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MaxNAS R8Owner’s GuideFebruary 2010www.MicroNet.com

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual10Master Power Switches (2)LAN 2 RJ45 Connector7. The MaxNAS R8 interface componentsThe following figures illustrate the connecto

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual118. Visual and Audible IndicatorsThe MaxNAS R8 has an LCD panel, LEDs, and a buzzer to inform the user of the overall health and

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual122-Connecting the MaxNAS R8Chapter 2- Connecting the MaxNAS R81. Connect Your MaxNAS R8Before you begin, please install your

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual132-Connecting the MaxNAS R82.1 Wizard Installation and UsageIMPORTANT! The setup wizard uses TCP port 10000 and UDP ports 11000-

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual142.1.3.3 You may change the password by entering a new “New Password” field, and re-enter the password (case sensitive) in the “

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual153. LCD OperationThe MaxNAS R8 is equipped with an LCD on the front for easy status display and setup. There are four buttons on

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual164. Adding External DisksThe MaxNAS R8 has two rear USB ports, two front USB ports, and one eSATA port for attaching external s

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual17Chapter 3- Administering the MaxNAS R8This chapter describes the menu and control structure for your MaxNAS R8. The configurati

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual18To log in to the MaxNAS R8 administration interface, click “Admin” and enter the Administrator password. By default, the

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual193-Administering the MaxNAS R8The Main Menu Navigation Tree1. System information 1.1 Product Information 1.2 System / Service

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual2Table of ContentsTable of Contents ...

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual201. System Information1.1 System InformationThis page is the first page you see when you enter the MaxNAS R8 web interface. On

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual212. System ManagementThe System Management Configuration menu contains basic system settings and configuration options. It is s

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual222.5 UPS SettingsThe MaxNAS R8 will monitor and respond to UPS status messages from a compatible attached UPS (for a list of

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual232.8.4 Reboot & ShutdownYou can reboot or shut down the MaxNAS R8 from this page.2.8.5 File System Check This menu is wh

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual243-Administering the MaxNAS R8Jumbo Frame Support Jumbo frame support is a feature which allows Ethernet hardware to send, recei

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual253.2 LAN2 ConfigurationThe LAN Configuration screen for the LAN2 (“LAN”) Interface allows for the following controls:The followi

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual26It is recommended that you disable services you will not require for security purposes. See Chapter 4 for deta

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual273-Administering the MaxNAS R8FTP Use this option to enable or disable the FTP service on your MaxNAS R8. This setting is disabl

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual28MaxNAS R8 in the “Network Places” dialog on their computers. You may enable or disable UPNP support by navigating to “Syst

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual29The column, “Status,” will display the most recent SMART reported health status for each disk mechanism. To view the SMART

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual3 3.3.6 Web Access Control ...

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual30The Create RAID window allows you to configure your MaxNAS R8 into a wide range of possible RAID configurations.

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual314.2.2 Expanding NAS volumesTo expand the network accessible space of a RAIDset to take over unused space, select the desired RA

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual324.2.4 Delete RAIDSetTo edelete a RAIDset, select the desired RAIDSet and click on the RAID information screen (see above, sect

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual33to discover the iqn of your new volume. In the Modify iSCSI Volume menu you can enable/disable the volume, change the date, LUN

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual344.4 Shared Folder ManagementThe Shared Folder Management menu lists all of your shared folders and contains controls for folder

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual35and then click . The NFS Config menu has two tabs, pictured below. The “NFS” tab lists every host for which you’ve assigned

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual364.4.6 Access ControlACLs, or Access Control Lists are how you manage SMB/CIFS and FTP rights to your shared folders and sub-fol

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual37You must assign an export share name, and a share folder with the corresponding name will be created on the MaxNAS R8.

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual384.6.1 Adding a new ISO image shareTo add a new ISO image share, select the sharepoint where the ISO image resides from th

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual395.2 Group AdministrationWhen providing shares to non Active Directory clients, the MaxNAS R8 provides its own user and

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual4Federal Communications CommissionRadio Frequency Interference StatementThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with t

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual403-Administering the MaxNAS R85.3.1 Creating Local UsersTo create a new user, click in the Local User Configuration screen.

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual416. Application Service ControlsThe Application Server Configuration menu contains controls for managing the built in print serv

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual42with Thecus modules, and you may wish to create your own or add other user created modules as well; There is a T

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual438.1 Creating a backup TaskTo create a new nSync/rSync task click on the nSync menu and the “Add nSync Task” window will appea

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual448.2 Setting Up an Nsync Target on an Nsync DeviceIn order for the target Nsync server to accept the Nsync backup jo

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual45Chapter 4- Connecting UsersOnce the MaxNAS R8 has been configured with storage, shares, users, groups, and permissions it is re

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual461.2 Mapping a Network Drive (OS-X)The simplest method to locate and connect your MaxNAS R8 to an OS-X workstation is by using t

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual472. Using WebdiskThe MaxNAS R8 provides a WebDisk function that allows you to access the system over the Internet from any brows

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual48The WebDisk page will appear showing folders made currently available to you via the Access Control List (ACL) in the Folder it

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual49Download a file to your computerUpload file from your computer to the current directory.Change user passwordLogoutDisplays direct

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual5Limitations of Warranty and LiabilityMicroNet Technology has tested the hardware described in this manual and reviewed its conte

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual50the “Add” button to upload pictures into the album. The Upload Photos screen will appear, as illustrated:Click Browse... to n

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual514. Using iSCSIiSCSI allows two devices to negotiate and then exchange SCSI commands using IP networks. iSCSI takes a popular

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual52username and password. Click OK to commit CHAP authentication, and OK on the iSCSI Initiator properties window. Enabl

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual53Full format. A Quick format will take just a few minutes but will do less verifying of the drive than a full format. Click Star

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual544.2.7 Select the new partition map type. 4.2.8 Select the desired file system format and volume name for each partition in the v

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual555. Connecting to MaxNAS R8 Attached PrintersWith a USB Printer attached, the MaxNAS R8 can offer central network printing to al

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual565.2.3 Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.5.2.4 Select The printer that I want isn’t listed. You can pres

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual575.3 MacOS XThe following instructions are based on printer installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 based host. Other Mac OS X hosts are

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual58Chapter 5- Understanding RAIDThe MaxNAS R8 controller subsystem is a high-performance SATA drive bus disk array controller. Wh

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual59RAID 1 (Disk Mirroring)RAID 1, also known as “disk mirroring”, distributes duplicate data simultaneously to pairs of

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual6Welcome From MicroNet TechnologyWe are pleased that you have chosen the MaxNAS R8. Our systems are designed for speed, reliabili

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual60RAID 6Also known as dual parity, RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5, but offers double the fault tolerance by performing two

Page 58 - 5-Understanding RAID

MaxNAS Owner’s Manual61Daily Use Tips• Read this User’s Guide carefully. Follow the correct procedure when setting up the device.• Additional applic

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual62Resetting the MaxNAS R8Should the MaxNAS R8 become inaccessible (blinking fault light, forgotten password) or if directed by Mi

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual63Q: There is a fault light and/or the buzzer is beeping!A: Do not turn off or reset the unit! Follow these steps to identify and

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual64Appendix A: Getting HelpIf you experience problems with your MaxNAS R8, please contact your Authorized MicroNet Reseller for as

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual65Appendix B: RAID Level Comparison TableRAIDLevelDescription Min. DrivesMax. DrivesCapacity Data ReliabilityDataTransfer RateI/O

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual66Appendix C: Active DirectoryWith Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large databa

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual67Appendix D: Supported UPS ListThe MaxNAS R8 can support UPS communication with the following UPS communication protocols: SEC

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual68Brand Series Model NotesFentonTechnologiesPowerPalP-series  PowerPalL-series  PowerOn  PowerPure  Fairstone  L525/L

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual69Brand Series Model NotesOrvaldi variousnot400or600  PowercomPowercomSMK-800A  ULT-1000  TrustTrust425/625  BNT-100

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual7Chapter 1- Getting StartedThank you for purchasing The Micronet MaxNAS R8 storage solution. With speed, high capacit

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual70Appendix E: GlossaryActive Directory an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual71Disk Array A Disk Array is a logical disk comprised of multiple physical hard disks. The number of hard disks in an disk array

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual72by any RAID array as a backup. In the event a hard disk in a RAID array fails, this backup is automatically mobilized by th

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual73be obtained by simply evaluating the XOR of the N bytes. Parity allows one error in a group (of bytes) to be corrected. Partiti

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual74of the disks fails, its contents can be retrieved from the duplicate disk. Furthermore, a RAID 1 array can also improve the thr

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual75Secondary Storage Mass storage devices such as hard disks, magneto-optical disks, floppy disks and tapes are frequently referre

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual76the favoured replication model is the HUB and SPOKE, and thus the WINS design is not central but distributed, ea

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual77Appendix F: Product SpecificationsSystem Architecture CPU: Intel® Core2® Architecture, 1.86GHz System RAM: 1GB DDR NV

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual78System Features RAID level 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and Span configurations Multiple RAID and LUN support Automatically and transparen

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual79Appendix G: Licence and CopyrightThis product included copyrighted third-party software licensed under the terms of

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual83. Safety WarningsFor your safety, please read and follow the following safety warnings:• Read this manual thoroughly before at

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual80GNU General Public LicenseVersion 2, June 1991Copyright © 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual81contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).Whether that is true d

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual82code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)The source code for a work means the pre

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual839. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such

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MicroNet Techology20525 Manhattan PlaceTorrance, CA 90501www.MicroNet.com02-08-2010 Rev 2 The material in this document is for information

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MaxNAS Owner’s Manual95. Unpacking the MaxNAS R8Please unpack your MaxNAS R8 in a static free environment, carefully making sure not to

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