User manual COMET LABS ND23000

NAS : Network Area Storage Comet Labs, Inc. ND-23000 User Manual ND-23000 Series User Manual (Version: 4.2) ©Copyright 2005. Comet Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. June 24, 2005 2 Note: Unless otherwise specified, "NAS" refers to Comet Labs ND-23000 models in this document. CUSTOMER SERVICE For the contact details of customer service and technical support, please refer to the registration card. LIMITED WARRANTY In no event shall the liability of COMET LABS Systems, Inc. (COMET LABS) exceed the price paid for the product from direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential software, or its documentation. COMET LABS offers no refunds for its products. COMET LABS makes no warranty or representation, expressed, implied, or statutory, with respect to its products or the contents or use of this documentation and all accompanying software, and specifically disclaims its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. COMET LABS reserves the right to revise or update its products, software, or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity. CAUTION Should you return any components of NAS package for refund or maintenance, make sure they are carefully packed for shippi ng. Any form of damages due to improper packaging will not be compensated. Please back up disk data periodically to avoid data loss due to improper operation or disk failure of NAS. 3 ND23000 FCC Notice: ND23000 has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. ND23000 generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If ND23000 does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · · · · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help. 4 Table of Contents Chapter 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Product Overview ...................................................................7 ND23000................................................... Erreur ! Signet non défini. NAS-3000.................................................. Erreur ! Signet non défini. 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Installation of ND-23000 NAS................................................8 Administration of ND-23000 NAS...........................................9 Network Configuration ........................................................................8 Accessing Administration Page.............................................................9 Server Administration.......................................................................11 Quick Configuration..........................................................................12 System Settings............................................................................... 18 Network Settings ............................................................................. 26 TCP/IP Configuration ..................................................................26 Microsoft Networking ..................................................................31 Apple Network ........................................................................... 33 NFS Service ............................................................................... 33 NetWare Service ........................................................................34 Web Service............................................................................... 35 FTP Service................................................................................ 35 Network Printer Service .............................................................. 36 View Network Settings ................................................................ 38 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5 3.5.6 3.5.7 3.5.8 3.5.9 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Disk Configuration............................................................................ 40 User Management ............................................................................ 51 Network Share Management ............................................................. 55 System Tools ................................................................................... 59 SNMP Settings ........................................................................... 59 Alert Notification ........................................................................60 Restart/ Shutdown .....................................................................60 Hardware Settings ......................................................................61 UPS........................................................................................... 62 System Update ..........................................................................63 Change Logo.............................................................................. 64 Remote Replication .....................................................................65 Virus Scan ................................................................................. 69 Backup/ Restore/ Reset Settings ............................................... 74 3.9.1 3.9.2 3.9.3 3.9.4 3.9.5 3.9.6 3.9.7 3.9.8 3.9.9 3.9.10 5 3.9.11 3.9.12 3.9.13 3.10 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Chapter 4 Backup Agent..........................................................................75 Auto Boot/ Shutdown ............................................................... 77 USB CD/ DVD Backup/ Restore ................................................. 78 Accessing ND-23000 NAS.....................................................83 Statistics & Logs............................................................................ 82 Using Microsoft Windows...................................................................83 Using Apple MAC OS.........................................................................85 Using Unix/ Linux OS........................................................................91 Netware Service............................................................................... 91 Using Web Browser ..........................................................................91 Using File Transfer Protocol (FTP)....................................................... 92 ND-23000 NAS-Maintenance ................................................94 Restart/ Shut down Server ................................................................ 94 Reset Administrator Password and Network Settings............................ 94 Disk Failure or Malfunction ................................................................ 95 Power Outage or Abnormal Shutdown ................................................ 95 LCD Panel...........................................................................96 Web File Manager ............................................................100 Quick Install Wizard ........................................................105 NetBak Replicator............................................................116 Configuring AD Authentication ........................................127 Messages of Hard Disk and Disk Configuration Status ....136 Chapter 5 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F 6 Chapter 1 1.1 Product Overview ND23000 Front View LCD panel Enter button LED Indicators: Disk 1, Disk 2, and Network Rear View 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet port Down button Reset button Power button USB ports Power Connector 7 Chapter 2 Installation of ND-23000 NAS 2.1 Network Configuration By factory default, NAS will search the network via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to detect IP address settings automatically. If your network does not support DHCP protocol, NAS will use the default settings as below: IP Address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 When NAS completes its boot-up process, the LCD panel will display current IP address settings. If your network does not support DHCP protocol, you must configure your NAS to proper LAN settings before using it for the first time. (If you are not sure about the LAN settings, please contact your network administrator). You can change the network settings of NAS by the following ways: 1. Use the LCD panel to change the network settings. For more information, please refer to Appendix A. 2. Use Quick Install Wizard in the companion CD to change the network settings. For more information, please refer to Appendix C. 8 Chapter 3 Administration of ND-23000 NAS When you have installed NAS and connected it to the network, you can manage the server via web browser. NAS supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, and Netscape Navigator 4.5 or later. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 is recommended. 3.1 Accessing Administration Page 1. Launch the web browser. Enter the IP address of NAS to access the administration page. The IP address can also be obtained on the LCD display of NAS (see Appendix A). 2. Run Quick Installation Wizard (see Appendix C) and double -click on an entry on the list. 9 3. Click Administration on the main page. 4. Enter the user name and password. Default user name: administrator Password: admin The first time you login NAS, Quick Configuration page will be shown. 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Enter the server name. 2. Change the administrator password or select to use the original password. 12 3. Enter the date, time and select the time zone for the server. 4. Select the language the server uses for file names. Note: When you change language setting to Unicode, the following situation will happen: i. Existing files cannot be viewed. It is recommended that you save the files to other available storage device before changing the language setting. You can then restore the files to NAS after applying the changes. ii. Network shares or user names in non -English languages will be displayed in incorrect encoding. 13 5. Enter the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway for the server. 6. Select the network file services to provide on the server. 14 7. Configure disk volume on this server. 8. Configure the method of user authentication. 15 9. Manage users and user groups of this server. 16 10. Manage network shares on this server. 11. Finish. It may take several to tens of minutes to complete Quick Configuration, depending on your system settings. 17 3.4 System Settings Basic system settings include the server name, date, time, language settings, and view system settings. · Server Name Enter the name of NAS. The server name can be 14 characters long at maximum, which can contain alphabets, numbers and hyphens ( -). The server does not accept names containing empty characters, period (.), or names with only numbers. 18 · Date & Time Set the date, time, and time zone according to your location. If the settings are incorrect, the following problems may occur: ü ü When using a web browser to access or save a file, the display time of the action will be incorrect. The system event log time will be incorrect compared to the actual time when an action occurs. ü NTP Server You can enable or use specified NTP server to update the date and time of the system automatically. When there is no specified IP address for the NTP server, the system will refer to internal clock for date and time settings. 19 · Language Setting NAS will use the language specified in this section to create and display files and directories. When selecting a non -Unicode language, make sure the setting is correct to avoid the following problems: i. Unable to create files or directories in special characters. ii. Unable to display file or directory name in special characters. Note: When you change language setting to Unicode, the following situation will happen: Existing files cannot be viewed. It is recommended that you save the files to other available storage device before changing the language setting. You can then restore the files to NAS after applying the changes. Network shares or user names in non -English languages will be displayed in incorrect encoding. 20