer. 3 Click Send Test Pop-up to verify that the settings for enabling pop-up notification are correct. Note: Computers designated to receive pop-up notification must have Messenger service enabled and started. Click Next. NOTIFICATION SETTINGS PAGE PIC Page 9 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 VIEWING AND MODIFYING NETWORK SETTINGS On the networking pages, you can view the properties of either wired LAN networks, or wireless LAN networks, depending on the type of network connections available to the JS100 unit. Wired LAN The LAN page shows various LAN properties, some of which are read-only, such as the status of the connection (the status should read Connected if the JS100 unit is physically connected to the network and the network is functioning properly) and the Ethernet MAC address. All of this information can be useful in debugging network problems. LAN PAGE PIC Most of the rest of the information depends on the setting of the LAN Protocol property. Three options are available: DHCP Client (default) DHCP Server Static If you set the LAN Protocol property to DHCP Client, the network settings of the JS100 unit are configured as a DHCP server. The JS100 unit sends a request using the DHCP protocol and receives an IP address, subnet mask, and other settings from a server on the network. Most home gateways and enterprise networks use the DHCP protocol. Therefore, if your JS100 unit is connected to a home gateway or router or an enterprise network, use the DHCP Client option. When the DHCP Client option is used, most of the other properties shown cannot be changed by the user. If the JS100 unit is connected to a small, isolated home network, a DHCP server is unlikely to be available. If a DHCP server is not available, set the LAN Protocol property to DHCP Server, making the JS100 unit to be the DHCP server. If the JS100 unit is acting as a DHCP server, you must type the start and end range of available DHCP addresses and the lease time in seconds in the LAN DHCP Starting IP Address box, the LAN DHCP Ending IP Address box, and the LAN Lease Time box, respectively. Computers that are connected to the same private network are automatically assigned IP addresses and other property settings by the JS100 unit, which makes it possible for such computers to automatically communicate with the JS100 unit. Do not set the JS100 to be a DHCP server if there is another DHCP server on the network. Rather, use the Static option, which allows you to manually set the IP address, subnet mask, and other properties. The computers connecting to the JS100 unit must have the same settings. Only users with network administration experience should configure the network properties in this way because of the complexity. Unusual network setups, however, may benefit from using the Static option because it provides the most flexibility. Page 10 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 The JS100 router unit cannot be setup as a DHCP client because as a router, it should have a gateway IP address other than its own IP address; if JS100 unit is unable to obtain an IP address from a different DHCP server, then no client would be able to use the router. Therefore, it is advisable to set the JS100 router as the only DHCP server on the network. LAN IP Address. Sets the IP address of the LAN interface. LAN Subnet Mask. Sets the subnet mask of the LAN interface. LAN Default Gateway. Sets the IP address of the default gateway to use on the LAN. LAN Domain Name. Sets the domain name to be provided to the LAN client requesting an IP address through DHCP. LAN DNS Servers. Sets the IP addresses of the DNS servers to use for resolving host names. LAN WINS Servers. Sets the IP addresses of the WINS server to use for resolving NetBIOS names. Page 11 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 CONFIGURING YOUR JS100 The initial setup is now complete. To begin configuring your JS100 unit, click Continue. SETUP COMPLETE PAGE PIC The configuration user interface has six main pages for configuring the JS100 unit: Notes: To view the pages associated with each main page, move your cursor over page names across the top of the user interface. To go to a particular page, click the page name. If you are satisfied with the configuration settings you have made on each configuration page, click Apply before going to another configuration page. If not, click Cancel. Administration. Administration pages include the following (see Administration for details): Administration - Basic Firmware Administration Error/Alerts Logging Windows Setup User Management - Basic Share Management. Share Management pages include the following (see "Share Management" for details): Share Management - Basic Create New Share Share Access Disk Management. Disk Management pages include the following (see "Disk Management" for details): Disk Management ­ Basic Legacy Disk Management ­ Basic Create New Disk Pool Resize Disk Pool Add Mirrors/Spares Remove Mirrors/Spares Default Disk Behavior Disk Power Management Networking. (see "Viewing and Modifying Network Settings" and "Viewing and Modifying Network Settings"). Printers. (see "Selecting a Printer") Site Map. The Site Map page provides links to all the JS100 configuration pages (see "Navigating to Other Site Pages"). Page 12 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 ADMINISTRATION Administration - Basic On the Administration - Basic page, you can view and modify the following basic JS100 administration settings: JS100 machine name (see "Assigning a Name to the JS100 Disk Storage Unit" on) Language Administration user name Administration password Security button enabled/disabled. JS100 time Browser time Time zone region Time zone country Time zone city NTP servers The JS100 unit software keeps track of the date and time and uses this information to timestamps files as well as for administrative purposes, such as error and connection logging. The JS100 unit clock runs in real time and has a battery to keep the clock running even when the power to the JS100 unit is turned off. The current date and time as recorded by both the JS100 unit and the PC that is connected to the unit is displayed. To manually set the JS100 time, click Set Time Manually. To set the JS100 time to match that of the PC that is connected to the JS100 unit, click Set JS100 Time to Match. Page 13 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 ADMINISTRATION ­ BASIC PAGE PIC The JS100 unit is also capable of synchronizing the date and time settings on the network. JS100 units that are on networks connected to the Internet should usually be set up to do this. This kind of network time synchronization is done through an international standard called Network Time Protocol (NTP). There is space opposite NTP Servers to type the IP addresses of three machines for the JS100 unit to use for determining the current date and time. The default IP addresses are 192.5.41.40, 192.5.41.41, and 133.100.9.2. The first two of these IP addresses are servers run by the United States Naval Observatory as a public service to provide the precise time over the Internet. The third is a similar time server in Japan. These are generally good choices for time servers. Use the spaces opposite the Time Zone Region, Time Zone Country, and Time Zone City to make local time zone settings. To perform a software reboot of the JS100 unit system, click Reboot. To restore the JS100 unit system to the factory settings, click Restore Defaults. Firmware Administration On the Firmware Administration page, you can view the current JS100 unit firmware version and update the firmware to a newer version, if available. Always note the version information when contacting technical support. To update the firmware 1 2 3 4 Download the new version of the firmware to a PC that is connected to the JS100 unit. Click Browse. Click the name of the downloaded file, and then click Open. Click Update. Caution! The update process takes several minutes. Do not turn off the JS100 unit while the Page 14 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 update is in progress! Doing so could corrupt the JS100 software, making it impossible for the JS100 unit to boot or to update the firmware in the future. If you do accidentally turn off the JS100 unit while the update is in progress, contact technical support for help. FIRMWARE ADMINISTRATION PAGE PIC Error Alerts/Logging See "Making Notification Settings". ERROR ALERTS LOGGING PAGE PIC Page 15 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 To specify the IP address where system log messages are sent and to set connection logging options, click View Logging Options. The JS100 unit system logs connection information and redirects it to the specified IP address. The connection logging options include the following: Disabled Denied Both Disables connection logging Enables logging of denied connections Enables logging of both denied and accepted connections Accepted Enables logging of the accepted connections Windows Setup On the Windows Setup page you can set up how a JS100 unit participates in a Windows environment: Workgroup Member mode (default) (see "Workgroup Member Mode") Domain Member mode (see "Domain Member Mode") Primary Domain Controller (PDC) mode (see "Primary Domain Controller Mode") Note: The available settings on the Windows Setup page depend on the type of mode that is selected. Page 16 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101 Workgroup Member Mode In Workgroup mode there are two options for limiting share access to important data: Password-based share access (PBSA) User-based share access (UBSA). PBSA is a simple model that allows only users having the correct password to gain access to an individual share. UBSA access is more flexible. An administrator can grant permissions to shares to each individual user. An individual user can be assigned either no access, full access, or read access on a share-by-share basis. If you select USBA, you must also designate a pool. The JS100 unit uses this pool to save user information. If no disk pool exists, you must create one (see "Creating a New Disk Pool") before you select UBSA. To configure a JS100 unit as a member of workgroup 1 2 3 Select the Workgroup Member Mode checkbox. Type the workgroup name in the Workgroup Name box. Select either the Password Based Share Access check box or the User Based Share Access check box. If you select the User Based Share Access check box, in the Pool Name list, click the pool where user accounts are stored. WINDOWS SETUP PAGE PIC Domain Member Mode A domain is a workgroup with the added feature of single sign-on. With single sign-on, a user has one account that is shared across multiple computers. Also, the user can access resources on another computer without having to reauthenticate. Computers in a domain are controlled from a central location (domain controller) and users must obtain central authentication before joining the domain. If your network uses a domain, you may prefer to configure the JS100 unit to connect to the network as a domain member. When the JS100 unit is configured in this way, the JS100 unit software sends a request to the PDC to authenticate users, which provides user-level security. Page 17 ©2005 Quasarbiz Document: VS100UM101