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    202-10406-01 v1.3 November 2008 NETGEAR , Inc. 350 E Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide ...

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    ii v1.3, November 2008 © 2008 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. T echnical Support Registration on the website or over the phone is required before you can us e our telephone support service. The phone numbers for worldwide regional customer support centers ar e on the W arranty and Support Information card th at came with your product. Go to ...

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    v1.3, November 2008 iii Product and Publication Det ails Model Number: Publication Date: November 2008 Product Family: Network S torage Product Name: ReadyNAS Pro Network Attached S t orage System Business Edition Home or Business Prod uc t: Business Language: Engl ish Publication Part Number: 202-10406-01 Publication V ersion Number: 1.3 ...

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    v1.3, November 2008 iv ...

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    v v1.3, November 2008 Content s About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope ..................... ................ ................ ................ .............. ix How to Use This Manual ....... ............. ................ ................ ................ ............. ................ .. x How to Print This Manual ............ ....... ...

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    vi Contents v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Updating the Admin Password . ....... ............. ............ ................. ............. ................ ........ 2-8 Selecting Services for Share Access ............ ... ............. ................ ............. ................ ..... 2-9 S tandard File Protocols ................ ... ... .... ... ... .. ...

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    Contents vii v1.3, November 2008 Networked DVD Players and UPnP A V Media Adapters . ................ ................ ............. 3-20 Remote Access .............. ............. ................. ... ............. ................ ............. ............. ...... 3-20 Remote FTP Access ............. ................. ...... .......... ........ ...

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    viii Contents v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Shutdown .................. ....................... ...................... ....................... ...................... .......... .. 6-8 Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems MAC OS X .......... ............ ................. ............. ................ ............. ................ ........... ...

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    ix v1.3, November 2008 About This Manual The NETGEAR® ReadyNAS Pr o Business Edition User Guide describes how to configure and troubleshoot a ReadyNAS Pro Bu siness Edition system. The information in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate computer and network ing skills. Conventions, Format s, and Scope The conventions, formats, and ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide x About This Manual v1.3, Novemb er 2008 • Scope. This manual is written for the ReadyNAS Pro Business Editio n according to these specifications: How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this ma nual includes the following: • Buttons, and , for browsing forward o r backward through the ma nual one pa ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide About This Manual xi v1.3, November 2008 – Printing a PDF version of the complete manual . Use the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page. • Click the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page in the manual. The PDF version of the complete manual opens in a browser window . • C ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide xii About This Manual v1.3, Novemb er 2008 ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Getting Acquainted 1-1 v1.3, November 2008 Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted This chapter provides an overvi ew of the features and capabilitie s of the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. It also covers the un it’ s physical features, main so ftware, and initial setup steps. T opics discussed in this chapter includ ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 1-2 Getting Acquainted v1.3, Novemb er 2008 entire system for abnormal situat ions or part failures and e-mails system alerts to the network administrator . In addition, the Frontview Add-on SDK provides d evelopers the tools for uniquely extending ReadyNAS capabilities. For a full list of what is new compa ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Getting Acquainted 1-3 v1.3, November 2008 The X-RAID Dat a V olume X-RAID has one data volume. Thi s volume uses th e capacity of the smallest disk from each disk. For instance, if you had one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from each disk is used in the volume. The leftover space on the 250 GB ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 1-4 Getting Acquainted v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Introducing the S t atus Displays, Port s, and Drive Bay This section introduces the Read yNAS Pro display , ports, and driv e bay . Front and Side Panel 1. OLED display , including the disk activity status light 2. CPU exhaust vent 3. Power button/power status 4. ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Getting Acquainted 1-5 v1.3, November 2008 Drive Bay 1. Drive bay door 2. Six disk bays 3. Disk tray pop-out button 4. Disk tray pop-out latch 5. Disk tray 6. Disk tray lock 7. Recessed disk tray latch lock release Figure 1-2 Note: If you set the tray lock, you w ill need to use a push-pin or paper clip to o ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 1-6 Getting Acquainted v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Rear Panel 1. Disk exhaust fan 2. System exhaust fan 3. T wo USB ports 4. Recessed button which provides acce ss to the diagnostic startup menu: Normal, Factory Restore (which erases all data), OS Reinstall, T ech Support remote diagnostics, Skip V olume Check, Me ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Getting Acquainted 1-7 v1.3, November 2008 Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS Pro The ReadyNAS Pro is suitable for use in an of fice environment where it can be free-standing, located in a wiring closet or equipment room. When deciding where to locate the unite, ensure that: • It is accessible and cables c ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 1-8 Getting Acquainted v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Default IP Address, Lo gin Name, and Password The default IP configuratio n is set to DHCP; if the unit does not get an IP address, it defaults to 192.168.168.1 68. The default administrator user name is admin with the default password being netgear1 (case sensiti ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Getting Acquainted 1-9 v1.3, November 2008 The FrontV iew Management Console The FrontV iew management console operates in two modes: S etup W izard mode, and Advanced Control mode. When the unit is in its factory default state, FrontV iew is in Setup W izard mode. Use the wizard to perform the in itial conf ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 1-10 Getting Acquainted v1.3, Novemb er 2008 In this mode, you see the menus on the left that a llow you to quickly jump to the screen you want. The bar at the top provides optio ns to return to the Home scr een, refresh the browse r window , display Help where av ailable, or to log out of t his session. At ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Ma nagin g Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-1 v1.3, November 2008 Chapter 2 Setting Up and Managing Y our ReadyNAS Pro Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS Pro Netw ork Attached Storage System Business Edition in your network is descri bed in this chapter . This chapter contains the following sections: • ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-2 Setting Up and Man ag in g Your Re ad yNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Ethernet Interfaces Select Network > Interfaces > Ethernet 1 /Ether net 2 tab pages to specify network interface- specific settings for S tandard Settings, T e aming/Failover , VLAN Settings and Performance Settings. S tandard Set ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Ma nagin g Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-3 v1.3, November 2008 the setting you want. NETGEAR ad vises that you keep the se tting in an Auto-negotiation mode othe rwise. • MTU . In some network environmen ts, cha nging the default MTU value can fix throughput problems. NETGEAR advises that you leave th ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-4 Setting Up and Man ag in g Your Re ad yNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 • XOR : T ransmit based on the default simple tran smit hash policy . This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance. • Broadcast : T ransmit e verything on all slave interf aces. This mode prov ides fault tolerance. • IEEE ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Ma nagin g Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-5 v1.3, November 2008 Performance Settings . In this section, you can the Enable jumbo frames option allo ws yo u to optimize the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition for large data tr ansfers such as multiple streams of video playback. Global Network Settings Hostname ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-6 Setting Up and Man ag in g Your Re ad yNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Default Gateway The Default Gateway specifies the IP address of th e system where your network traffic is routed if the destination is outside your subnet. In most homes and smaller of fices, this is the IP address of the router conn ec ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Ma nagin g Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-7 v1.3, November 2008 DHCP The DHCP tab allows you to specify this de vice as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server . DHCP service simplifies management of a netwo rk by dynamically assigning IP addresses to new clients on the netw ork. Select the E ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-8 Setting Up and Man ag in g Your Re ad yNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Up dating the Admin Password The Security tab allows you to set the administ rator password, administer security , and se t up the password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS. The Admin Password tab allows you to change the adminis trator ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Ma nagin g Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-9 v1.3, November 2008 Selecting Services for Share Access The Services screen allows you to manage various ser vices for share acce ss. This in effect controls the type of clients you wish to allow access to the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. Three types of servi ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-10 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 • AFP (Apple File Protocol). Mac OS 9 and OS X works best usin g this protocol as it handles an extensive character set. However, in mixed PC and Mac environments, it is advisable to use CIFS/SMB, unless enhanced character set supp ort i ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-11 v1.3, November 2008 S treaming Services The built-in streaming services on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition allo w you to stream multi- media content directly from the ReadyNAS, without the need to have your PC or Mac powered on. • SqueezeCenter provides musi ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-12 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Discovery Services • Bonjour service provides a simple way of discovering various se rvices on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition. Bonjour curren tly provides an easy way to connect to FrontV iew , IPP printing, and AFP services. OS X has ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-13 v1.3, November 2008 expandable RAID technology . Y o ur system comes preconfigured with X-RAID2. However , you can switch between the two modes through a fa ctory default reset process described in “Configuring RAID” on page 6-7.” Overview of RAID Le vels ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-14 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 smallest disk in the RAID set mu ltiplied by one less than the numb er of disks in the RAID set. For example, a four-disk RAID 5 set provides the capac ity of three disks, assuming all four disks are identical in size. RAID 6 RAID 6 (strip ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-15 v1.3, November 2008 • X-RAID2: – One-volume technology , but supports volume ex pansion, either with the addition of more disks or the replacement of an existing disk with lar ger capacity dis ks. – Y ou can start out with one di sk, and add more disks as ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-16 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Adding a V olume After deleting the volume, Add V olume tab displays listing the available configurable space on the hard disks. All the disks are selected by default. Y ou can elect to s pecify a hot spar e disk if you wish. A hot spare r ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-17 v1.3, November 2008 In our example, we selected 10 percent of the volume to be re served for snapshots. 4. Specify the desired volume siz e . After you specify the volu me parameters, enter the appropriate volume size—if you wish to config ure a smaller volume ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-18 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 The Locate option is a way to verify that a disk is correctly situated in the expected disk slot. Clicking Loc ate causes disk LED to blink for 15 seconds. V olume Management for X-RAID2 Most people want to either add redundanc y or expand ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-19 v1.3, November 2008 First, power down the ReadyNAS Pro, replace the first disk with the large-capacity disk, and then reboot. If your Ready NAS supports hot-swapping , you can hot-swap the disk without po werin g down. The ReadyNAS Pro will detect that a new di ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-20 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Changing between X-RAID2 and Flex-RAID Modes Y ou can switch between X-RAID2 and Flex-X-RAID modes. The process involves setting the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition to the factory defa ult and using RAIDar to configure the volume during a 10 ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-21 v1.3, November 2008 When the US B device is unmounted, you hav e the option of renaming it . The next time the same device is connected, it will use the new name rather than the default USB_FLASH_n or USB_HDD_n naming scheme. The USB storage shares are listed in ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-22 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Setting Up Printers The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edit ion device supports automatic recognition of USB printers. If you have not already done so, you can connect a printer now , wait a few seconds, and click Refresh to display det ected print ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-23 v1.3, November 2008 discover and set up the print queue. Bonjour is built into OS X and can be installed on W indows computers (Bonjour for W indows is availa ble for download from th e Apple website at http://www .apple.com/macosx/featur es/bonjour/ ). Managing ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-24 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Adjusting System Settings System settings include clock, alert, performance, language, fi rmware update, configuration backup/restore, power , and shutdown settings. Clock, System T ime, and NTP Options An accurate time setting on the Cloc ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-25 v1.3, November 2008 Alert s, Alert Cont act s, Aler t Settings, SNMP , and SMTP In the event of a device or an enclosure failure, a quota violation, low-disk space warning, and other system events requiring your attention, e- mail alerts are sent. The Alerts scr ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-26 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 is detected. Selecting the Power -off NAS when disk temperatur e exceeds safe le vel gracefully powers off the ReadyNAS Pro Bu siness Edition when the disk te mperature exceeds the nominal range. SNMP . If you utilize an SNMP management sy ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-27 v1.3, November 2008 obtained from the included Installation CD or downloaded from the NETGEAR Support site at http://www .netgear .com/support . SMTP . The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edi tion device has a built-in e- mail message transfer agent (MT A) that is set up ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-28 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 For example, selecting Japanese allows you to share files with Japanese names in W indows Explorer . It is best to select the appropri ate language base d on the region where the device will be operated. If you wish, you can select the All ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-29 v1.3, November 2008 Up dating from the NETGEAR W eb Site The preferred and quicker method if the ReadyNAS Pro Business Ed ition has Internet access is the Remote update option. Select Up date from the main menu and then select the Remote tab. Click Check for Upd ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-30 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition by selecting the Local update tab. The update file can be a RAIDiator firmware image or an add-on package. Click Br owse to select the update file and then click Upload and verify image . The process takes sev ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro 2-31 v1.3, November 2008 Restoring the Factory Default Settings The Factory Default tab allows you to reset the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device back to its factory default state. Choo se this option carefully as All Data W ill Be Lost unless you back up any data ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 2-32 Setting Up a nd Managing Your ReadyNAS Pro v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Click Backup then Select which category of config uration files to back up, then click the “Download configuration archive” button to down load a zip archive of the requested files. Use the Restore tab to brows for a configuration back ...

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    3-1 v1.3, November 2008 Chapter 3 Managing User Access Setting up and managing the ReadyNAS Pro Netw ork Attached Storage System Business Edition in your network is descri bed in this chapter . This chapter contains the following sections: • “Understanding Disk Share Security Access Modes • “Setting Up User and Group Accounts • “Changin ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-2 Managing Us er Access v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Underst anding Disk Share Security Access Modes The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition of fers User and Domain security access options. Select the most appropriate option based on the re quired level of sec urity and your current network authentication scheme. • U ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-3 v1.3, November 2008 device itself. Also, in this security mode, each do main/ADS user is automatically set up with a private home share on the Re adyNAS Pro Business Edition. User Security Mode This option is ideal for medium-si ze offices or workgroups. Select this option if you wou ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-4 Managing Us er Access v1.3, Novemb er 2008 • User names you wish to create (plus e-mail addresses if you will be setting disk quotas) • Amount of disk space you wa nt to allocate to users and groups (optio nal) T o change or set a workgroup name: 1. Select the User radio button. 2. Enter the name yo ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-5 v1.3, November 2008 – OU (Organization Unit). Y ou can specify ne sted OUs by separating OU entries with commas. The lowest level OU must be specified first. Y ou can elect to have the ReadyNAS Pro Busin ess Edition automatically auto-detect the domain controller , or you can speci ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-6 Managing Us er Access v1.3, Novemb er 2008 access. For instance, you can have user Joe in the Marketing group also belong to the Sales group so Joe can access shares restric ted to only the Marketing and Sales groups. While adding a new gro up, you can specify th e amou nt of disk space you wish to allo ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-7 v1.3, November 2008 name2,gid2,quota2,member21:member22:member23 name3,gid3,quota3,member31:member32:member33 : Please note the following: • Spaces around commas ar e ignored. • The name field is required. • Quota is set to default if not specified. • GID is automatically gen ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-8 Managing Us er Access v1.3, Novemb er 2008 2. Click the Add User tab to add a new user . Y ou can add up to five users at a time. For eac h user , add the following information: •U s e r n a m e , • E-mail address • User ID • Select a group from the Group pull-down menu. • Password • Disk qu ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-9 v1.3, November 2008 • Empty fields are replaced with account defaults. Examples of acceptable formats are as follows (note that you can omit follow-on commas and fields if you wish to accept the sy stem defaults for those fields, or you can leave the fields empty): fred,hello123 In ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-10 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Users can use the W eb browser a nd th eir existing password to log in to https://< ip_addr> / to access the W eb share listing page. Then select the P assword tab, and follow the prompts to set a new password . In Share and Domain security mode, the Pas ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-11 v1.3, November 2008 Adding Shares T o add a share: 1. From the main menu, select V olumes > V o lume Settings. If more than one volume is configured, click on the volume you wish to add the share. 2. Select Add Shares. Enter the share name and description. Once you finish adding ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-12 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 If you want to delete a share, select the check bo x on the far right of the share listing and click Delete . The columns to the left of the Del ete check box re present the serv ices that are currently available. The access icons in those columns summarize th ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-13 v1.3, November 2008 Setting Share Access Access the CIFS Share Access Restrictions scre en by clicking on the file system icon. Share Access Restriction. If you wish to limit share access to particular users and/or groups, you can enter their names in the Read-only users, Read-only ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-14 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 • Read-only groups: marketing, finance • W rite-enabled users: fred • W rite-enabled groups: engr If you wish to guests access to this sh are, check the Allow guest access checkbox. Share Display Option. Restricting access to a share does not prevent use ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-15 v1.3, November 2008 Y ou can specify how long to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and how la rge the Recycle Bin can get before files get permanently erased. Advanced CIFS Permission. The Advanced CIFS Permission section of fers options for setting the default permission of new fil ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-16 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Advanced Share Permission. The Advanced Share Permission section offers the options to override the default ownership and permission of th e share folder on the embedded file system and to permeate these settings to all files and folders residing on the select ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-17 v1.3, November 2008 Log in with a valid user name an d password. If the Share access is read-only , only the file manager displays. If the Share is also writable, the file manager disp lays options for creating, modifying, and deleting files, as follows. Figure 3-21 Figure 3-22 Note ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-18 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 One useful application for a W eb share is to set up an internal compan y website. Y ou can copy HTML files to the W e b share using W indows, Ma c, NFS, or HTTP . When you set HTTP access to read-only , html files, including index.htm and index.html , can be ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-19 v1.3, November 2008 Rsync Access to the share through rsync is identical regardless of the security mode . If you spec ified a user or password in the rsync share access tab, you will need to specify this when accessing the rsync share. Unlike other protocols, rsync uses arb itrary ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-20 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Networked DVD Players and UPnP A V Media Adapters Networked DVD players and UPnP A V Media adapte rs detect the Re adyNAS if either the Home Media Streaming Server or the UPnP A V servic es are enabled. The content of the Streaming Services media share on the ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-21 v1.3, November 2008 Remote FTP Access 1. Go to Services > S tandard File Protocols and enab le FTP . • Port : The TCP/IP port that the FT P service will be using. The default is 21, this port will need to be forwarded thro ugh the router . Re fer to the port forwarding instruct ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-22 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 2. Configure the FTP share access options. Change the Share Access Restrictions to allow FTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. Remote HTTP Access 1. Go to Services > S tandard File Protocols and enab le FTP . Figure 3-28 Fig ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing User Access 3-23 v1.3, November 2008 • HTTP – Redirect default web access to this share: Advanced configuration option allowing hosting of user created HTTP we b page on the ReadyNAS. – Login authentication on this share: Configures the above mentioned share for whether or not authentication i ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 3-24 Managing User Acces s v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Change the Share Access Restric tions to allow HTTP access to the share according to the user permissions you require. 3. Enable W ebDA V support : W ebDA V is an HTTP connection me thod that can allow drag and drop file transfers similar to what users may exp ...

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    4-1 v1.3, November 2008 Chapter 4 Securing Y o ur Dat a This chapter explains how to back up the data from your ReadyNAS. • “Configuring Backup Jobs • “Snapshots • “Backing Up the Rea dy NAS to a USB Drive Configuring Backup Jobs The Backup Manager integrated with the Read yNAS Pro Business Edition allows the ReadyNAS Pro Business Editi ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 4-2 Securi ng Your Data v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Step 1 – Select Backup Source The backup source can be located remotely , or it ca n be a public or a private home share, or all home shares on the ReadyN AS Pro Business Edition. A USB device appears as a share, so if you want to back up a USB device, select a ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Securing Your Data 4-3 v1.3, November 2008 Following are some examples: • Examples of an FTP p ath: ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir ftp://myserver/mypath/mydir/myfile • Examples of a we bsite path: http://www .mywebsite.com http://192.168.0.101/mypath/mydir • Examples of a Windows or remote NAS path: //mys ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 4-4 Securi ng Your Data v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Step 2 – Select Backup Destination The Step 2 process is almost identical to S tep 1 except that you are no w specifying the backup destination. If you selected a remo te backup source, you need to se lect a public or a private home share on the ReadyNAS Pro Bu ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Securing Your Data 4-5 v1.3, November 2008 Step 4 – Choose Backup Options In this last step, you can set up how you want back up s to be performed. T o set up a backup schedule: 1. Schedule a full backup . Select when you want full backups to be performed. Y ou ca n elect to do this just the first time, ev ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 4-6 Securi ng Your Data v1.3, Novemb er 2008 destination as doing so can delete your source fil es for good. It is safer to not select this option unless your device is running low on space . Do ex perime nt with a test share to make sure you understand this option. 4. Remove deleted files on backup target ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Securing Your Data 4-7 v1.3, November 2008 T o manage yo ur backup jobs: 1. Click the Job number icon to mo dify the selected backup job. 2. Enable or disable job scheduling by selecting/clearing the Enable check box. Disabling the job does not delete the job, but removes it from the au tomatic scheduling qu ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 86

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 4-8 Securi ng Your Data v1.3, Novemb er 2008 V iewing the Backup Log Y ou can view the backup log while the job is in progress or after it has finished. The log format might differ depending on the backup source and des tination type that was selected, but you can see when the job was star ted and finished, ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Securing Your Data 4-9 v1.3, November 2008 T aking and Scheduling Snap shot s T o take or schedule a snapshot: 1. Click the Snapshot tab The Sn apshot screen will display . Y ou can s pecify how ofte n a snapshot sh ould be taken. Snapshots can be scheduled in intervals from once every 4 hours to once a week ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 4-10 Securi ng Your Data v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Y ou can also specify how long a snapshot shou ld last. If you will be using snapshots for backups, you can schedule the snapshot to last sl ightly longer than the expected duration of the backup. Having an active snapshot can affect the write performance to the ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 89

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Securing Your Data 4-11 v1.3, November 2008 Disk space utilization field on the V olume screen sh ows how much space ha s been reserved for snapshots. After the snapshot is take n, if changes on the volume exceed th is reserved space, the snapshot is invalidated and can no longer be used. When the snapshot d ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 4-12 Securi ng Your Data v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Resizing the snapshot space will occur offline and can take a while dependin g on your data volume size and the numb er of files in your volume. Expanding the snapshot space reduces your data volume size, and reducing the snapshot space expands it. Backing Up th ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 91

    5-1 v1.3, November 2008 Chapter 5 Optimizing Performance This chapter discuses how to optimize ReadyNAS performance • “Performance • “Power Management Performance If you wish to tweak the system performance, sel ect Performance from the main menu. Note that some of the settings suggest that you utilize an Uninterruptible Powe r Supply (UPS) ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 5-2 Optimizing Performance v1.3, Novemb er 2008 • Select Enable disk write cach e if you want to allow disk write requests to be acknowledged by the disk before data is written out to th e platter . This can give a big boost to write performance, with a drawback that there is a s light chance that unwri t ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 93

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Optimizing Performance 5-3 v1.3, November 2008 Make sure to adjust the optimi zation settings in the Performance screen if you wish to take advantage of the available options. Power Management The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition of fers disk sp in-down, power timer (time off/time on), UPS event, and wake -on-L ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 94

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 5-4 Optimizing Performance v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Power Timer The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can be scheduled to power of f and power back on (on certain models) automatically (see Figure 5-3 ). Select the Enable power timer check box and enter the action and time. (The Power ON option is available on the ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 95

    6-1 v1.3, November 2008 Chapter 6 Managing Levels of Service System status, alerts, replacing failed disks, scheduling stuff ... • “V iewing System Status • “Replacing a Fail ed Disk • “Using the System Diagnostic Menu V iewing System St atus The Status menu contains links to the Health scr een and Logs screen that provide system status ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 6-2 Managing Leve ls of Ser vice v1.3, Novemb er 2008 T o recalibrate the fan, click Recalibrate. Logs Select Status > Logs to access the Clear Logs scr e en. The Clear Logs scre en provides information about the status of management tasks, including a timestamp. The Download All Logs link is available i ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing Levels of Service 6-3 v1.3, November 2008 Replacing a Failed Disk When a disk fails in yo ur ReadyNAS device, you are notified of the failure by e-mail. The failed disk location can be seen in the FrontV iew status bar at the bottom by se lecting Status > Health. On the front of the ReadyNAS devi ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 98

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 6-4 Managing Leve ls of Ser vice v1.3, Novemb er 2008 2. Press the button under the failed disk. The latch pops out. 3. Pull out the disk tray and remove the screws. Figure 6-5 Figure 6-6 ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing Levels of Service 6-5 v1.3, November 2008 4. If you want to prevent easy removal of the disk from the tray , set the tray lock: up is locked; down is unlocked.. 5. Replace the failed disk, reassemble, and slide the disk tray back in. Make sure that the hard disk connectors face the interior of th e ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 100

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 6-6 Managing Leve ls of Ser vice v1.3, Novemb er 2008 1. Normal : Bypass the diagno stic menu and perform a normal boo t. 2. Factory Default : Reset the ReadyNAS back to factory de fault state, erasing all data on the disks. This option can be use d to c hange between X-RAID2 and Fle x-RAID mode. 3. OS Rein ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 101

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Managing Levels of Service 6-7 v1.3, November 2008 4. Press the recessed reset button at the back to co nfirm the menu selection and proceed to that option. The system will boot reset to the fatory default settings. Configuring RAID Y ou can switch between the X-RAID2 Expandable V olume mode and the RAID 0/1 ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 102

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide 6-8 Managing Leve ls of Ser vice v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Shut down The Shutdown Opt ions screen of fers the option to either power of f or reboot the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition device. Y ou also have the option of performing eith er a full file system check or a quota check on the next boot. Both these opti ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 103

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Share Access from MAC a nd Linux Systems A-1 v1.3, November 2008 Appendix A Share Access from MAC and Linux Systems This appendix presents examples of how shares on the ReadyNAS device can be accessed by the various MAC oper ating systems. MAC OS X T o access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 104

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide A-2 Share Access from MAC and Linux S ystems v1.3, Novemb er 2008 AFP over Bonjour T o access the AFP share advertis ed over Bonjou r on Mac OS X, select Network from the Finder Go menu to see a listing of available networks. Open the My Network folder to display the ReadyNAS hostname. Enter the user name a ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 105

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Share Access from MAC a nd Linux Systems A-3 v1.3, November 2008 From the V olumes field, select the share you want to acce ss and click OK . AFP over AppleT alk If you chose to advertise your AFP service over AppleT alk, a listing of available networks is displayed. Open the My Network folder to display the ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 106

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide A-4 Share Access from MAC and Linux S ystems v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Select Guest and click Connect. Then, select the share you wa nt to connect to and click OK. In Share security mode, you need to specify only the user name and password—if you ha ve set up a password for your share. If you have not set up a ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 107

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Share Access from MAC a nd Linux Systems A-5 v1.3, November 2008 MAC OS 9 T o access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from th e Find er menu, ch oose the NAS device entry from the AppleT alk section, and click Connec t. When you are prompted to log in, enter the shar e name and passwor ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 108

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide A-6 Share Access from MAC and Linux S ystems v1.3, Novemb er 2008 Y ou should see the same files in the sh are that you do in W indows Explorer . Figure A-10 Figure A-1 1 ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 109

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Share Access from MAC a nd Linux Systems A-7 v1.3, November 2008 Accessing Shares from Linux/Unix T o access this share from a Linux or Unix client where backup is the share name, you will need to mount the share over NFS by entering: mount <ipaddr> :/< backup /backup> Running the ls command in t ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide A-8 Share Access from MAC and Linux S ystems v1.3, Novemb er 2008 ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Related Documents B-1 v1.3, November 2008 Appendix B Related Document s This appendix provides links to reference documents you c an use to gain a more comple te understanding of the technolog ies used in your NETGEAR product. Document Link Internet Networki ng and TCP/IP Addressing: h ttp://documentation .n ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide B-2 Related Documents v1.3, Novemb er 2008 ...

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    Index-1 v1.3, November 2008 Index Numerics 1 100 backup USB 4-12 A accessing sha res FTP/FTPS 3-18 Linux/Unix A-7 MAC OS X A-1 over MAC OS 9 A-5 Rsync 3-19 W eb browser 3-16 account preferer nces settings 3-9 active directory server . See ADS. Adding a V olume Flex-RAID 2-16 admin user password, setting of 2-8 ADS 3-4 Advanced Options 3-15 AFP 2-10 ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 114

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide Index-2 v1.3, Novemb er 2008 settings 2-2 Digital Living Network. See DLNA. Discovery Services 2-9 UPnP 2-12 discovery services Bonjour 2-12 Disk Spin-Down 5-3 DLNA 2-1 1 DNS Settings 2-6 domain security mode 3-4 security options 3-2 DVD Players networked 3-20 E Enable W ebDA V support 3-24 EXT3 2-21 F Fact ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 115

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Index-3 v1.3, November 2008 Logs 6-2 M MAC address host name use 2-5 MAC OS 9 accessing shares A-5 MAC OS X accessing shares A-1 MTU 2-3 multi-media 2-11 SlimServer 2-1 1 streaming services 2-1 1 N Network File Service. See NFS. networking DVD players 3-20 UPnP A V Media Adapters 3-20 NFS 2-9 NFS server back ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 116

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide Index-4 v1.3, Novemb er 2008 fine-tuning 3-1 1 managing 3-10 selecting servic es 2-9 setting access in Domain Mode 3-13 Shutdown 6-8 SlimServer 2-1 1 SMAR T+Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T echnology . See SMAR T+. SMB 2-9 SMTP 2-27 Snapshots 4-8 expiration 4-10 resizing space 4-1 1 scheduling 4-9 ...

  • NETGEAR Business Edition - page 117

    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Index-5 v1.3, November 2008 2-6 workgroup name 3-3 setup 3-4 X X-RAID 2-15 adding a second disk 2-18 adding more disks 2-18 RAID Level X 2-14 redundancy overhead 1-3 using hot-swap trays 2-18 volume management 2-18 ...

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    ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition Us er Guide Index-6 v1.3, Novemb er 2008 ...

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