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NETGEAR RN10223D-100NAS, RN31400-100NAS manual About This Manual, “Maintenance and Administration”

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About This Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of a ReadyNAS Network Attached Storage system from NETGEAR, Inc. If you have not already done so, please read the printed Installation Guide provided with your product and the ReadyNAS Setup Manual on the Installation CD.

The ReadyNAS Setup Manual takes you step-by-step through the FrontView Setup Wizard and quickly prepares the ReadyNAS for your network. The NETGEAR® ReadyNAS User Guide explains each of the available options in detail, including many of the advanced options not described during the Setup Wizard process. The manual includes:

Chapter 1, “Configuring Your ReadyNAS,” describes all the menus and tabs available in the FrontView Advanced Control mode.

Chapter 2, “Accessing Shares from Your Operating System.” If you have already configured the ReadyNAS and you need help in accessing the shares on the ReadyNAS, skip to this chapter.

Chapter 3, “Maintenance and Administration”:

•If a disk fails, learn about the proper procedure for replacing the failed disk in “Replacing a Failed Disk.”

•If you need to reinstall the firmware or reset the system back to the factory default configuration, see “Resetting Your System (System Switch)” for an explanation of both.

•“Changing User Passwords” covers users other than administrators can access FrontView to change their password.

Appendix A, “RAID Levels Simplified,” explains the RAID levels that the ReadyNAS supports.

Appendix B, “Input Field Format,” covers questions on what constitutes a valid input for hostname, workgroup, or password.

Appendix C, “Glossary,” provides definitions for some of the technical terminologies used in this document.

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Contents

NETGEAR, Inc NETGEAR ReadyNAS User GuideTrademarks Technical SupportStatement of Conditions Certificate of the Manufacturer/Importerv1.0, October Product and Publication Detailsv1.0, October Configuring Your ReadyNAS ContentsNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide About This ManualMaintenance and Administration Accessing Shares from Your Operating SystemChapter ChapterRAID Levels Simplified Appendix AAppendix B Input Field FormatContents viiiv1.0, October Chapter 3, “Maintenance and Administration” About This ManualAbout This Manual Conventions, Formats, and ScopeHow to Print This Manual How to Use This ManualClick the print icon in the upper left corner of your browser window Revision HistoryNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide About This ManualNETGEAR ReadyNAS NV+ X-RAID Chapter Configuring Your ReadyNASConfiguring Your ReadyNAS Specifying Your Ethernet Connection SettingsPage If you wish to use the ReadyNAS in a VLAN environment, select the Enable VLAN support check box, and enter a numeric VLAN tag. You need to reboot the ReadyNAS for the VLAN function to take effect Global Network Settings Default GatewayHostname WINS DNS SettingsSetting Up Security Admin PasswordDHCP Security Mode a domain environment with more than 1000 users Share Security Mode User Security Mode Domain Security Mode Managing Groups Setting Up User and Group Accountsname2,gid2,quota2,member21member22member23 name1,gid1,quota1,member11member12member13name3,gid3,quota3,member31member32member33 Managing Usersflintstones rubble,1007,5000,barneybettyname1,password1,group1,email1,uid1,quota1 name2,password2,group2,email2,uid2,quota2name3,password3,group3,email3,uid3,quota3 Setting Accounts Preferences Selecting Services for Share AccessStandard File Protocols Streaming Services SlimServer provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players from Slim Devices. You can click the http setup link for more detailed configuration options Discovery Services Understanding Volume ManagementVolume Management for Flex-RAID Flex-RAIDX-RAID Adding a Volume Deleting a VolumeTo add a volume RAID Settings Adding a Second Disk for Redundancy Volume Management for X-RAIDReplacing All Your Disks for More Capacity Adding a Third and Fourth Disk for More CapacityChanging between X-RAID and Flex-RAID Modes SnapshotsTaking and Scheduling Snapshots If you specify a start and end time of 0000, ReadyNAS will take one snapshot at midnight. A start time of 0000 and an end time of 2300 will set snapshots to be taken between midnight and 11 pm the next day at the interval you specify. Once you save the snapshot schedule, the time of the next snapshot is displayed. When the next snapshot is taken, the previous one is replaced You can also specify how long a snapshot should last. If you will be using snapshots for backups, you can schedule the snapshot to last slightly longer than the expected duration of the backup. Having an active snapshot can affect the write performance to the ReadyNAS, so deactivating it when it is not needed might be advantageous in write-intensive environments Resizing Snapshot Space USB StorageFAT32 NTFS Ext2 Ext3 USB Flash Device Option Managing Your SharesAdding Shares Managing Shares Setting Share Access in Share Mode 192.168.2., 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0, 192.168.2.0/24 Setting Share Access in User and Domain ModesHosts allowed access 192.168.2.101 Hosts allowed access 192.168.2.101Recycle Bin. The ReadyNAS can have a Recycle Bin for each share for Windows users. The Enable Recycle Bin option is shown at the bottom of the CIFS screen Advanced Options USB Shares Configuring Backup Jobs Step 1 - Select Backup Source Adding a New Backup Jobmyserver/myshare myserver/myshare/myfolder 192.168.0.101/myshare/myfoldermyfolder media/Videos My Folder Step 2 - Select Backup Destination Step 3 - Choose Backup ScheduleMy Documents/My Pictures Step 4 - Choose Backup Options All Logs link Viewing the Backup Schedule Viewing the Backup Log Programming the Backup ButtonSetting Up Printers Editing a Backup JobPrint Shares over CIFS/SMB Managing Print Queues IPP PrintingManaging Your ReadyNAS System ClockSystem Time Alerts NTP OptionAlerts Contacts SNMP Alerts SettingsTo set up SNMP service SMTP PerformanceSelect Disable journaling if you understand the consequences of this action, and you do not mind a long file system check only after unexpected power failures. File system journaling allows disk checks of only a few seconds verses possibly an hour or longer without journaling. Disabling journaling improves disk write performance slightly Adding a UPS for Performance Language Updating ReadyNAS Remote UpdateLocal Update Power Management SettingsFactory Default Disk Spin-Down Option Power TimerShutdown UPS ConfigurationNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS1-65 v1.0, OctoberNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Configuring Your ReadyNAS1-66 v1.0, OctoberWindows Chapter 2 Accessing Shares from Your Operating SystemAccessing Shares from Your Operating System MAC OSAFP over Bonjour AFP over AppleTalk You should see the same file listing as you would in Windows Explorer MAC OS To access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from the Finder menu, choose the NAS device entry from the AppleTalk section, and click Connectmount ipaddr/backup /backup Linux/UnixWeb Browser Accessing Shares from Your Operating System If the Share access is read-only, only the file manager displaysNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide v1.0, Octoberdelete any files created through the web FTP/FTPS # rsync ipaddrbackup # rsync -a ipaddrbackup /tmpRsync Networked DVD Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Accessing Shares from Your Operating System2-14 v1.0, OctoberChapter Maintenance and Administration Viewing System StatusHealth Logs Ordering a Replacement Disk Replacing a Failed DiskReplacing a Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS NV+ Replacing the Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS Replacing the Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS 600/X6 Resetting Your System System Switch Resynchronizing the VolumeYour ReadyNAS comes in one of three configurations Configuring RAID on the ReadyNAS 1100 and NV+Diskless system with X-RAID expandable volume System with pre-installed disks in X-RAID expandable volumeTo reconfigure your RAID setup 1. Power off the device Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive ReadyNAS1100 Backup ReadyNAS NV+ BackupUSB Drive Removing the System Module from the ReadyNAS Changing User PasswordsMaintenance and Administration In Share and Domain security mode, the Password tab does not appearNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 3-12Appendix A RAID Levels Simplified RAID LevelRAID Level RAID Level X X-RAID RAID level 5 provides the best balance of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy. RAID 5 provides redundancy by striping data across three or more disks and keeping the parity information on one of the disks in each stripe. In case of disk failure, the surviving disks and the parity disk are used to reconstruct the lost data, providing data transparently to the user application. When the failed disk has been replaced with a good disk, the reconstructed data is written out to the new disk when the reconstruction or sometimes referred as RESYNC process is complete, the volume returns to a redundant state. The capacity of a RAID 5 volume is the smallest disk in the RAID set multiplied by one less than the number of disks in the RAID set. For example, a four-disk RAID 5 set provides the capacity of three disks, assuming all four disks are identical in sizeRAID Level Domain or Workgroup Name Appendix B Input Field FormatHost Host NameShare Name Share PasswordSNMP Community User or Group NameThe password can be any character except for single quote User PasswordNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Input Field FormatNETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Input Field Formatv1.0, October Appendix C Glossary Glossaryv1.0, October NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Glossaryv1.0, October Numerics IndexIndex-1 v1.0, AugustNETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-2v1.0, August NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-3v1.0, August NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-4v1.0, August NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-5v1.0, August NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-6v1.0, August NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-7v1.0, August NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 3.01 Administration Manual Index-8v1.0, August