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ReadyNAS L2 Training Session 2 (Wizard Install, RAIDar & Frontview)
Presented by xxx May 31, 2007
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Wizard Installation (up-and-running)
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RAIDar Installation
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RAIDar Installation
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RAIDar Installation
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RAIDar Installation
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RAIDar Installation
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RAIDar Installation
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RAIDar
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RAIDar RAIDar is a simple monitoring tool allowing users to monitor multiple NAS units in a single application Accessed through the RAIDar desktop or Quick Launch icon
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RAIDar 1 4 1) The info column displays boot and installation status, or OS version when ReadyNAS is ready to use 2) The Setup button starts the FrontView program 3) Hovering over buttons brings context sensitive help 4) Indicator lights change color depending on the state 3 2
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Security Certificate Warning
If your browser security blocks access to the Frontview Admin screen, select “Continue to this website” to proceed.
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When logging into Frontview you may receive an error if there is a problem with one or more drives.
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Frontview Admin screen
URL for direct access to Frontview (
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Select the correct time zone
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Add a valid email account
(Note: You must have at least one specified to use Alerts)
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By default , the IP assignment is DHCP client.
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If needed you change the default hostname here.
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To easily recover the Admin password, enter a recovery question and a valid address to send the password to.
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File Protocols (screen 1 of 2)
Use this screen to set the default protocols that will be supported By Default CIFS, AFP, HTTP and HTTPS are selected
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File Protocols (screen 2 of 2)
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Change the workgroup name to your default workgroup
Note: If you are on a domain, you will need to select the Domain setting and enter the correct information
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Media Servers (screen 1 of 2)
Slimdevices, Itunes, UPNP AV, and Syabas based clients are supported
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Media Servers (screen 2 of 2)
The ReadyNAS supports Syabas based clients using the Home Media Streaming Server selection
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All existing Shares are shown on this screen
You can set which file protocols are supported on each share Any USB devices that are attached to the ReadyNAS will be listed here
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Use this screen to create shares, set passwords, and set quota limits
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If a USB UPS device is connected to the ReadyNAS it will be listed here
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Once the Wizard installation is finished the registration key will be provided
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Wizard Installation Finished
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FrontView
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Frontview (Main) Welcome Accessed through RAIDar or URL
Gives Overview of system info
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Frontview (Network) Options Network options consist of: Ethernet
Global settings WINS DHCP
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Frontview (Network) Ethernet (pg 1 of 2)
Any NIC card errors can be seen through the Show errors button Default MTU value can be changed to fix some throughput issues You can change the IP setting from DHCP client to static here
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Frontview (Network) Ethernet (pg 2 of 2)
Do not enable VLAN unless the clients also support VLAN The ReadyNAS only supports one VLAN (on 1100 two, one for each NIC) Enable Jumbo Frames is off by default. Only enable this if client systems (and router) support Jumbo Frames Jumbo frame size for the ReadyNAS is 7936
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Frontview (Network) Global Network Settings
The default hostname is nas- followed by the last 3 bytes of the MAC address The Default Gateway and DNS settings can only be changed when the ReadyNAS has a static IP
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Frontview (Network) WINS
Specify the WINS server if you want the ReadyNAS to be browsable from other subnets Only select Enable WINS if there are no other WINS servers on the network
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Frontview (Network) DHCP
The DHCP Server setting is only available if the ReadyNAS is assigned a static IP
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Frontview (Security) Options SECURITY options consist of:
Admin Password Security Mode User & Group Accts
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Frontview (Security) Admin Password
The Admin user is the only user that can access FrontView and administer privileges Create a password recovery question and enter a valid address in case you forget your password
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Frontview (Security) Security Mode (pg 1 of 2)
ReadyNAS offers 3 security modes Workgroup name must be 15 characters or less Workgroup name must start with a letter Only 3 special characters supported: dash, underscore and period
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Frontview (Security) Security Mode (pg 2 of 2)
Domain should be automatically auto-detected, if not then specify the domain servers IP Use of ReadyNAS in a Domain with more than 1000 users is not recommended
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Frontview (Security) Users and Group Accts
Default Quota setting is 0 (no quota) on shares Note: Quota entries are in megabytes (MB) not gigabytes
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Frontview (Services) Options Services options consist of:
File Protocols Streaming Services Discovery Services
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Frontview (Services) Standard File Protocols (pg 1 of 2 )
Standard File Protocols that are enabled by default are CIFS; AFP; HTTP; HTTPS
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Frontview (Services) Standard File Protocols (pg 2 of 2 )
Default HTTP folder is Media Webserver requires index.htm or index.html file in web access share
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Frontview (Services) Streaming Services (pg 1 of 2)
Four streaming services are supported: Slimserver; Itunes; UPNP AV, Syabas based server All streaming services stream directly from the ReadyNAS The Slimserver and Itunes server only stream audio
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Frontview (Services) Streaming Services (pg 2 of 2)
The UPNP AV server is DLNA compliant The UPNP AV server and the Home Media Streaming Server stream video, music and photos Note: The media servers do not support “all” media formats (and codec's). Check the documentation or support site for supported formats
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Frontview (Services) Discovery Services
Note: Only uncheck the services you do not plan on using. When unchecked the ReadyNAS will not advertise it’s services on the local network
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Frontview (Volumes) Options Volumes options consist of:
Volume Settings USB Storage
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Frontview (Volumes) Volume Settings RAID Configuration
Note: FlexRAID configuration includes a Remove button to allow deletion of individual drives. X-RAID does not allow this option Note: FlexRAID includes a Delete Volume button, which X-RAID does not
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Frontview (Volumes) Volume Settings Snapshot (pg 1 of 2)
Snapshots are designed to allow backing up of a volume while it is still being used Snapshots can be scheduled from once every 4 hours to once a week By default the ReadyNAS ships with a Snapshot reserved space of 5GB. You can manually take a snapshot by selecting the Take Snapshot now button. Volume Settings Snapshot (pg 1 of 2)
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Frontview (Volumes) Volume Settings Snapshot (pg 2 of 2)
Note: Space reserved for snapshots is set in percent of drive space, not in MB/GB. If you are constantly getting snapshot invalidation alerts, either increase the frequency of the snapshots, or change the snapshot reserve space size Partitions on USB devices must be either FAT32; NTFS (Read-Only supported); Ext2 or Ext3 Snapshot (pg 2 of 2)
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Frontview (Volumes) USB Storage
When the USB Flash device option is selected, if a USB Flash device is connected to the ReadyNAS the USB Flash device will have it’s entire contents automatically copied to the default selected share.
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Frontview (Shares) Options Shares options consist of: Share Listing
Add Shares
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Frontview (Shares) Share Listing
Note: Quota settings are in MB (not GB) Note: The File Protocol icons are color coded for permission level (see Users Manual for full description)
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Frontview (Shares) Add Shares
In User and Domain security modes, the Add Share tab only consists of fields for the share name and description User and Domain screen
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Frontview (Printers) USB Printers Printers options consist of:
USB Printer Settings The ReadyNAS supports standard IPP over HTTP printing. If using OSX, the simplest way to use IPP printing is to use Bonjour to discover and setup print queue
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Frontview (Backup) Options Backup options consist of: Backup Jobs
Add New Backup Job
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Frontview (Backup) Backup Jobs
Any backup jobs that have been scheduled through the internal backup tool will be listed The backup button on the front of the unit can be assigned to automatically run a specific backup job(s) Example: NV+
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Frontview (Backup) Add new Backup Job (pg 1 of 2)
Note: The specific source and destination type must be selected Note: There is no “browse” button when setting the source and destination. The specific path for source and destination must be entered
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Frontview (Backup) Add new Backup Job (pg 2 of 2)
The backup scheduler is designed to do incremental backups. You will need to set when to do full backups.
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Frontview (System) Options System options consist of: Clock Alerts
Performance Language Update Power Management Shutdown
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Frontview (System) Clock
The default NTP servers can be changed to servers closer to your locale. Select Current Time option is only available when you deselect the Synchronize clock selection
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Frontview (System) Alerts (pg 1 of 4) Contacts
You can specify up to 3 addresses where system alerts will be sent
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Frontview (System) Alerts (pg 2 of 4) Settings
All Alerts in grey are mandatory alerts which cannot be deselected In Other Alerts, the Power-off NAS when… selections will perform a graceful shutdown of the ReadyNAS
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Frontview (System) Alerts (pg 3 of 4) SNMP
Used with SNMP management systems such as HP Openview Trap Destination is where all alert messages will be sent
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Frontview (System) Alerts (pg 4 of 4) SMTP
The ReadyNAS has a built-in message Transfer Agent (MTA) to send alerts. If a firewall or ISP blocks MTA messages, specify a valid SMTP server to send the messages through
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Frontview (System) Performance
If Disable Journaling is checked unexpected power failures will cause a long file system check on reboot. It is always recommended to put the ReadyNAS on a UPS
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Frontview (System) Languages
Currently the ReadyNAS supports 18 different language settings
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Frontview (System) Update Remote
The update process only updates the firmware image, but doesn’t modify the data volume Note: It is always a good idea to backup your data before updating firmware (just in case)
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Frontview (System) Update Local
Note: The update process will take several minutes: DO NOT click on the browser refresh button during the update.
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Frontview (System) Update Settings
If the Automatically check for updates option is the only one checked, an will be sent whenever a new firmware is available If Download updates automatically is checked, the update image will be downloaded and an will be sent notifying you to reboot the NAS to perform the update. Settings
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Frontview (System) Update Factory defaults
NOTE: Resetting to Factory Default will erase everything! (data shares, volumes, user and group accounts, and configuration info) There is no way to recover after you confirm this command.
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Frontview (System) Power management
Enabling disk spin-down will “disable” journaling. Make sure to use a UPS if this is selected
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Frontview (System) Shutdown
When performing a volume scan or a quota check these can take several minutes to several hours to complete
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Frontview (Status) Options Status options consist of: Health Logs
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Frontview (Status) Health
The Health page displays the disk, fan, power, temperature, and UPS status Hard drive Smart logs can be viewed by clicking on the “SMART+” selection next to the drive
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Frontview (Status) Logs
Management tasks are listed in the status log with a timestamp Logs are available in case of problems that require technical support The Download All Logs button is an alternative to the Send All Logs in case the ReadyNAS has problems sending s
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