StorPoint CD E100 Network CD-ROM Server
Axis Communications AB, 1999
Copyright
About This Manual
Preface
About Axis
Manuals, technical support, firmware updates
Support Services
If you are connected to Internet, you can find online
Addresses listed to the left
Table of Contents
Front Panel Indicators 129
Configuration File
Errors when Accessing the StorPoint CD or an Inserted Disc
Errors when Writing Data to a Disc 136
Axis StorPoint CD E100
Introduction
Features and Benefits
Introduction
Axis Storage Online CD
NetWare NCP Unix NFS
Installing the StorPoint CD
Connecting the StorPoint CD to the Network
Assigning an IP Address
Xxxxxxip4
Example
Syntax Windows
Windows NT
Example Windows
Syntax Windows 98/2000/ME and Windows NT
Ping the unit as follows
Dhcp Windows NT NetWare and Unix
Ether for Ethernet
Where
Macintosh
Accessing StorPoint CD Web Pages
System Settings
StorPoint CD can be configured using one of these tools
Installing the StorPoint CD
Installing the StorPoint CD
Installing the StorPoint CD
Network Environment Time Source You must also specify
Click Save to save your settings
Installing the StorPoint CD
SMB Protocols Access Control
Network Settings
Microsoft & IBM Networks SMB
SMB Server Name
Microsoft & IBM Networks SMB
Verifying
Access Control
Click Detailed View
Open the Windows Sharing
Click Disc & Drives
Environments
Click Discs & Drives
Managing Access Rights OS/2 Environments
Open the Windows Security
Click Disc & Drives
Locate the desired disc
Accessing the Discs
Windows 95/98
Disable this function, enter the value 0 into this field
Start the Windows Explorer
Expand the Network Neighborhood icon
From the Tools menu, select Map Network Drive
Workgroups
From the Disk menu, select Connect Network Drive…
Open Network, File and Print Client Resource Browser
OS/2 Warp 4 1. Double click the Connection icon
Microsoft & IBM Networks SMB
Example 2 Volumes folder access
Example 1 Root level access
Example 3 Disc access
\AXIS18025C\VOLUMES\CD Product Information
Properties
NetWare NCP
NetWare NCP
Is available for all parameters
Parameter name Value Description
Enter the appropriate settings for these parameters
CORPSERVER/SYSCDSERVER/CDSRV.DAT
Restart your StorPoint CD after the installation
Example NDS settings
Error Description
Authentication server
Access Control
NetWare NCP
NetWare Bindery
NetWare NCP
Locate the desired disc in the file Volumes folder
NDS Mode
Click OK. The StorPoint CD is ready for use
Start the Windows Explorer
Bindery Mode
NetWare NCP
Steps
Windows for
NetWare... button
Is displayed
NetWare NCP
Click NetWare Servers in the Resources listing
NetWare NCP
Last digits of the StorPoint CD serial number
Listing, open the Novell Directory Servers folder
Letter the next time you start your computer
Connect As box. Otherwise, leave the box empty
NetWare NCP
For more options, refer to the MAP command help
Directly to the volume named 44018881. Type
Map a disc named 44018881 to drive G, type
Unix NFS
Click Network Settings
Click Properties
Example 2 Volumes directory
Where IP address is the IP address or host name
Display the export list
Mount the resource
Example 3 Disc
Unix NFS
Macintosh AFP
Click Network Settings
Access Control
Click Properties
Click Properties
Click Connect
Macintosh AFP
FTP File Transfer Protocol
Is available for all parameters
Access Control
Web Browser Http
Discs & Drives To restrict user access to a particular disc
Click Network Settings Click Detailed View
Locate the disc you want to protect in the file tree
Open the Web Http
Accessing the Discs
Copying Files to Recordable Discs
Recordable Discs
Recordable Discs
Recordable Discs
Select the Recordable Discs tab
Setting a Password
Recordable Discs
Recordable Discs
Windows Explorer
CD Grouping
Contents on these discs will be deleted
Axis StorPoint Disco
CD Grouping
Shortcuts
Click File Axis StorPoint Disco Settings
Object
CD Grouping
Particular Disc
Click OK
During the client installation To edit this script
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Hard Disk Caching
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Verifying the Hard Disk
Using Hard Disk Caching for Increased Performance
Discs and File System Drives Cached Discs
Using Hard Disk Caching for Archiving Discs
System View
Properties
Manual Archiving
Eject
Description
108
Lock
Automatic Archiving
Sorting
Shared Drive
This view provides an overview of all cached Mirrored
Cached
Discs View
Event Log
Monitoring the StorPoint CD
This section describes the following monitoring tools
Click Event Log
Click Statistics
Statistics
Snmp
Mail Smtp
Select the Snmp tab Specify the settings, and click OK
ThinWizard
Axis ThinWizard
116
Appendix a Parameter List
Configuration File
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TimeZone Hours Parameter value +/- UTC
Values
Directory Structure
Editing the Configuration Parameters
To exit FTP, type the command quit, bye, or exit
To access the configuration file, type
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Problem See
Appendix B Troubleshooting
SCSI/Drive LED
Front Panel Indicators
Event Status LED SCSI/Drive LED Network LED
Error Conditions This table shows various error conditions
Click Server Settings Click Factory Defaults
Restoring Factory Default Settings
132
Running a Diagnostic Test
Errors when Accessing the StorPoint CD or an Inserted Disc
Low Transfer Rates when Using Disc Changers
Problems Finding a Wide-SCSI Hard Disk
Default setting is 0 seconds which disables this function
Errors when Writing Data to a Disc
Difficulties Locating the StorPoint CD in NetWare
Problems Running CD-ROM Software
Network Settings Detailed View TCP/IP
Insufficient Access Rights in NetWare NDS
Name Resolution Problems in Windows SMB
Host name of the StorPoint CD is cdserv
Problems Locating the Domain Controller in Windows SMB
Obtaining New Software
Appendix C Upgrading the StorPoint CD
This section includes the following information
Drag-and-Drop
Upgrading the Firmware
Wait for the copy to complete
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Where software name is the name of the new software, e.g
Issue the command
Manufacturer Type
Extending the RAM Memory
146
Hardware Inventory
Appendix D Tower and Drive Installation
Scsi Server
Physical Description
IDE Server
Installing the StorPoint CD in a Tower
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Connecting
Connecting the Drives to the StorPoint CD
Dual Scsi Version
Scsi Drives
IDE Drives
Switch the power on to the whole of the tower
Connect the IDE cable to the drives
Server must be physically located at one end of the cable
Supported Systems
Appendix E Technical Specifications
Environmental
Appendix F Glossary
Example 2 NDSAdminName parameter syntax
Example 1 NDSServerContext parameter syntax
NetWare environment
Network
Etc
System
Number of assembly-language instructions
Servers and volumes
Network services, e.g. printers and CD servers
Server Message Blocks. a protocol that makes use of NetBIOS
Wizard
Information on the Internet
Experience
Index
Microsoft & IBM networks configuration
NFS
Web Http
Web Http 82 Windows SMB 28 Writable discs Zone