Dell 745N manual Creating Local Users and Groups, Changing the Administrator Password

NOTE: Before you configure the IP address, make sure that the NAS system is connected to the network.

To configure the IP address, perform the following steps:

1.Log in to the NAS Manager.

2.Click Network, and then click Interfaces.

3.Select the radio button beside the network connection that you want to configure.

NOTE: If some of the text is missing due to column width, pass your cursor over the text in the column to see a pop-up window with a full description.

4.Click IP, and select Use the following IP settings.

5.Enter the desired IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

If you do not have this information, contact your system administrator.

6.Click OK.

The network address setup is complete.

NOTE: When you change the IP address, you may be unable to access the NAS Manager by system name. If this happens, you can also try to access the NAS system by typing http://new_ip_address or https://new_ip_address:1279 in the NAS Manager.

Changing the Administrator Password

1.Log in to the NAS Manager.

2.Click Network and click Administrator.

3.Enter the current user name and password.

4.Enter the new password in the New password box.

The password must be at least six characters and cannot be blank.

5.Enter the new password again in the Confirm new password box.

6.Click OK.

NOTE: If you receive an error message stating that the password or account name cannot be changed for this domain account when trying to change the administrator password or account name, you are logged on as a domain user. You must be logged on as the server administrator to change the administrator password.

Creating Local Users and Groups

A user is a person or group that has access to the shares on the NAS system. You create users after you configure the network properties of your NAS system.

Creating a Local User

NOTE: In a domain environment, you cannot create domain users through the NAS Manager.

1.Log in to the NAS Manager.

2.Click Users.

3.Click Local Users.

4.On the Local Users on Server page, click New.

5.Complete the information on the Create New User page.