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StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide MAN-STOR-N22 01/30/04

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 90 Disk Information DisksInformationIDEId:0StateStatusSize

Appendix B : Console User Interface 91Disk Information, Continued Name Description Size This field displays the actual on disk size of the hard disk

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 92 Volume Information VolumeInformationNumberOfVolumes:x(xxx%)<EXIT> This Vol

Appendix B : Console User Interface 93Volume Information, Continued Name Description Degraded This status means that the Volume has been compromised

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 94 Event Log List EventLogListNumberOfEvents:x<MM/DD/YYYY><HH:MM:SS>:NASxxxx

Appendix B : Console User Interface 95Set Host Name HostNameConfigurationHostName:NASxxxxxxxxxxxx<OK><Cancel> This subsectio

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 96 Set IP Address AMINAS(X)NIC0NetworkInterface-0(Selectone)NIC1NetworkInterface-1<OK

Appendix B : Console User Interface 97Set IP Address, Continued Configuring TCP/IP, Continued Step Action 2 Highlight the STATIC option by navigati

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 98 Set IP Address, Continued Configuring TCP/IP, Continued Step Action 4 Type the subnet mask y

Appendix B : Console User Interface 99Set IP Address, Continued Configuring TCP/IP, Continued Step Action 6 Type the IP address of your network’s p

Chapter One : Introduction 1Chapter 1 Introduction Overview American Megatrends StorTrends NAS software is a Linux®-based, high-performance NAS se

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 100Set IP Address, Continued Configuring TCP/IP, Continued Step Action 8 You are prompted with

Appendix B : Console User Interface 101System Related Operations SystemRelatedOperationsRebootShutdownExitRebootingTheSystemShutdownTheSystemEx

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 102Log Out From Console UI NASRTGConsoleInterfaceMakeSelectionSysInfoDisksInfoVolumeInfoEventL

Appendix C : RAID 103Appendix C RAID Introduction to RAID RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is an array of multiple independent hard dis

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 104RAID Overview RAID is a collection of specifications that describe a system for ensuring the r

Appendix C : RAID 105Disk Mirroring With mirroring (used in RAID 1), data written to one hard disk drive is simultaneously written to another hard di

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 106Selecting a RAID Level There are six official RAID levels (RAID 0 through RAID 5). The StorTre

Appendix C : RAID 107RAID 0 RAID 0 provides disk striping across all hard disk drives in the volume. RAID 0 does not provide any data redundancy, but

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 108RAID 1 RAID 1 duplicates all data from one hard disk drive to a second hard disk drive. RAID 1

Appendix C : RAID 109RAID 5 RAID 5 includes disk striping at the byte level and parity. In RAID 5, the parity information is written to several hard

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 2 Features, Continued Feature Description Network Information System (NIS) support Developed by S

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Glossary 111Glossary ACL Access Control List. An ACL is a table that tells the system’s operating system the access rights each user has to a direc

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 112 Archive The StorTrends NAS software uses this word to describe the process of backing up data

Glossary 113 Ethernet Ethernet is a registered trademark of the Xerox Corporation. It describes the way data packets are transferred between computer

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 114 Firewall A set of related programs, located at a network gateway server that protects the res

Glossary 115 Internet A global wide area network connecting millions of computers. IP Address A 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers sep

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 116 NDMP Network Data Management Protocol. It is the industry standard network based tape backup

Glossary 117 Open An open system (as opposed to a proprietary system) is one that adheres to a publicly known and sometimes standard set of interface

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 118 RAID 0 RAID 0 provides disk striping across all hard disk drives in the volume. RAID 0 does n

Glossary 119 SAN Storage Area Network. It is a network of shared storage devices. Its architecture works in a way that makes all storage devices avai

Chapter One : Introduction 3Features, Continued Feature Description file system protocol support z CIFS (Common Internet File System): is the file s

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 120 State A state is a text description or status used to describe whether or not the hardware fe

Glossary 121 User DN User Distinguished Name. For example, marketing users on the ami.com domain would be entered as follows: CN=ADMINNAME,CN=USERS,

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Index 123Index Error! No index entries found.

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 4 Features, Continued Feature Description alert notification StorTrends NAS software has an aler

Chapter Two : Quick Installation 5Chapter 2 Quick Installation Before You Start Prerequisites Before you can install the StorTrends NAS software

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 6 Before You Start, Continued Prerequisites, Continued Item Description mouse You can use a USB

Chapter Two : Quick Installation 7Installation Text Mode Use the following steps to install the StorTrends NAS software into the StorTrends 2104 ser

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 8 Installation, Continued Text Mode, Continued Step Action 4 When prompted, enter the StorTren

Chapter Two : Quick Installation 9Installation, Continued Text Mode, Continued Step Action 6 Once the installation is complete, press the <ENTE

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide ii © Copyright 1998-2004 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. American Megatrends, Inc.

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 10 Cont’d

Chapter Two : Quick Installation 11Installation, Continued Graphics Mode Use the following steps to install the StorTrends NAS software into the Sto

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 12 Installation, Continued Graphics Mode, Continued Step Action 4 When prompted, enter the Sto

Chapter Two : Quick Installation 13Installation, Continued Graphics Mode, Continued Step Action 6 The StorTrends NAS Software installation shows it

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 14 Installation, Continued Graphics Mode, Continued Step Action 9 Once the StorTrends NAS softw

Chapter Two : Quick Installation 15Connecting Use the following steps to connect to your StorTrends 2104 server. Step Action 1 From a client system

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 16 Connecting, Continued Step Action 3 The AMI NAS 2.2 web client appears. You are now connected

Chapter Two : Quick Installation 17

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 19Chapter 3 Using Your NAS Server Overview Once the StorTrends NAS Software is installed on your StorTrends 2

Preface iiiTable of Contents Revision History ...

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 20 NAS Management Section Name Icon Description Users and Groups This section allows you to do

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 21 Creating a User Step Description 1 2

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 22 Editing a User Step Description 1 2 3

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 23Step Description 4 5 Deleting a User Step Description 1 Note: You can select multiple Users by left cl

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 24 Step Description 2 3 4 Creating a Group Step Description

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 25Step Description 1 2 3 Editing a Group Step Description

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 26 Step Description 1 2 3

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 27Step Description 4 5 6 Deleting a Group Step Description

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 28 Step Description 1 Note: You can select multiple Groups by left clicking on each individual

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 29ADS (Active Directory™ Services) Domain Active Directory™ presents organizations with a directory service desi

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide iv Rebuilding a Volume ...

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 30 area networks. NIS uses the client/server model and the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface f

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 31 Item Description System Name This field displays the host name of the NAS server. The host name defaults to

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 32 Item Description NDMP Port Number NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol): is the industry st

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 33Step Description 2 Select the physical location of the hard disk drives that you want to include in your Volu

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 34 Step Description 4 If you want to enable Snapshots on your Volume, left click the box next to

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 35Step Description 1 Make sure that you are in Storage Explorer. Left click the Storage icon to view the Volume

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 36 Step Description 3 Left click the Delete Volume button. 4 A confirmation dialog box opens.

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 37Step Description 2 Left click on the Volume that you want to rebuild. 3 Left click the Rebuild button. 4 A c

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 38 Step Description 1 Make sure that you are in Storage Explorer. Left click the Storage icon a

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 39 Creating Subdirectories in Volumes Step Description 1 Right click on the Volume that you want to create a s

Preface vVolume Information, Continued... 93 Event Log

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 40 Step Description 3 The new subdirectory will appear under the Volume that it is in. You can l

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 41Step Description 2 A confirmation dialog box opens. Left click the OK button to confirm. 3 A confirmation d

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 42 Step Description 2 You can set the Default Quota for New Users that you create by simply plac

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 43Step Description 1 This section allows you to record a Volume level Snapshot and restore from a Snapshot imag

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 44 Step Description 2 Current Status: This field displays the status of the Snapshot on your NAS

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 45Step Description 3 To set the Snapshot schedule, left click the time interval desired. Each option is describ

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 46 Step Description 4 Left click the Restore button to immediately restore the Volume from the S

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 47Step Description 1 This section allows you to enable CIFS Shares for Microsoft® Windows® Clients, NFS Shares

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 48 Step Description 3 Select the various protocols that you want to enable or disable. Left clic

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 49Step Description 1 Make sure that you are in Storage Explorer. Left click the Storage icon and then left clic

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StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 50 Step Description 1 Make sure that you are in Storage Explorer. Left click the Storage icon an

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 51Step Description 2 Left click the box next to Set permissions for individual users or groups to set individua

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 52 Step Description 3 Highlight the users or groups that you want to set permissions for individ

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 53Step Description 4 Highlight the users or groups that you want to Deny access rights for and left click the D

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 54 Step Description 5 Highlight the users or groups that you want to set Full Access rights for

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 55Step Description 6 Highlight the users or groups that you want to set Read Only access rights for and left cl

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 56 Step Description 7 Left click the Apply button to implement the change.

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 57NAS Configuration Section Name Icon Description Network This section contains a subsection for each support

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 58 TCP/IP Tab Item Description Select Network Interface dropdown menu Obtain IP Address an

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 59Item Description Specify an IP Address and DNS Server Address IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Pri

Preface viiLimited Warranty The buyer agrees that if this product proves to be defective, American Megatrends is only obligated to repair or replace

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 60 Item Description Enable UNIX File Protocol (NFS) Allow All IP Addresses Allow Following IP

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 61 Item Description Enable Apple File Protocol (AFP) Apply button Novell Tab Item Description Enable Nov

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 62 Item Description Set IPX Protocol dropdown menu Internal Network Number Ethernet II Etherne

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 63 Item Description Enable HTTP Sharing Enable Secure HTTP Sharing Enable FTP Sharing Apply button Even

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 64 Step Description 1 2 3

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 65Step Description 4 5 Enabling SNMP Alerts Step Description

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 66 Step Description 1 2 Configuring SNMP Targets

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 67 Field Description Community Name Column Target IP Column Target 1 through 4 Setting SNMP Alert Types

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 68 Item Description Information Warning Critical/Fatal Apply button Restore button Enab

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 69Step Description 1 2 Configuring Email Addresses and Mail Servers

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide viii Disclaimer This manual describes the operation of the American Megatrends StorTrends® NAS so

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 70 Item Description Email Address Column Email Address 1 through 4 Email Server Setting E

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 71 Item Description Information Warning Critical/Fatal Apply button Restore button Configuration and Co

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 72 z upgrade the firmware. z adjust the date and time. Shutting Down Your NAS Server Step Desc

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 73Step Description 1 2 Editing Your NAS Server’s System Name Step Description 1

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 74 Step Description 2 3 Changing the Administrative/Root Password Step Description

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 75Step Description 1 2 Upgrading Your NAS Software

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 76 Item Description FTP Address Path User Name Password Confirm Password Apply button

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 77 Item Description Month dropdown menu Year dropdown menu Date calendar Synchronize with Local button Se

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 78 Changing the Language Step Description 1 2

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 79Step Description 3

Preface ix

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 80 NAS Health and Status Information Section Name Location Description StorTrends 2104 Server

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 81 You can also mouse over the power supply to view its information. Note: You can stop the fan animation by

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 82 You can click on the icon to the right of System Voltages or Fan Status to view the voltages

Chapter Four : Gathering Information 83

Appendix A : Expansion Card Compatibility List 85Appendix A Expansion Card Compatibility List Compatibility List Type Manufacture and Model To be

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 86

Appendix B : Console User Interface 87Appendix B Console User Interface Overview AMINASSystemInfo:BuildInfo:PleaseAuthenticateHostNameIpAd

StorTrends® NAS Software (Version 2.2) User’s Guide 88 Main Menu AMINASSysInfoDisksInfoVolumeInfoEventLogHostNameIpConfSystemControlLogoutSystemInf

Appendix B : Console User Interface 89System Information SystemInformationServerNameNetworkInterface(NIC-0)IPAddressMACAddres