Storageflex 3945N manual

Storageflex 3945N NAS RAID Manual Version 5.3

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Contents

Main Storageflex 3945N NAS RAID Manual Version 5.3 www.Storageflex.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Preface Page Page Page 1 Overview ApplianceView Minimum Hardware Requirements 2 Installation Connecting the Appliance to your network Configuring the Appliance for your network Locating the Appliance on your network Page 3 Launching ApplianceView Searching your network for local appliances Searching for remote appliances Locating Appliances that do not show up initially Logging on to a newly installed appliance Configuring a New Appliance with Setup Wizard Page Page Page Page Logging On a Configured Appliance Logging Off an Appliance 4 Configuring the Appliance to Use a UPS Managing Users and Groups on the Appliance Managing Users Locally Page Page Managing Groups Locally Page Managing Access to Folders and Shares Managing Shares Page Page Managing Folders Page Monitoring the Appliance Checking the Status of the Appliance Checking User Connections to the Appliance Viewing Settings of the Appliance Viewing Logs of the Appliance Monitoring Hardware Status of the Appliance Page Changing the administrative password Changing the date and time Shutting Down an Appliance 5 Changes to Advanced Settings Name and DNS Appliance Name Network Domain DNS Search Order More Networking Obtaining an IP Address from a DHCP Server Setting a Static IP Address Configuring NIC Teaming (IP Failover) The Ways To Authenticate Users And Groups (Security Modes) Authenticate Users and Groups against your Active Directory Services (Native Mode) Authenticate Users and Groups against your Primary Domain Controller (Mixed Mode) Page Authenticate Users and Groups against LDAP server (LDAP Mode) Manage Users and Groups with ApplianceView (Local Mode) Page Macintosh/UNIX/FTP Support Enabling Macintosh Support Enabling UNIX Support Enabling FTP Support Large Network Settings Configuring LDAP Server Page Configuring NIS Policy Management Available Conditions Page Available Actions Page Page Available Roles Managing Policy Rules Page Page Updating Appliance via Web Page Troubleshooting the Appliance Page Page 6 Managing RAID Available RAID levels RAID 0: Single Large Volume Volume Management RAIDs Logical Volume Managers (LVMs) Regions Page Logical Volumes (LVs) Snapshots Clustering Page Page 7 Naming Folders Working from a Windows Computer Finding appliances in Network Neighborhood (My Network Places) Finding appliances with Find Computer Saving files to the appliance (Windows) Assigning a drive letter to the appliance Working from a Macintosh Computer Connecting through the Network Browser or Chooser (Mac OS 9) Connecting through the Finder (Mac OS X) Saving files to the appliance (Macintosh) Working from a Linux Computer Mounting a share on the appliance (Linux and UNIX) Page Appendix A: Using the Online Help Online Help Viewing Online Help Printing Online Help Screens Appendix B: Glossary A C D Default Gateway Disk Segment Domain Name Service (DNS) Server Domain E Ethernet F G H I K L M N NIS P Patch Cable Partition Physical Volume (PV) Primary Domain Controller (PDC) S Storage object Status Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Software RAID Appliance T TCP/IP Setup Wizard U UNIX Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) User Authentication Types W Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) Server Workgroup Appendix C Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ApplianceWare 5.3 Complete FAQ