© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Cobalt NASRaQ for the Technical Overview

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) NASRaQ Hardware “Files best served reliably”

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Hardware Specifications 10/100 Ethernet External Ultra Narrow SCSI 45W max power LED status lights; front and back 1 RU form factor enables up to 40 units in a standard rack Various RAM sizes (upgradeable) Various hard drive configurations Serial Console Interface

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) LCD Panel Set IP number* (ifconfig) Set subnet mask (ifconfig) Set gateway (ifconfig) Can restart or shutdown system (shutdown) Note: Panel has “root”-level access Small pinhole resets admin password *DHCP server can assign IP number

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Software Specifications “LINUX…Cobalt’s Way”

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Software Specifications Cobalt LINUX ported from Red Hat LINUX to MIPS platform Kernel (with Cobalt enhancements) Samba for Windows Files Sharing Netatalk for AppleShare IP

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) NASRaQ Initial Setup The Welcome Screen and Setup Wizard

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) “Welcome” From ANY html browser access the RaQ 2 using the IP number (Windows, MacOS, LINUX, etc.)

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Web Setup – Page 1/6 Click NEXT button Setup other network settings Setup hostname

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Web Setup – Page 2/6 By inputting an address, the system can notify the admin of system status Input password for administrator twice

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Web Setup – Page 3/6 Decide on what services to use

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Web Setup – Page 4/6 Set the time and input an NTP server if desired

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) WARNING! Your choice of user authentication mode cannot be changed after completing the setup wizard. Web Setup – Page 5/6 from Decide if the NASRaQ will use login accounts locally or from a Windows NT Server Primary Domain Controller (PDC) This dialogue confirms your choice

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Web Setup – Page 6/6 Decide whether to stripe or mirror the hard drives - Striping allows faster access and larger, single- volume storage space - Mirroring allows for better data security replicating drive contents between the two drives This dialogue confirms your choice

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Click here to enter administrative mode or use the URL as represented here

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) NASRaQ Administration “Reducing work…”

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) The Role of the “admin” User

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Control Panel: Services The Control Panel | Services allows services control and configurations

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Control Panel: RAID RAID settings cannot be modified…to change the RAID setting, the NASRaQ requires rebuilding

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Control Panel: Access Rights Default setting has telnet access off

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Add Users To add a user, click on Add User Here, a couple of users have already been added Screen changes to add users

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Add Groups Same for adding groups Click on Add Group Only lowercase alphabetic, digits, (.), (-) and (_) are allowed in group names.

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Add Shares A self-explanatory way to add shares Shares create folders for users to utilize either through Network Neighborhood or Chooser

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Maintenance: Backup To backup, select Enable, choose who to backup, and click Save Changes NASRaQ creates a share called Backup and includes a file named etc.tar. Once mounted, a backup server, like Legato Networker, will backup the folder and its contents

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Maintenance: Restore

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) System Status: Disk System Status reports on various tolerance levels E.g. Click on Shares/Volumes to see this

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) System Status: RAID RAID system status

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) Active Monitor Active Monitor quickly gives notice of pending problems

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) The Role of the User

© 1999 Cobalt Networks, Inc. (\dkh) User Self Administration Users can change their own passwords and addresses without contacting the admin users