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User's Guide: NAS Series
User's Guide: NAS Series
NAS Series
Model: NAS326, NAS520, NAS540, and NAS542
Personal Cloud Storage
This is a User’s Guide for a series of products. Not all products support all firmware features. Screenshots
and graphics in this book may differ slightly from your product due to differences in your product
firmware or your computer operating system. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information
in this manual is accurate.
Related Documentation
• Quick Start Guide
The Quick Start Guide shows how to connect the NAS and get up and running right away.
• Web Configurator Online Help
Click the help icon in any screen for help in configuring that screen and supplementary information.
• Zyxel Support Center - Acquire firmware, software, FAQ, product application or other support files for
Zyxel devices.
• Downloads - Acquire firmware, software, driver or other support files for Zyxel devices.
• Knowledge Base - Find articles related to product applications, FAQ, and user experience.
• Warranty Information - Zyxel offers warranty to the original end user (purchaser) that the product is
free from any material or workmanship defects for a specific period (the Warranty Period) from the
date of purchase. The Warranty Period varies by region.
• Product Registration - Register your Zyxel product to receive the latest drivers and firmware updates.
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Contents Overview
Contents Overview
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Get to Know Your NAS.......................................................................................................................12
Chapter 2
Find and Access Your NAS ...............................................................................................................17
Chapter 3
Web Configurator...............................................................................................................................26
Chapter 4
Video Tutorials ....................................................................................................................................37
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4.4 Back up files to the NAS using Windows File History .................................................................... 39
4.5 Restore a backup using Windows File History .............................................................................. 40
4.6 Remotely access files on the NAS using WebDAV ..................................................................... 40
Chapter 5
Storage Manager...............................................................................................................................41
Chapter 6
Control Panel: Overview .................................................................................................................102
Chapter 7
Control Panel: Privilege and Sharing .............................................................................................105
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Chapter 8
Control Panel: Network ...................................................................................................................130
Chapter 9
Control Panel: System......................................................................................................................148
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Chapter 10
Control Panel: Service .....................................................................................................................159
Chapter 11
Control Panel: Maintenance...........................................................................................................178
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Chapter 12
Status Center ....................................................................................................................................197
Chapter 13
App Center and Packages.............................................................................................................200
Chapter 14
Download Service............................................................................................................................232
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Chapter 15
Upload Manager..............................................................................................................................248
Chapter 16
Backup Planner................................................................................................................................263
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Chapter 17
File Browser, Photo, Music & Video ................................................................................................288
Chapter 18
Access Your Cloud Remotely via myZyxelCloud and Zyxel Drive App.....................................300
Chapter 19
Play Media Files on TVs Using zCloud App....................................................................................312
Chapter 20
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................................318
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Index .................................................................................................................................................348
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CHAPTER 1
Get to Know Your NAS
1.1 Overview
This User’s Guide covers the following models: NAS326, NAS520, NAS540, and NAS542.
Use the NAS as your own personal cloud. Here are some key features:
• Start using Zyxel NAS instantly with FindMe - Use Zyxel FindMe to discover your NAS on your home
network and get in control in under 15 seconds. Then do an easy installation with no need to install a
NAS utility.
• Access and share files from your NAS wherever you are - Using the Zyxel Drive mobile app makes it
easy.
• Create a shared cloud space for people without a NAS - Provide your cloud space for your friends or
family members when you share a folder from the NAS with the Zyxel Drive mobile app. Your friends
and family members don’t need to purchase an additional NAS - just install the Zyxel Drive mobile
app on their mobile devices.
• Protect your data from drive failure - The NAS’s RAID 1 capability clones contents from one drive to
another. If a drive is damaged or corrupted, you still have another drive to restore from or use.
• Get up and running quickly with the easy-to-use interface - The Zyxel NSM (NAS Station Management)
5.2 intelligent desktop provides a rich feature set of tools with an easy-to-understand GUI design to
help you get things done quickly. The multitasking capability through a multi-window interface
enables you to quickly get applications up and running.
• Check your NAS while you’re away - Even if you have several Zyxel NAS devices, visit the
myZyxelcloud Web portal from anywhere to see their health status at a glance.
• Stream multimedia contents to your big screen TV - Bring your favorite multimedia files on the NAS to
the big screen. Zyxel zCloud app lets you play your favorite videos, music, or photos on your big
screen with TV streaming devices such as Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku 3, and Amazon Fire TV;
or directly on smart TVs like those from Samsung and LG.
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A
B
NAS
Above is the NAS in a home network. Users back up and share data on the NAS. The media player (A)
plays the NAS’s media files on the TV. A USB hard drive (B) provides extra storage space and files are
copied directly from the USB mass storage device to the NAS.
Place the NAS behind a firewall and/or IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention) device to protect it
from attacks from the Internet.
Refer to the Quick Start Guide for hardware connections and how to install and remove hard drives from
the disk trays.
Note: Turn off and disconnect the NAS before you install or remove the internal hard disk or
disks.
1.2 LEDs
This table describes the NAS’s LEDs.
Table 2 LEDs
LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION
POWER White On The NAS is turned on and receiving power, or in the process of starting up.
Off The NAS is turned off.
SYSTEM White On The NAS has fully started and is operating normally.
Blinking The NAS is starting up or upgrading the firmware.
Note: Do not turn off the NAS while it is upgrading the firmware or you
may render it unusable.
Red On The NAS has a system error.
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1.4 SD Card
Use up to a 128 GB SDXC card with the front panel SD card slot. The SD card slot works with the COPY/
SYNC button (see Section 1.6 on page 15 for details).
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Power On
• Press the power button for one second to turn on the NAS. When the system is on and ready, you will
hear one beep.
Power Off
Figure 2 Using the Power Button to Turn Off the NAS
• To have the NAS go through its normal software shutdown process and turn itself off, press the power
button until you hear one beep (after about three seconds), then release it.
• To perform a hardware shutdown and have the NAS immediately turn itself off without going through
the normal shutdown process, press the power button until you hear a second beep (after about five
seconds), then release it.
• Press the RESET button until you hear one beep (after about two seconds), then release it. You will
hear one more beep after you release the button.
This resets the NAS’s IP address and password to the default values.
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• Press the RESET button until you hear two beeps. After the second beep, continue pressing the button
for five more seconds, then release it. You will hear three quick beeps after you release the button.
This resets the NAS to the factory default configuration. All settings you have configured on the NAS,
including IP address, password, user accounts, groups, and so on will be reset to the factory defaults.
The reset process does NOT affect the volume settings, nor data stored on the NAS.
You should periodically back up your configuration file to your computer (see Section 11.5 on page 186
for details about managing the NAS’s configuration file). You could then restore your configuration in
the event that you or someone else reset the NAS to the factory defaults.
Note: Keep the NAS in a secure location in order to prevent unauthorized reset of the device.
You may need to close and re-open the NAS Starter Utility to discover the NAS. This is because the NAS
automatically re-acquires IP address information, so its IP address may change. If no IP address
information is assigned, the NAS uses Auto-IP to assign itself an IP address and subnet mask. For example,
you could connect the NAS directly to your computer. If the computer is also set to get an IP address
automatically, the computer and the NAS will choose addresses for themselves and be able to
communicate.
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Find and Access Your NAS
2.1 Overview
Use FindMe or the NAS Starter Utility to find and access the NAS and the files on it.
The NAS Starter Utility supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Click Help to
open a Web Help page about the NAS Starter Utility screens.
Note: Installing this version of the NAS Starter Utility uninstalls previous versions.
Note: Refer to the Quick Start Guide for your NAS’s hardware connections.
2.2 FindMe
1 Make sure both the NAS and your computer are connected to a switch or router with Internet access.
2 Open your web browser and type "https://findme.zyxel.com" as the website address.
5 Your NAS is now discovered. Click Admin Page to open the login screen.
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Figure 6 Congratulations
6 Press the Copy button on the front of your NAS within 5 minutes.
Figure 8 Press the Copy Button
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8 Use the default username “admin” and password “1234” to log in. See Chapter 3 on page 26 for more
on the web desktop.
Figure 10 NAS Login Screen
Click the NAS Starter Utility icon on your desktop or in the Windows system tray to start the NAS Starter
Utility. Alternatively you can click Start > Programs > Zyxel > NAS Starter Utility.
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The first time you open the NAS Starter Utility the discovery screen appears as follows.
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Figure 15 Login
Figure 16 Directory
Enter your user name and password and click Login to be able to add the NAS’s shares to which you
have access as network drives. Otherwise select Guest and click Login to be able to add the NAS’s
public shares as network drives.
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Figure 17 Login
Select a share on the NAS and the drive letter on your computer to which you want to map it. The shares
that each user can select to map depends on the user’s permissions. For example, if share1 is private to
user1, then only user1 is allowed to map share1. The table displays the NAS shares that are already
mapped to drive letters on your computer. After you click Apply you can see the new drive in Windows
Explorer (My Computer) where you can access and use it like your computer’s other drives.
Click Configuration > System Setting in the main utility screen to display the following screen.
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When the LAN interfaces are set to stand-alone, this configures the IP address of the LAN
interface in the same subnet as your computer. It configures LAN1 if both LAN interfaces are
in the same subnet as your computer.
If you use the administrator configuration screens to set the LAN interfaces to link
aggregation, this configures the IP address that both LAN interfaces share.
Automatically get Select this if the NAS is automatically assigned an IP address from the ISP or a DHCP server in
IP address your network.
Manually assign IP Select this if you want to assign the NAS a fixed IP address, subnet mask and default
address gateway.
Note: Do not configure an IP address that is already in use in your network. This
results to a network IP address conflict and makes the NAS inaccessible.
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Table 5 NAS Starter Utility > Configuration > System Setting (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Use from DHCP Domain Name System (DNS) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address
server and vice versa. Select this if the NAS is automatically given DNS information from the ISP or a
DHCP server in your network.
DNS Domain Name System (DNS) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address
and vice versa.
Select Use from DHCP server if the NAS is automatically given DNS information from the ISP or
a DHCP server in your network.
Select Manually assign DNS server if you were given specific IP address(es) of the DNS
server(s). Enter the primary and secondary DNS in the corresponding fields.
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CHAPTER 3
Web Configurator
3.1 Overview
This chapter describes how to access the NAS web configurator and provides an overview of its screens.
The web configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy NAS setup and
management using an Internet browser.
Use Internet Explorer 11.0.9, Mozilla Firefox 31.0, Safari 5.1.7, Google Chrome 37.0.2, or later versions of
these browsers. The recommended screen resolution is 1440 by 900 pixels or higher.
• Web browser pop-up windows from your device. Web pop-up blocking is enabled by default in
Windows XP SP (Service Pack) 2.
• JavaScript (enabled by default).
1 Make sure your NAS is properly connected and that your computer is in the same subnet as the NAS
(refer to the Quick Start Guide or the appendices).
Open your web browser and type in the server name of the NAS. The default is “nas” followed by the
number of your model (“nas326” for example). Configure the server name of your NAS using the Control
Panel > System > Server Name screen (Section 9.4 on page 149) or the System Setting screen(Section
2.3.5 on page 23) of the NAS Starter Utility.
2 The default username and password are “admin” and “1234” respectively. Enter your username and
password. See Chapter 7 on page 105 for how to create other user accounts. If you use the option to
stay logged in (assuming you do not log out), make sure you keep your computer secure from
unauthorized access. Click the arrow to log in. Logging in with a (non-administrator) user account takes
you to a different Desktop screen (see Section 3.3 on page 30 for details).
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Make sure you have a backup of any existing data in the hard disk
before installing it in the NAS. Creating a volume formats the hard disk
and deletes all data in the process.
3 You should see a screen asking you to change your password (highly recommended) as shown next.
Type a new password in the New Password field. Retype the password for confirmation in the Password
(Confirm) field. Click Cancel if you do not want to change the password this time. Click Apply to save
your changes back to the NAS.
Figure 22 Change Default Password Screen
4 This screen displays if you have not created a volume yet. Click Create Volume to make a volume or
click the x to close the screen to go to the Desktop (Section 3.3 on page 30).
Figure 23 Welcome Screen
5 Select Create single volume on RAID for a simple set up. Go to Section 5.3.1.1 on page 49 for details.
Select Create Multiple volumes on disk group to be able to create more than one storage volume. Go
to Section 5.3.1.7 on page 62 for details.
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If you choose Existing on disk group, you will go to the screens below after clicking Next.
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If this is the first time the NAS has created a volume, it needs to reboot after the volume is created. Click
Yes to reboot or No to go to the Desktop.
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Figure 26 Reboot
3.3 Desktop
The Desktop screen displays after you log in. Hover your mouse over the heading bar icons to display
their names.
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19 20
8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17
Status Zone
21 22
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Note: The Web Configurator session automatically times out if left idle for 15 minutes. Simply
log back into the NAS if this happens to you.
1 Desktop - click this to minimize all windows so you can see the desktop. Click it again to restore the
windows to their previous state.
2 Storage Manager- click this to open the storage configuration screens to display the status of both
internal and external storage, and configure disk groups, volumes, and iSCSI functions.
3 Control Panel - click this to open the control panel screens to configure user’s access privileges, network,
system, media services and maintenance settings.
4 Status Center - click this to display NAS system information or network connection status.
5 App Center - click this to discover, install and update applications which packed in the NAS.
6 Download Service - click this to configure download settings and view download details.
7 Upload Manager - click this to upload files to FTP servers, your Flickr and YouTube accounts.
8 Backup Planner - click this to set up your backup plan, restore backups, configure copy and
synchronous settings or turn Time Machine support on.
9 Help - click this to display the NAS’ embedded help system screens.
11 Photo - click this to view photos in the shares that publish photos.
12 Music - click this to view and play music files in the shares that publish music.
13 Video - click this to view and play video files in the shares that publish videos.
15 Video Tutorial - click this to view Zyxel’s youtube videos, which show you how to use the NAS.
16 Knowledge Base - click this to visit Zyxel product support website and find articles related to product
applications, FAQ, and user experience.
17 Twonky Media Player - click this to open the Twonky media server configuration screens to check media
server status or modify media server settings.
18 Eject NAS External Drives - click this to eject the connected external volumes.
19 Language - this displays current language using by the NAS. Click to select the language you want to
use to configure the Web Configurator.
20 User - click this to restart, shutdown, log out and change your user account password.
21 Playzone Settings - click this to open the playzone configuration screen in a new tab.
22 Application Zone - click this to open the application zone in a new tab.
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User Type displays the current number of web sessions. Click this to go to the Status Center >
Network screen for more details.
CPU displays what percentage of the NAS’s processing capability is currently being used. RAM
displays what percentage of the NAS’s memory is currently being used. Click this to open the Status
Center > System Information screen for more details.
Click this to select widgets to show on the status bar.
Select or clear the widgets to show or hide on the Status bar. Click OK to save your changes or
Cancel to exit this screen without saving changes.
Click this to hide or show the status bar.
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After the group is created, the default group name is “NewGroup”. You can click the icon to change
the group name. In the following example, the group name is changed to Media.
You can also move the group to another page by right-clicking the icon as shown next.
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CHAPTER 4
Video Tutorials
4.1 Overview
Click Video Tutorial on the Desktop to go to www.youtube.com to view Zyxel’s youtube videos, which
show you how to use the NAS. This chapter provides information about the following tutorials.
• Create a volume and copy files using Windows Explorer, see page 37
• Enable Time Machine on the NAS and your Mac computer, see page 37
• Back up files to the NAS using Windows File History, see page 39
• Restore a backup using Windows File History, see page 40
• Remotely access files on the NAS using WebDAV, see page 40
Note: Screens and graphics in the video may differ slightly from your product due to
differences in your product firmware or your computer operating system.
Creating a volume formats the hard disk and deletes all data in the
process. Make sure you have a backup of any existing data in the hard
disk before installing it in the NAS.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-WeIgHdxwA&index=1&list=PL-69xFi03dP9zQn8gHGcVwf-
X6ShkNU27 for the related Zyxel youtube video.
Use the Backup Planner > Time Machine screen (Section 16.5 on page 286) to turn Time Machine
support on or off, and designate a share for Time Machine backups.
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After enabling Time Machine on the NAS, follow the steps below to set up Time Machine on your Mac to
use your NAS for backup.
1 Click Apple > System Preferences. Then go to System and select Time Machine.
3 Select the share you designated on the NAS as the backup disk (share01 in this example). Then click Use
for Backup.
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4 When prompted for the username and password of share01, enter the login information for an existing
user account with write access permission on share01 (for information on configuring user accounts and
shares see Chapter 7 on page 105). In this example user1/12345 is used. Then click Connect.
5 Time Machine starts backing up files to share01 after 120 seconds. If you want to back up immediately,
click the Time Machine icon and select Back Up Now.
6 The screen shows the status of the backup once the process begins.
7 To stop the backup process, click the Time Machine icon and select Stop Backing Up. Then turn Time
Machine OFF.
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See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt1XdMAZisU&list=PL-69xFi03dP9zQn8gHGcVwf-
X6ShkNU27&index=3 for how to use File History in Windows 10 to back up files from a computer to the
NAS.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt1XdMAZisU&list=PL-69xFi03dP9zQn8gHGcVwf-
X6ShkNU27&index=3 for how to use File History in Windows 10 to restore files from a backup.
1 Click Control Panel > Service > WebDAV to enable WebDAV on your NAS (see Section 10.7 on page
166).
2 Click the myZyxelcloud icon on the desktop to create a myZyxelcloud account at https://
mycloud.zyxel.com.
4 Set up a free DDNS host name for the NAS so you can connect to it easily from the Internet.
5 Configure UPnP port mapping to allow access from the WAN (Internet) to the WebDAV services on the
NAS.
6 Install a client program that supports WebDAV (NetDrive for example) on the computer from which you
want to remotely access files stored on the NAS.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9oxXx1rZAA&index=5&list=PL-69xFi03dP9zQn8gHGcVwf-
X6ShkNU27 for the Zyxel youtube video.
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Storage Manager
5.1 Overview
This chapter displays the status of both internal and external storage, and introduces how to configure
disk groups, volumes, and iSCSI functions. After you log in with an administrator account, click Storage
Manager on the Desktop to go to the following screens in a new window.
The Storage Manager Overview screen displays the status, current storage configuration and volume
usage of internal volumes and capacity usage of external volumes.
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An orange circle with an exclamation mark indicates attention. This appears when a
volume or disk group is degraded. Click Repair to repair it.
An red circle with an exclamation mark indicates danger. This appears when a
volume or disk group is crashed. You cannot recover the volume.
Volume on RAID This section shows the current storage usage for each volume built directly on top of a
RAID. These volumes have higher access performance than volumes on a disk group
but are less flexible in regards to size.
Shared Folder (Normal) - green on the circle represents the volume’s percentage of
used capacity in a healthy state.
LUN (Normal) - blue on the circle represents the iSCSI LUN’s percentage of used
capacity.
This section also displays the volume’s used capacity, and total capacity available.
Volume on Disk Group This section shows the current storage usage for each volume built on top of a disk
group. You can expand a volume’s size after creation if the disk group has
unallocated space. You can also expand a disk group by adding hard disks.
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Used - green on the circle represents the volume’s percentage of used capacity in a
healthy state.
Full - a red exclamation point represents the volume has run out of space.
Unformatted - purple on the circle represents the connected USB storage device is not
formatted with a file system.
Unsupported - violet on the circle represents the connected USB storage device uses
a file system the NAS does not support.
This section also displays the volume’s used capacity, and total capacity available.
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• External volumes (built on the external storage devices attached to the NAS)
Internal Volumes
Table 9 Internal Volumes
OPTION DESCRIPTION
Volume Allocates all the available space to the volume.
RAID Types
The following table describes RAID types.
Note: RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and the hot spare option apply to 4-bay NAS devices.
RAID 10 4 1 HDD in each RAID Use RAID 10 with four disks to get better (No. of HDD / 2) x
1 group performance than RAID 6, with slightly less data (smallest HDD size)
protection.
A hard disk failure in a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 degrades the volume or disk group. Replace
the failed disk and use the Internal Storage screen’s Repair link to repair the volume.
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The hard disk you want to add must have capacity equal to or greater than the smallest disk in
the volume or disk group.
Replacing with You can replace smaller disks in a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 with larger disks.
larger disks
Replace disks one-by-one.
After replacing a disk, you must use the Internal Storage screen’s Manage link to repair the
volume.
Wait for the repair process to complete before you replace another disk.
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Use this section to configure and manage volumes built on hard disks directly.
Create Click this to format internal hard disks and create a new volume. All data on the disk(s) will
be lost.
Note: This button is not available while the NAS is creating, deleting, or changing
the RAID type of any volume or disk group.
A pop-up screen appears if all installed hard disks are used by other volumes or disk groups.
You will need to install another hard disk into the NAS if any disk tray is available or remove
unnecessary volumes or disk groups to release the storage space. Click OK to close this
screen.
Manage Select a volume and click Manage to edit, repair or expand the volume.
Note: This button is available only when you can repair, expand or change the
RAID type.
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Note: If you delete a volume, all data in the volume disks is erased.
Add Hot Spare Select a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume and click Add Hot Spare to add another disk as a hot-spare
(standby) to the RAID array. A pop-up screen displays.
Select a disk from the drop-down list box and then click Apply.
Note: The capacity of the disk you are adding must be equal to or greater than
the largest disk in the RAID 1 or RAID 5 array.
Remove Hot Spare Select a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume and click Remove Hot Spare to remove the standby drive
from the RAID array.
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The following status also displays the percentage of an action has been completed.
Expanding: The NAS’s percentage progress in expanding the volume. For a RAID 1 volume,
this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated
remaining time.
Repairing: The NAS’s percentage progress in repairing the volume. For a RAID 1 volume, this
also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated
remaining time.
Changing: The NAS’s percentage progress in changing the volume’s RAID type. For a RAID 1
volume, this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the
evaluated remaining time.
Volume Name This field shows the name of the volume. Click the column’s heading cell to display an arrow.
Use the arrow to sort the table entries in ascending or descending order.
RAID Type This field shows what type of disk storage technology (Basic, a RAID level or JBOD) a volume
uses.
Usage This field shows the percentage of the volume being used, the percentage that is available,
and the total disk size.
Hot Spare This field shows the name of the standby disk if there is any for a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume.
Otherwise, it shows not supported.
Volume on Disk Group
Use this section to configure and manage volumes built on disk groups.
Create Click this to format internal hard disks and create a new volume on a disk group. All data on
the disks will be lost.
Note: This button is unavailable when a volume or disk group is being created,
deleted or changing the RAID type.
Edit Select a volume and click Edit to expand the volume’s capacity.
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Note: If you delete a volume, all data in the volume disks is erased.
Note: Deleting a volume on a disk group here does not delete the corresponding
disk group. To delete a disk group, click Internal Storage > Disk Group.
Disk Group X This field shows the name of the disk group, the percentage of the disk group size that is
available, the disk group size being used, and the total disk group size.
Status This field shows whether the volume is normal, degraded, crashed, Creating, Deleting,
Expanding, Repairing or Changing the RAID type.
The following status also displays the percentage of an action has been completed.
Expanding: The NAS’s percentage progress in expanding the volume. For a RAID 1 volume,
this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated
remaining time.
Repairing: The NAS’s percentage progress in repairing the volume. For a RAID 1 volume, this
also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated
remaining time.
Changing: The NAS’s percentage progress in changing the volume’s RAID type. For a RAID 1
volume, this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the
evaluated remaining time.
Volume Name This field shows the name of the volume. Click the column’s heading cell to display an arrow.
Use the arrow to sort the table entries in ascending or descending order.
File System This field shows what file system the volume uses. At the time of writing, your NAS uses the
EXT4 file system for internal volumes.
Usage This field shows the percentage of the volume being used, the percentage that is available,
and the total disk group size.
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Note: Create a volume on a disk group instead if you want to have multiple volumes on a
disk. See Section 5.3.1.7 on page 62 for more information. Moreover, the maximum size
for one volume is 16TB.
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Use RAID 1 with two or more disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high
performance.
Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with
data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 6 with four disks for more data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 10 with four disks to get better performance than RAID 6, with slightly less data
protection.
Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to avoid wasting
space.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Step 2 Summary
Figure 38 Create Volume: Summary
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The available options vary depending on the conditions it matches. For example, the Repair RAID
option is available only when a degraded volume is selected.
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Note: This option is available when a disk has not been allocated to any volume or
disk group yet.
Expand the Select this to add more storage space to a volume if there is still some space unallocated on
volume with the same disk group. Select this if the NAS fails to expand a volume by adding disk(s) and the
unallocated disk final volume capacity is not as expected. For example, you want to expand a 1 TB RAID 1
space volume by adding two more 1 TB disks. The volume size should be 2 TB after expansion,
however, you just see 1 TB. Use this option to fix the issue.
Change RAID Select this if you want to change the volume’s RAID type from Basic to RAID 1, RAID 1 to RAID 5,
Type or RAID 5 to RAID 6.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
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Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to avoid wasting
space.
Back Click Back to go to the previous step.
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Step 2 Summary
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Table 19 Manage Volume (Expand the volume by adding disk(s)): Select Disks
LABEL DESCRIPTION
A This shows the name of the volume you have selected.
Status This field displays the status of the volume.
RAID Type This field displays the type of RAID on which the volume is built.
Disk Info
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Table 19 Manage Volume (Expand the volume by adding disk(s)): Select Disks (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Status This field displays the status of the disk.
Disk Name This field displays the name of the disk.
Size This field displays the total capacity of the disk.
Model Name This field displays the model of the disk.
Select disk(s) to This section lists all available hard disks in the table and displays the corresponding disk tray of
add the disks you selected on the graphic at the right.
Select one or more hard disks for increasing the volume’s capacity. Use the check box on the
top to select or unselect all entries in this column.
Disk Name This field shows the name of a hard disk.
Size This field shows the total disk size.
Model Name This field shows the model of the hard disk.
Expected This field shows the corresponding space allocations of available size, data protection area,
Capacity and wasted size according to your selections on hard disks above.
Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to avoid wasting
space.
Back Click Back to go to the previous step.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Step 2 Summary
Figure 45 Manage Volume (Expand the volume by adding disk(s)): Summary
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Table 20 Manage Volume (Expand the volume by adding disk(s)): Summary (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Disk Selected This field displays the hard disks you have selected.
Volume This field displays the total available size of the volume.
Capacity
Back Click Back to go to the previous step.
Apply Click Apply to save the settings.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Figure 46 Manage Volume (Expand the volume with unallocated disk space)
Summary
Use this screen to review the settings you configured.
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Figure 47 Manage Volume (Expand the volume with unallocated disk space)
Table 21 Manage Volume (Expand the volume with unallocated disk space)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Action This field displays for what the configuration is.
Volume Name This field displays the name of the volume.
Volume This field displays the total available size of the volume.
Capacity
Back Click Back to go to the previous step.
Apply Click Apply to save the settings.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
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Table 22 Manage Volume (Change RAID Type): Select Disks and RAID Type
LABEL DESCRIPTION
A This shows the name of the volume you have selected.
Status This field displays the status of the volume.
RAID Type This field displays the type of RAID on which the volume is built.
Disk Info
Status This field displays the status of the disk.
Disk Name This field displays the name of the disk.
Size This field displays the total capacity of the disk.
Model Name This field displays the model of the disk.
Select disk(s) This section lists all available hard disks in the table and displays the corresponding disk tray of
the disks you selected on the graphic at the right.
Select one or more hard disks for changing the volume’s RAID type. Use the check box on the
top to select or unselect all entries in this column.
Disk Name This field shows the name of a hard disk.
Size This field shows the total disk size.
Model Name This field shows the model of the hard disk.
Choose a RAID Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocations of
type available size, data protection area, and wasted size display.
Use RAID 1 with two or four disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high performance.
Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with
data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 6 with four disks for more data protection in case of disk failure.
Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID to avoid wasting space.
Back Click Back to go to the previous step.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
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Step 2 Summary
Figure 50 Manage Volume (Change RAID Type): Summary
Note: It is suggested to create a volume directly on a disk instead of on a disk group if high
performance is important to you. See Section 5.3.1.1 on page 49 for more information.
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Figure 53 Create a Volume on an Existing Disk Group: Summary
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Table 26 Create Volume on Disk Group: Select Disks and RAID Type
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Select disks This section lists all available hard disks in the table and displays the disk trays they are currently
installed on the graphic at the right.
Select one or more hard disks where you want to create a volume. Use the check box on the
top to select or unselect all entries in this column.
Disk Name This field shows the name of the hard disk.
Size This field shows the total disk size.
Model Name This field shows the model of the hard disk.
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Table 26 Create Volume on Disk Group: Select Disks and RAID Type (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Choose a RAID Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocations of
type available size, data protection area, and wasted size display.
Use RAID 1 with two or more disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high
performance.
Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with
data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 6 with four disks for more data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 10 with four disks to get better performance than RAID 6, with slightly less data
protection.
Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to avoid wasting
space.
Back Click Back to go to the previous screen.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
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Figure 57 Create Volume on a New Disk Group: Summary
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Note: This button is not available while the NAS is creating, deleting, or changing the
RAID type of any volume or disk group.
Manage Select a volume and click Manage to edit, repair, or expand the volume.
Note: This button is available only when you can repair, expand or change RAID
type.
Delete Select a disk group and click Delete to remove it.
Note: If you delete a disk group, all data in the disk group is erased.
Add Hot Spare Select a RAID 1 or RAID 5 disk group and click Add Hot Spare to add another disk as a hot-spare
(standby) to the RAID array. See Section 5.6 on page 98 for more information.
Note: The capacity of the disk you are adding must be equal to or greater than the
largest disk in the RAID 1 or RAID 5 array.
Note: You need four hard disks installed to use RAID 5 with hotspare.
Remove Hot Select a RAID 1 or RAID 5 disk group and click Remove Hot Spare to remove the standby drive
Spare from the RAID array.
Status This field shows the status of the disk group.
Disk Group This field shows the name of the disk group.
Name
RAID Type This field shows the type of the RAID over which this disk group is running.
Allocation Status This field shows the percentage of the disk group size that is available, the disk group size being
used, and the total disk group size.
Hot Spare
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This field shows the name of the disk group and whether it is normal, degraded, crashed,
Creating, Deleting, Expanding, Repairing or Changing the RAID type.
The following status also displays the percentage of an action has been completed.
Expanding: The NAS’s percentage progress in expanding the volume. For a RAID 1 volume, this
also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated
remaining time.
Repairing: The NAS’s percentage progress in repairing the volume. For a RAID 1 volume, this also
displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the evaluated remaining
time.
Changing: The NAS’s percentage progress in changing the volume’s RAID type. For a RAID 1
volume, this also displays the percentage of resynchronizing the NAS has finished and the
evaluated remaining time.
Disk Name This field shows the name of the hot-spare disk.
Size This field shows the total size of the hot-spare disk.
Model Name This field shows the model of the hot-spare disk.
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Table 31 Create Disk Group: Select Disks and RAID Type (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Choose a RAID Select a RAID type from the drop-down list box. The corresponding space allocations of
type available size, data protection area, and wasted size display.
Use RAID 1 with two or more disks to mirror primary data to another disk(s) with high
performance.
Use RAID 5 with three or more disks to balance performance, hard disk capacity usage with
data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 6 with four disks for more data protection in case of disk failure.
Use RAID 10 with four disks to get better performance than RAID 6, with slightly less data
protection.
Note: Use the same capacity of hard disks for RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 to avoid wasting
space.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Step 2 Summary
Use this screen to review the settings you configured in the last step.
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Normal: A green circle displays. This represents the volume is functioning normally.
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5.3.3.1 S.M.A.R.T
Use the S.M.A.R.T screens to view hard disk health indicators. Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
Technology (S.M.A.R.T) detects and reports the reliability of hard disks using standard indicators (called
“attributes”), to help you anticipate possible disk failures.
Note: The available S.M.A.R.T information varies from one hard disk vendor to another.
From the Storage Manager > Internal Storage > Hard Disk screen, select a disk and click S.M.A.R.T to
open the screen as shown.
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Click S.M.A.R.T Info in the S.M.A.R.T Overview screen to display the following.
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This is standard across all S.M.A.R.T-enabled storage devices. However it depends on the
storage vendor which attributes it will allow S.M.A.R.T to diagnose.
Attribute This refers to an attribute of the hard disk that S.M.A.R.T can assess. Attributes describe the hard
disk’s physical state, performance, wear-and-tear, and so on.
Value This is a value that corresponds to the Raw Data. Compare this with the Threshold.
S.M.A.R.T compresses the raw value(s) into a digit from 1 to 253, where 1 indicates the worst
scenario while 253 indicates the best scenario.
The values 100 or 200 usually represent the mean or normal value.
Worst This is the lowest value attained by the hard disk since S.M.A.R.T started its assessment of the
hard disk.
Threshold This is the attribute’s threshold value. If the attribute’s current normalized value is less than or
equal to the threshold, the attribute has failed. An attribute value close to or below the
threshold indicates the hard drive is no longer reliable.
Type This shows S.M.A.R.T’s assessment of the hard disk.
Old_age indicates end-of-product life from old-age (normal wearing out) if the attribute value
is less than or equal to the threshold.
Pre-fail indicate imminent hard drive failure if the attribute value is less than or equal to the
threshold.
Note that just because an attribute is of the Pre-fail type does not mean your hard drive is
ready to fail. It only means this if the current normalized value of the attribute is less than or
equal to the threshold.
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• Always means the hard drive updates this attribute during normal operation and during
offline activities.
• Offline means the hard drive only updates this attribute when no one is accessing the hard
drive.
When Failed This column indicates when (if ever) the attribute failed. An attribute has failed if the normalized
value is less than or equal to the threshold.
• -: This displays if the attribute is not failing now and has never failed in the past.
• FAILING_NOW: This displays if the attribute’s current normalized value is less than or equal to
the threshold.
• In_the_past: This displays if the attribute’s current normalized value is greater than the
threshold but the worst recorded value is less than or equal to the threshold.
Raw Data This is the attribute’s unprocessed raw data. These values show exact amounts of time or
numbers of attempts or errors. The meaning to the raw values is specific to the hard drive
manufacturer. Table 42 on page 156 has some information about whether a higher or lower
individual raw S.M.A.R.T. attribute value is better.
Close Click this button to close the screen.
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5.4 iSCSI
The NAS supports the iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) standard and can serve as an
iSCSI target. When the iSCSI initiator is successfully connected to an iSCSI target over an IP network, data
transmission and storage management can be processed through the network. In other words, you can
access and manage the target the same way as a locally attached drive.
In the following example, a branch office has a NAS named NAS1. You want to expand your data
storage capacity by accessing an iSCSI LUN (Logical Unit Number) volume called VOL1 on NAS1 over
the Internet. Your computer is the iSCSI initiator and the NAS is the iSCSI target. When the initiator is
successfully connected to the target, your computer can use VOL1 on the NAS as its own internal
storage.
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Key in UN-MAP and click Un-map to un-map the LUN from the iSCSI target. Click Cancel to close
this screen.
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Key in DELETE and click Delete to remove an existing LUN. Click Cancel to close this screen.
Info Click this item to check detailed information about the LUN.
Location - Displays the name of the volume the LUN is located in.
Write Back - Displays whether the write back feature is enabled or disabled.
Mapped iSCSI Target - Displays the iSCSI target name the LUN is mapped to.
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Note: Valid characters for the name are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z, and the maximum
length is 30 characters. The “-” symbol is allowed as well, but cannot be the
first character.
Location Select a volume to create the LUN on.
Capacity Type the size of the LUN in this field.
Allocation Mode Select the method the NAS uses to allocate storage space to the LUN.
Thin provisioning - Allocate space only when an initiator writes data to it.
Instant allocation - Allocate the specified disk space to the LUN when you create the LUN.
Enable Write Back Select this option to increase the write performance. Write Back is a feature that collects
data in the hard disk’s cache memory first and permanently writes data into the hard disk
when the system is idle.
Note: It also creates a serious data integrity hazard. Data loss may occur if the NAS
experiences unexpected power loss before it has time to write the cached
data to the hard disk.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Step 2 Summary
Use this screen to review the settings you configured in the last step.
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iSCSI Targets allows you to create, edit, and delete an iSCSI target and map a target to an existing LUN.
Click Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets to show the following screen.
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Key in DISABLE and click Disable to deactivate the target. Click Cancel to close this screen.
Enable - When the iSCSI is disabled, click Enable will activate the target.
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Key in DELETE and click Delete to remove an existing target. Click Cancel to close this screen.
Info Click this item to check detailed information about the target.
Allowed initiator (IQN) - Displays the allowed initiator’s iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) format.
Maximum receive segment bytes - Displays the maximum data segment length in bytes that the
iSCSI target can receive.
Maximum send segment bytes - Displays the maximum data segment length in bytes that the iSCSI
target can send. This feature is for the NAS326 only.
Mapped iSCSI Luns - Displays the LUNs mapped with the target.
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Note: Valid characters for the name are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z, and the maximum
length is 30 characters. The “-” symbol is allowed as well, but cannot be the
first character.
IQN The iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the target is automatically generated after you enter the
target name.
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Note: If you use your computer as the iSCSI initiator, download and install the iSCSI
Initiator first. For example, use Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator with a
Microsoft OS or globalSAN iSCSI Initiator with MAC OS.
CHAP If the iSCSI target has configured Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
here, the initiator needs to enter the secret before the initiator connects to the target. The
target will authenticate the initiator with the username and password (shared secret). The
connection fails if the username and password are not entered correctly.
Username - The user name is for the initiator to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Password - The password is for the target to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Confirm password - Re-type the password to make sure you entered it correctly.
Note: Valid characters for password are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z. The password length is 12
to 16 characters.
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Username - The user name is for the initiator to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Password - The password is for the target to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Confirm password - Re-type the password to make sure you entered it correctly.
Note: Valid characters for password are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z. The password length is 12
to 16 characters.
Next Click Next to go to the next step.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Note: One iSCSI target can map to several LUN, but one LUN can only map to one target.
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Step 3 Summary
Use this screen to review the settings you configured in the last step.
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Properties
The Properties screen allows you to edit the allowed initiator (IQN), CHAP authentication features as
shown in the following screen.
Figure 73 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Properties
Table 44 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Properties
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Name Displays the name of your iSCSI target.
IQN Displays the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the target.
Allowed initiator The allowed initiator name is in the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) format. You can connect with
(IQN) another initiator by changing the allowed initiator IQN.
The system will display a prompt if you enter an invalid character or username of
unacceptable length in this field.
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Table 44 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Properties (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
CHAP Username - The user name is for the initiator to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Password - The password is for the target to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Confirm password - Re-type the password to make sure you entered it correctly.
Note: Valid characters for password are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z. The password length is 12
to 16 characters.
Enable mutual Select this check box to perform mutual CHAP on the target.
CHAP
Username - The user name is for the target to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Password - The password is for the target to authenticate the initiator when attempting
connection.
Confirm password - Re-type the password to make sure you entered it correctly.
Note: Valid characters for password are 0-9, a-z, and A-Z. The password length is 12
to 16 characters.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Figure 74 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Map iSCSI LUNs
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Table 45 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Map iSCSI LUNs
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Status Displays the status of the iSCSI LUN.
LUN Name Displays the iSCSI LUN name.
Capacity Displays the size of the iSCSI LUN.
Apply Select the check to choose a LUN, and click Apply to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to close the screen without saving any settings.
Advanced
Go to Advanced screen for other configurations such as CRC checksum and maximum receive/send
segments.
Figure 75 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Advanced
Table 46 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Advanced
LABEL DESCRIPTION
CRC checksum Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum is a technique for detecting data transmission
errors. It ensures correct data transmissions between the initiator and the target. If you select
the Data/Header Digest, the iSCSI initiator will be verified by these parameters when
transmitting data.
Data digest Select the check box to enable data digest. The data digest protects the integrity of the
data.
Header digest Select the check box to enable header digest. The header digest protects the integrity of the
header.
Maximum receive Select the maximum receive segments allowed in bytes.
segment bytes
Four options are applied: 262144, 65536, 9182, 4092.
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Table 46 Storage Manager > iSCSI > iSCSI Targets > Edit > Advanced (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Maximum send Select the maximum send segments allowed in bytes.
segment bytes
Four options are applied: 262144, 65536, 9182, 4092.
Use the External Storage screen (Section 5.5.2 on page 95) to display information on all external
volumes, configure volumes’ name and format volumes.
Disk
USB-attached storage disks and SD cards are treated as external disks/volumes.
Volume
A volume is a storage area on a disk or disks. You can create volumes on SD cards or external disks
attached to the USB ports. You cannot spread a volume across external disks like you can with internal
disks.
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Volume name -
Click Yes to eject the volume or No to exit this screen without saving changes.
Status This field shows whether the volume is Normal, Unsupported, or Unformatted.
Unsupported means the USB connected device uses a file system the NAS does not support.
Unformatted means the USB connected device is not formatted with a file system.
Note: There is no explicit message from CIFS that tells users their volume is
degraded or down.
Volume Name This field displays the volume name. If the status is Unsupported or Unformatted, the volume
name displays “--”.
File System This field displays the file system that an external (USB or SD) volume is using.
Disk(s) This field shows to which USB port the disk is connected.
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Note: Formatting the disk will also delete all your data in the USB drive. If the connected
external volume has more than one partition, you can choose which partition you want
to format.
Acceptable characters are all alphanumeric characters and " " [spaces], "_" [underscores],
and "." [periods].
NTFS: Recommended.
FAT32: Newer, and more efficient than FAT16. Supports a volume size of up to 2 TB (Tera
Bytes) and individual file sizes of up to 4 GB.
EXFAT: Designed to bridge the gap between the NTFS file system and the older FAT32 file
system. It is a 64-bit file system that can store files over 4 GB.
Linux file systems
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JBOD
• Minimum number of disks: 1
• Total capacity: Sum of the member disks
• Advantages: Maximum storage capacity, especially for disks of mixed sizes. Flexibility (you can add
disks to the JBOD
• Disadvantages: Not as fast or reliable as RAID.
JBOD allows you to combine multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one, so they appear as a
single large disk. JBOD can be used to turn several different-sized drives into one big drive. For example,
JBOD could convert 100 GB, 200 GB, 250 GB, and 500 GB drives into one large logical drive of 1050 GB.
Since data isn’t striped across disks, if one disk fails, you should just lose the data on that disk (but you
may lose data in the whole array depending on the nature of the disk failure). You can add disks to the
JBOD array later (using the Add disk to JBOD feature) and even remove them so JBOD offers a lot of
flexibility. However JBOD read performance is not as good as RAID as only one disk can be read at a
time and they must be read sequentially. The following figure shows three disks in a single JBOD array.
Data is not written across disks but written sequentially to each disk until it’s full.
Table 49 JBOD
A1 B1 C1
A2 B2 C2
A3 B3 C3
A4 B4 C4
RAID 0
RAID 0 spreads data across two or more disks (data striping) with no mirroring nor parity for data
redundancy, so if one disk fails the entire array will be lost. The major benefit of RAID 0 is performance.
The following figure shows two disks in a single RAID 0 array. Data can be written and read across disks
simultaneously for faster performance.
Table 50 RAID 0
A1 A2
A3 A4
A5 A6
A7 A8
DISK 1 DISK 2
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RAID 0 capacity is the size of the sum of the capacities of the disks in the RAID 0. For example, if you
have four disks of sizes 1 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB and 2 TB respectively in one RAID 0 array, then the maximum
capacity is 8 TB.
Typical applications for RAID 0 are non-critical data (or data that changes infrequently and is backed
up regularly) requiring high write speed such as audio, video, graphics, games and so on.
RAID 1
RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on another disk. This is useful when data
backup is more important than data capacity. The following figure shows two disks in a single RAID 1
array with mirrored data. Data is duplicated across two disks, so if one disk fails, there is still a copy of the
data.
Table 51 RAID 1
A1 A1
A2 A2
A3 A3
A4 A4
DISK 1 DISK 2
As RAID 1 uses mirroring and duplexing, a RAID 1 array needs an even number of disks (two or four for
the NAS).
RAID 1 capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disk in the RAID array. For example, if you have two
disks of sizes 150 GB and 200 GB respectively in one RAID 1 array, then the maximum capacity is 150 GB
and the remaining space (50 GB) is unused.
Typical applications for RAID 1 are those requiring high fault tolerance without need of large amounts of
storage capacity or top performance, for example, accounting and financial data, small database
systems, and enterprise servers.
RAID 6
RAID 6 can tolerate two simultaneous drive failures by calculating dual distributed parity data on striped
data across disks. Dual parity provides extra data protection, however, it is slower to write than most
other RAID levels.
RAID 6 uses parity to store redundant data on space equal to the size of two disks for later data
recovery. Therefore, on a RAID 6 array, only 50% of the space is available as usable capacity. If you
have four disks of sizes 1TB, 1TB, 2TB, 2TB respectively in one RAID 6 array, then the maximum capacity of
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the array is the capacity of the smallest drive (1TB, 1TB, 2TB, 2TB) * (Number of disks - 2) = 1TB * (4-2) = 2TB.
The remaining space (2 TB) is unused.
Table 52 RAID 6
RAID 6
A1 A2 AP AQ
B1 BP BQ B2
CP CQ C1 C2
DQ D1 D2 DP
RAID 10
RAID 10 (RAID 1+0) is a nested RAID where two RAID 1 arrays are stored on the physical disks with a RAID
0 array on top. It is a stripe of mirrors. RAID 1 provides redundancy while RAID 0 boosts performance. The
following figure shows two disks in two RAID 1 arrays. Data is duplicated across two disks, so if one disk
fails, there is still a copy of the data. These two arrays are configured as a single RAID 0 array for faster
performance.
Table 53 RAID 10
RAID 0
RAID 1 RAID 1
A1 A1 A2 A2
A3 A3 A4 A4
A5 A5 A6 A6
A7 A7 A8 A8
Typical applications for RAID 10 are those requiring both high performance and reliability such as
enterprise servers and high-end moderate-sized database systems. RAID 10 is often used in place of
RAID 1 or RAID 5 by those requiring higher performance. It may be used instead of RAID 1 for
applications requiring more capacity.
RAID 5
RAID 5 provides the best balance of capacity and performance while providing data redundancy. It
provides redundancy by striping data across three disks and keeps the parity information (AP) on the
fourth disk (in each stripe). In case of disk failure, data can be recovered from the surviving disks using
the parity information. When you replace the failed disk, the reconstructed data is written onto the new
disk. Re-synchronize the array to have it return to its original state. The following example shows data
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stripped across three disks (A1 to A3 in the first strip for example) with parity information (AP) on the
fourth disk.
Table 54 RAID 5
A1 A2 A3 AP
B1 B2 BP B3
C1 CP C2 C3
DP D1 D2 D3
The capacity of a RAID 5 array is the smallest disk in the RAID set multiplied by one less than the number
of disks in the RAID set. For example, if you have four disks of sizes 150 GB, 150 GB, 200 GB and 250 GB
respectively in one RAID 5 array, then the maximum capacity is 450 GB (3 * 150 GB, the smallest disk size)
and the remaining space (300 GB) is unused.
Typical applications for RAID 10 are transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise
resource planning and other business systems. For write-intensive applications, RAID 1 or RAID 1+0 are
probably better choices, as the performance of RAID 5 will begin to substantially decrease in a write-
heavy environment.
Hot-spare
A RAID 1 or RAID 5 array with a hot-spare operates as a three-disk RAID 1 or RAID 5 array with the fourth
disk on standby. The standby disk automatically comes into play if a disk in the array fails. The
advantage of a hot-spare is that if a disk fails, then the array resynchronizes automatically with the
standby disk and operates at healthy array speed after the resynchronization.
Note: You need four hard disks installed to use RAID 10, RAID 5 or RAID 5 with hot-spare.
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6.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the Control Panel screens. Use the Control Panel screens to configure
administrator settings. The Control Panel icon displays on the Desktop when you log in with an
administrator account.
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Sharing
7.1 Overview
This chapter introduces the Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing screens.
7.3 Users
Use the Users screens to create and manage administrator and user accounts.
Administrators can:
Users are people who have access rights to the NAS and can store files there for later retrieval. A user
can:
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User Icons
The following table describes the user icons.
Usernames
Enter a username from one to 32 characters. The first character must be alphabetical (case insensitive,
[A-Z a-z]); numeric characters are not allowed as the first character.
• Alphanumeric A-z 0-9. Usernames are supported with CIFS and web configurator logins.
• Spaces
• _ [underscores]
• . [periods]
• - [dashes]
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pc-guest
If you give the pc-guest user read-only access or full access to files in a share. The share becomes a
public share. Everyone on the network can use Windows Explorer to access a public share without a
login user name and password.
User Info Select an account and click this to open a screen displaying the amount of storage space
used by the account. You can also check the account’s membership in any groups.
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Table 57 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Username This field displays the username of each account.
Description This field displays the description of each account.
Table 58 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Account Type Select Administrator to give the account full configuration and management access to
the NAS.
Select User to give the account basic access rights to the NAS and allow the user to
manage his own shares, change his own password, and access the contents of other
shares to which he is given access rights.
Username Type a name from 1 to 32 single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example)
ASCII characters. See Section 7.3 on page 105 for more details on usernames.
Description Type the description for this account.
Password Create a password associated with this user. You can type from one to 14 single-byte
(no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII characters.
Confirm Password You must type the exact same password that you just typed in the above field.
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Table 58 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: General Settings (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
Step 2 Groups
Figure 81 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: Groups
Table 59 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: Groups
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Group Name This field displays the group name.
Description This field displays the description of the group.
Join Group Click this to add the account to the group.
Back Click this to return to the previous step.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Table 60 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: Shared Folder Access
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Shared Folder This field lists the shares to which you can assign access rights.
Description This field displays the description of the shared folder.
No Access Click the check box to block access (users cannot read, modify, nor execute) to all files
contained within this share.
Among all access rights, No Access has the highest . For example, User A belongs to Group
1. You assign User A full access rights to the Music share but deny access rights to Group 1.
Then User A cannot access the Music share.
Note: If you deny access to all users, no-one can use the share, not even the
administrator.
Read Only Click the check box to give users read-only access (they cannot modify nor execute) to all
files contained within this share.
Read/Write Click the check box to give users full access (read, write and execute) to all files contained
within this share.
Back Click this to return to the previous step.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Step 4 Quota
Figure 83 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: Quota
Table 61 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: Quota
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Volume Name Select the volume in which you want the user’s files to be stored.
Quota (per volume) Enter how much space (in gigabytes) you want to allow for the user to store files.
Back Click this to return to the previous step.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Step 5 Summary
Figure 84 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Add a User: Summary
Use this screen to view your account settings. Click Back to return to the previous step. Click Apply to
save your changes. Click Cancel to return to the previous screen without saving.
Figure 85 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > Edit a User
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Click General Settings, Groups, Shared Folder Access or Quota to edit the account settings. Refer to
Section 7.3.2 on page 108 for more information on the screens. Click Apply to save your changes. Click
Cancel to return to the previous screen without saving.
Figure 86 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Users > User Info
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7.4 Groups
Use the Groups screens to create and manage groups. You can assign users to groups and grant
individual groups access rights to specific shares.
Group Names
Enter a group name from 1 to 32 characters. The first character must be alphabetical (case insensitive,
[A-Z a-z]); numeric characters are not allowed as the first character.
• Alphanumeric A-z 0-9. Unicode usernames are supported with CIFS logins, but not FTP or web
configurator logins.
• Spaces
• _ [underscores]
• . [periods]
• - [dashes]
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Group Information Select a group and click this to open a screen displaying the details. You can also
check the group’s membership in any groups.
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Table 64 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Add a Group: General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Group Name Type a name from 1 to 32 single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example) ASCII
characters. See Section 7.4 on page 114 for more details on group names.
Description Type the description for this group name.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Step 2 Members
Figure 89 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Add a Group: Members
Table 65 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Add a Group: Members
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Type This field displays whether the account is an administrator account or a user account.
Username This field lists the user accounts created on the NAS.
Description This field displays the description of each user.
Add Click this to add the user account to the group. Otherwise, clear this field to remove the user
account from the group.
Back Click this to return to the previous step.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Table 66 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Add a Group: Shared Folder Access
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Shared Folder This field lists the shares to which you can assign access rights.
Description This field displays the description of the shared folder.
No Access Click the check box to block access (groups cannot read, modify, nor execute) to all files
contained within this share.
Among all access rights, No Access has the highest . For example, User A belongs to
Group 1. You assign User A full access rights to the Music share but deny access rights to
Group 1. Then User A cannot access the Music share.
Note: If you deny access to all users, no-one can use the share, not even the
administrator.
Read Only Click the check box to give groups read-only access (they cannot modify nor execute) to
all files contained within this share.
Read/Write Click the check box to give groups full access (read, write and execute) to all files
contained within this share.
Back Click this to return to the previous step.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Step 4 Summary
Figure 91 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Add a Group: Summary
Use this screen to view your group settings. Click Back to return to the previous step. Click Apply to save
your changes. Click Cancel to return to the previous screen without saving.
Figure 92 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Edit a Group
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Click General Settings, Members, or Shared Folder Access to edit the group settings. Refer to Section
7.4.2 on page 115 for more information on the screens. Click Apply to save your changes. Click Cancel
to return to the previous screen without saving.
Figure 93 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Group Information
Table 67 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Groups > Group Information
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Group Name This field displays the selected group name.
Members This field displays the selected group’s membership.
Description This field displays the description of the group.
Shared Folders This field displays the access permission to the group.
(No Access)
Shared Folders This field displays the access permission to the group.
(Read Only)
Shared Folders This field displays the access permission to the group.
(Read/Write)
OK Click this to close the current screen.
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Figure 94 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders
Table 68 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add Share Click this to create a new share.
Edit Share Select a share and click this to edit the share.
Delete Share Select a share and click this to remove or restrict access to the share.
Shared Folder This field displays the general settings and access permission of a share.
Information
Recycle Bin Click this to configure recycle bins.
Refresh Click this to renew this screen.
Status This field displays four types of status: Normal, Disabled, Lost, and Hidden.
Normal: This represents a built-in or user-created share on a volume on the internal hard
drives and an auto or user-created share on a volume on the external (USB) devices.
Lost: This represents a missing share. The NAS cannot find the hard disk associated with the
share (the disk may be removed from the NAS for example). You may install the disk back to
the NAS to recover the share, or you may delete the share from the NAS.
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Table 68 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Type This field displays the type icons.
Table 69 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Name Type a share name from 1 to 239 single-byte (no Chinese characters allowed for example)
ASCII characters. The name cannot be the same as another existing share. See Section 7.5.1
on page 121 for more information on share names.
Description Type the description for this shared folder.
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Table 69 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Location You should have already created volumes (a single accessible storage area with a single file
system) on the NAS. Select the one that contains the folder that you want to share out.
Table 70 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: Shared Folder Access
LABEL DESCRIPTION
The following fields display only when you select Users from the drop-down list box.
Username This field lists the users to which you can assign access rights.
Description This field displays the description of each account.
The following fields display only when you select Groups from the drop-down list box.
Group Name This field lists the groups to which you can assign access rights.
Description This field displays the description of each group.
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Table 70 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: Shared Folder Access
LABEL DESCRIPTION
No Access Click the check box to block access (users/groups cannot read, modify, nor execute) to all
files contained within this share.
Among all access rights, No Access has the highest . For example, User A belongs to Group 1.
You assign User A full access rights to the Music share but deny access rights to Group 1. Then
User A cannot access the Music share.
Note: If you deny access to all users, no-one can use the share, not even the
administrator.
Read Only Click the check box to give users/groups read-only access (they cannot modify nor execute)
to all files contained within this share.
Read/Write Click the check box to give users/groups full access (read, write and execute) to all files
contained within this share.
Back Click this to return to the previous step.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
Table 71 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: Shared Folder Publishing
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Media Type This field displays media types that you publish media files to media server.
Publish to Media This option is available only when you enable the Media Server (Section 10.4 on page 160).
Server
Click this check box to have the NAS make media files in this share available to media clients
and through the Playzone screens. When you publish a share, you can also select whether or
not to publish music tracks, photos, and videos. The media clients do not have to use a
password to play the shares you publish.
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Table 71 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: Shared Folder Publishing
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Publish to Web This option is available when you enable the Web Publish (Section 10.8 on page 168).
Click this check box to let people use a web browser to access this share’s files without logging
into the Web Configurator.
Back Click this to return to the previous step.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
Step 4 Summary
Click General to view your share settings and open the following screen.
Figure 98 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: Summary: General
Click Access Right to view access rights to groups or users and open the following screen.
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Figure 99 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Add Share: Summary: Access Right
Click Back to return to the previous step. Click Apply to save your changes. Click Cancel to return to the
previous screen without saving.
Figure 100 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Edit Share
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Click General Settings, Shared Folder Access or Shared Folder Publishing to edit the share settings. Refer
to Section 7.5.3 on page 123 for more information on the screens. Click Apply to save your changes.
Click Cancel to return to the previous screen without saving.
Figure 101 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Shared Folder Information
Table 72 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Shared Folder Information
LABEL DESCRIPTION
The following fields display only when you click General from this screen.
Shared Folder This field displays the selected share’s name.
Name
Description This field displays the description of the share.
Publish to Media This field displays whether you publish a share to the media server.
Server
Publish to Web This field displays whether you publish a share to the web.
Enable Recycle Bin This field displays whether the recycle bin is activated or not.
The following fields display only when you click Access Right from this screen.
Read Only This field displays the access permission to specific groups or users.
Read/Write This field displays the access permission to specific groups or users.
OK Click this to close the current screen.
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Recycle Bins
Recycle bins in the NAS help users recover accidentally deleted files or folders in the shares. When you
delete an item, a recycle folder is created within the share to hold the deleted item.
Every share can have its own recycle folder. You must enable the recycle-bin function to recycle
deleted items. You can configure this setting when you add or edit a share. See Section 7.5.6.1 on page
129 for details on activating the recycle bin in a share.
Later if you want to retrieve a deleted item, you can locate the item in the recycle folder. You may
move or copy the deleted item to another share.
Figure 102 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Recycle Bin
Table 73 Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders > Recycle Bin
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Clean all recycle bins Specify how often you want to clear the contents in all recycle bins. The specified days
every N days correspond to how long a file has been stored in a recycle bin. For example, if you set the
interval to be 3 days, recycle bins will clean up items deleted or not accessed for 3 days.
Note: Cleaning up recycle bins permanently removes the files from the NAS.
Clean all recycle bins Click this to immediately remove contents from all recycle bins.
now
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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8.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the Control Panel > Network screens. Use the Network screens to configure
network settings.
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) allows the NAS to establish a direct Internet connection if
you do not have a router. PPPoE is a dial-up connection. You need a username and password from your
Internet Service Provider (ISP) to set up the connection.
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Note: If you change the NAS’s IP address, you need to log in again after you apply changes.
Figure 103 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > General Settings
Table 74 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Default Gateway Select the LAN interface to use as the default gateway.
DNS Server DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address
and vice versa. If you have the IP address(es) of the DNS server(s), enter them.
Automatically Select the option to have the NAS get a DNS server address automatically.
Manually Select this option to choose a static DNS server address. Type the DNS server IP address(es)
into the fields below.
Primary DNS Type a primary DNS server IP address.
Server
Secondary DNS Type a secondary DNS server IP address.
Server
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Table 74 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > General Settings (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Apply Click this to save your TCP/IP configurations. After you click Apply, the NAS restarts. Wait
until you see the Login screen or until the NAS fully boots and then use the NAS Starter Utility
to rediscover it.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Note: LAN 2 and port trunking are available only on the NAS which has multiple Ethernet
ports.
Figure 104 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface
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Table 75 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Create This button is available only on the NAS which has multiple Ethernet ports.
Select the ppp0 interface and click this to edit the PPPoE settings. See Section 8.4.2.3 on
page 136.
Remove This button is available only on the NAS which has multiple Ethernet ports and when a port
trunking is created.
A green ball signifies that this interface is active. A gray ball signifies that this interface is not
active.
Interface This shows the interface name.
IP Settings This shows whether the interface obtains the IP settings automatically or the IP address
information is configured manually.
IP Address This shows the IP address of an interface.
Subnet Mask This shows the subnet mask of an interface.
LAN1
LAN2
Use this screen to set up port trunking. Click Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface, and
then click Create.
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Table 76 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > Create
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Automatically Select this option to have the interface get IP address information automatically.
If no IP address information is assigned, the NAS uses Auto-IP to assign itself an IP address
and subnet mask. For example, you could connect the NAS directly to your computer. If
the computer is also set to get an IP address automatically, the computer and the NAS will
choose addresses for themselves and be able to communicate.
Manually Select this option for the interface to use fixed TCP/IP information. You must fill in the
following fields.
IPv4
Click IPv4 to configure the IPv4 settings.
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Figure 107 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > LAN1: IPv4
Table 77 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > LAN1: IPv4
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Automatically Select this option to have the interface get IP address information automatically.
Manually Select this option for the interface to use fixed TCP/IP information.
IPv6
Click IPv6 to configure the IPv6 settings.
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Figure 108 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > LAN1: IPv6
Table 78 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > LAN1: IPv6
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Configure IPv6 Select Auto to have the NAS use the IPv6 prefix from the connected router’s Router
Advertisement (RA) to generate an IPv6 address.
Select Manual if you have a fixed IPv6 address assigned by your ISP.
Select Disable to not assign any IPv6 address for the NAS.
IPv6 Address Enter the IPv6 address assigned by your ISP if you select Manual.
Subnet prefix Enter the address prefix length to specify how many most significant bits in an IPv6 address
length compose the network address. The range is 0 to 128.
Default Enter the IP address of the next-hop gateway. The gateway is a router or switch on the same
Gateway segment as your NAS's interface(s). The gateway helps forward packets to their destinations.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Figure 109 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > PPPoE
Table 79 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Interface > PPPoE
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable PPPoE to Select or clear this field to enable or disable PPPoE.
directly connect
to the Internet.
Username Enter the username exactly as your ISP assigned. If assigned a name in the form user@domain
where domain identifies a service name, then enter both components exactly as given.
Password Enter the password associated with the username above.
Show password Select this field to reveal the password hidden behind asterisks or clear this field to hide the
password.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Figure 110 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Web Configurator
Table 80 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Web Configurator
LABEL DESCRIPTION
HTTP connection
Port Number Specify the port number of HTTP connection.
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Figure 111 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Diagnosis
Table 81 Control Panel > Network > TCP/IP > Network Diagnosis
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Host Select a specific host to perform the diagnosis.
Ping Click this to test the network connection.
Result Displays whether or not the test received a response from the host.
192.168.1.20
a.b.c.d
TCP: 21 TCP: 21
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In the above example, UPnP creates a firewall rule and NAT port forwarding mapping to send FTP traffic
(using TCP port number 21) from the public IP address a.b.c.d to the NAS’s private IP address of
192.168.1.20.
Use the NAS’s UPnP Port Mapping screen to configure the UPnP settings your Internet gateway uses to
allow access from the WAN (Internet) to services you select on the NAS. You can also set which port
Internet users need to use in order to access a specific service on the NAS.
Note: To use UPnP port mapping, your Internet gateway must have UPnP enabled.
If your Internet gateway supports Port Address Translation (PAT is sometimes included with a port
forwarding feature), you can have the Internet users use a different TCP port number from the one the
NAS uses for the service.
192.168.1.20
a.b.c.d
In the above example, the Internet gateway uses PAT to accept Internet user FTP sessions on port 2100,
translate them to port 21, and forward them to the NAS.
For example, if the NAS’s IP address was 192.168.1.33 when you applied the UPnP Port Mapping screen’s
settings and the NAS later gets a new IP address of 192.168.1.34 through DHCP, WAN access stops
working because the Internet gateway still tries to forward traffic to IP address 192.168.1.33. Since you
can no longer access the NAS from the WAN, you would have to access the NAS from the LAN and re-
apply your UPnP Port Mapping screen settings to update the Internet gateway’s UPnP port mappings.
192.168.1.34
a.b.c.d
192.168.1.33
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If you configure UPnP port mapping to allow CIFS access from the WAN but cannot get it to work, you
may also have to configure the Internet gateway to also allow NetBIOS traffic. See Windows/CIFS on
page 148 for more on CIFS.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol is a standard file transfer service used on the Internet. Using UPnP port mapping for
FTP allows remote users to use FTP from the Internet to access the NAS’s shares. A user with read and
write access to a share can copy files from the share, delete files from the share, or upload files to the
share. See Section 10.6 on page 163 for more on FTP. If you use UPnP to allow FTP access from the WAN,
you may want to use a different WAN port number (instead of the default of port 21) to make it more
secure. Remember to tell the remote users to use the custom port number when using FTP to access the
NAS.
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Figure 115 Network > UPnP Port Mapping > UPnP Router
Use this screen to set how the Internet gateway’s UPnP feature configure’s the Internet gateway’s NAT IP
address mapping and port mapping settings. These settings allow Internet users connected to the
Internet gateway’s WAN interface to access services on the NAS. You can set which port Internet users
need to use to access a specific service on the NAS.
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Figure 116 Network > UPnP Port Mapping > UPnP Port Mapping
Table 83 Network > UPnP Port Mapping > UPnP Port Mapping
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add Click this to add a service and create a port mapping rule.
Click Yes to remove the selected port mapping rule or No to close this screen.
Enabled/Disabled Use this to enable or disable a selected port mapping rule.
Status Displays the status of the port mapping rule. A green circle indicates the port mapping rule is
enabled and you can access the service. A grey circle indicates the port mapping rule is
disabled. A red circle indicates the router’s settings failed to be changed. “-” indicates a new
mapping rule.
Service This read-only field identifies a service on the NAS.
LAN Port Displays the NAS’s internal port number for the service.
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Table 83 Network > UPnP Port Mapping > UPnP Port Mapping (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
WAN Port When you enable one of the NAS’s services, specify the port number (1~65,535) Internet uses
need to use to connect to the Internet gateway’s WAN port in order to access the service on
the NAS. Whoever wants to access a service on the NAS from the Internet must use this port
number.
Make sure there is not another service using TCP protocol with the same port number.
If another device is using the same port (the Internet gateway has the same port number
mapped to another LAN IP address), the NAS overwrites it when you apply the setting and
WAN users can no longer access the other device.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NAS.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Select the services you want to create port mapping rules for, and click Apply to add the services. Click
Cancel to close the screen without saving any setting.
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Note: The default of the WAN port for the newly created service displays -1. Specify the port
number from 1 to 65,535, or you cannot access that service from the Internet.
Telnet or SSH access lets you use line commands to configure the NAS. Use these commands at your
own risk. The vendor takes no responsibility for any changes you make using the commands.
Click Control Panel > Network > Terminal in the navigation panel to open the following screen.
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To use SSH, log in as “admin” or “root” and use the admin password.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore previously saved settings.
Dynamic DNS (DyDNS) allows you to update your current dynamic IP address with a dynamic DNS
service so that anyone can contact you (such as through NetMeeting or CUSeeMe). You can also
access your FTP server or Web site on your own computer using a domain name (for instance
myhost.dhs.org, where myhost is a name of your choice) that will never change instead of using an IP
address that changes each time you reconnect. Your friends or relatives will always be able to call you
even if they don't know your IP address.
Click Control Panel > Network > DyDNS to open the following screen.
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You need to have registered a dynamic DNS account with a service provider such as
www.dyndns.org. The Dynamic DNS service provider will give you a password or key.
Service Provider Select your Dynamic DNS service provider.
Hostname Enter your host name provided by the Dynamic DNS service.
Username Enter your user name for your DNS account.
Password Enter the password assigned to your DNS account.
Status This shows the DyDNS update result:
Error – An unrecoverable error (such as authentication error) occurred caused the NAS to
disable the DyDNS feature automatically.
Updated - The NAS updated the DyDNS server with the NAS’s public IP address.
Default Gateway This shows with which public IP of interface the NAS updated the DyDNS server.
External Address This shows the IP address of the NAS that can be accessed in the Wide Area Network
(WAN). Note that this is not assigned by the DyDNS server.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to clear the fields.
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9.1 Overview
This chapter gives an overview of the various features included in the system screens.
Time Lag
Time lag occurs when the time on the NAS falls behind the time on the time server. This may happen if:
The NAS gives no warning if time lag occurs. You should resynchronize the time after a power surge or
after you have shut down the NAS several times.
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You can enter up to 15 alphanumeric characters with minus signs allowed but not as the last
character. The name must begin with an alphabet (a-z) and is NOT case sensitive.
Description Add text here to describe the NAS if the Server Name field is not enough. Use up to 61
characters. You can use all characters except the following: /\:|[]<>+;,?=*"~.
Workgroup Name Type your workgroup name in this field. A workgroup is a group of computers on a network
that can share files. These user accounts are maintained on the NAS.
You can enter up to 15 alphanumeric characters with minus signs allowed but not as the last
character. The name must begin with an alphabet (a-z) and is NOT case sensitive.
Prevent NAS From Select this option if computers in your workgroup are named with non-English characters
Being Master (such as Chinese and Russian). When you perform a search in the workgroup, this option
Browser allows you to locate computers named with non-English characters.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore previously saved settings.
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When you enter the time settings manually, the NAS uses the new setting once you click
Apply.
Note: If you enter time settings manually, they revert to their defaults when power is
lost.
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Figure 121 Control Panel > System > Date/Time > Daylight Saving TIme
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Table 88 Control Panel > System > Date/Time > Daylight Saving Time
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable daylight Select this option to use daylight saving time.
saving
Auto daylight Select this option to have the NAS automatically retrieve Daylight Saving Time settings from
saving the Internet. The NAS will download a new daylight saving resource file from the Internet
every month.
Manual Daylight Daylight saving is a period from late spring to fall when many countries set their clocks ahead
Saving of normal local time by one hour to give more daytime light in the evening.
Daylight Saving Time starts in most parts of the United States on the second Sunday of March.
Each time zone in the United States starts using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. local time. So in
the United States you would use March, Second, Sunday, at 2:00.
Daylight Saving Time starts in the European Union on the last Sunday of March. All of the time
zones in the European Union start using Daylight Saving Time at the same moment (1 A.M.
GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select March, Last, Sunday. The time you
specify depends on your time zone. In Germany for instance, you would type 2 because
Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1).
End Date Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time ends if you selected Enable Daylight
Saving. The o'clock field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples:
Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States on the first Sunday of November. Each time
zone in the United States stops using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. local time. So in the United
States you would select November, First, Sunday, at 2:00.
Daylight Saving Time ends in the European Union on the last Sunday of October. All of the
time zones in the European Union stop using Daylight Saving Time at the same moment (1
A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select October, Last, Sunday. The time
you specify depends on your time zone. In Germany for instance, you would type 2 because
Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1).
Offset Specify by how many hours to change the time for Daylight Saving Time.
Apply Click this to save your changes. If you configured a new time and date, Time Zone and
Daylight Saving at the same time, all of the settings take affect.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Do not turn off the NAS while it is upgrading the firmware or you may
render it unusable.
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Figure 122 Control Panel > System > FW Upgrade > Latest Firmware Check
Table 89 Control Panel > System > FW Upgrade > Latest Firmware Check
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Model Name Displays the model name of you NAS
Current Firmware Displays the current firmware version of your NAS
Version
Last Check Displays the last checking time. If no, it is blank.
Check Now Click this to check Zyxel’s server for updated firmware.
Periodically Check for Select this to have the NAS regularly check Zyxel’s server for updated firmware. The NAS
Latest Firmware notifies you at login if a new firmware is available.
Automatically
Click Apply to save this field’s setting.
Status Displays the firmware checking status or error messages. If there is no previous checking
information, it displays --.
Upgrade Now Click this to upload the new firmware. The NAS automatically restarts after you upgrade.
Wait until the restart completes before accessing the NAS again. If you interrupt the
upgrade, then the NAS may become unusable. See Section 1.2 on page 13 for your
model’s LED behavior during firmware upgrade.
Reset Click this to refresh the screen.
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Figure 123 Control Panel > System > FW Upgrade > Manual Firmware Upgrade
Table 90 Control Panel > System> FW Upgrade > Manual Firmware Upgrade
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Browse Click this to find the file on your computer.
Note: You cannot choose a downgraded firmware. If you do, the screen will
show: The NAS firmware cannot be downgraded, please select a newer
version of binary (BIN) upgrade file from your computer.
Upgrade Click this to upgrade the firmware after you find the file.
Click the Download button to save a copy of the NAS’s public key certificate to your local computer.
This is useful for installing the certificate without having to connect to the NAS, or for sending by email to
other users for them to install prior to logging into the NAS for the first time. After saving the certificate to
your computer, double-click it to install it.
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Figure 124 Control Panel > System > SSL > Install System CA
Click Edit, then follow the on-screen instructions for creating a public key certificate signed by the NAS
as the local certificate authority. See Edit or Create a Certificate on page 157 for more information.
Note: Use certificates created and signed by the NAS if the device is not open to external
access.
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Figure 125 Control Panel > System > SSL > Modify the Existing Certificate
Click Create, then follow the on-screen instructions to install a certificate that has been authorized by a
third-party certificate authority. See Edit or Create a Certificate on page 157 for more information.
Note: Use this method if the device is open to external access, such as allowing users to
connect through the Internet using FTP over TLS or HTTPs.
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Figure 126 Control Panel > System > SSL > Create a Certificate
The screen is also the same for the Create button in the SSL > Create a Certificate screen.
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Control Panel: Service
10.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the features in the Service screens. The NAS contains various applications for file
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Media Server
The media server feature lets anyone on your network play video, music, and photos from the NAS
(without having to copy them to another computer). The NAS can function as a DLNA-compliant media
server and/or an iTunes server. The NAS streams files to DLNA-compliant media clients or computers
using iTunes. The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a group of personal computer and electronics
companies that works to make products compatible in a home network.
iTunes Server
The NAS iTunes server feature lets you use Apple’s iTunes software on a computer to play music and
video files stored on the NAS. You can download iTunes from www.apple.com.
Web Publishing
Web publishing lets you “publish” shares (containing folders and files) on the NAS so people can access
the files using a web browser without having to log into the Web Configurator. This way you can share
files with others without them having to know and enter a username and password.
For example, if you want to share photos in a FamilyPhotos share, you could “web publish” it and others
could use a web browser to access the photos at http://my-NAS’s-IP-Address/MyWeb/FamilyPhotos.
RSS
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering frequently updated digital content. A channel
uses a feed to deliver its contents (items). Subscribe the NAS to a feed to be able to download the
contents.
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Click Control Panel > Service > Media Server to open the following screen. Use this screen to view the
media server’s status and rebuild the media server database.
Figure 129 Control Panel > Service > Media Server > Media Server
Table 92 Control Panel > Service > Media Server > Media Server
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Twonky Select this to have the NAS share the media files in the shares selected in the Share Publish
Media Server tab. Clear it to stop the NAS from sharing media files through the Playzone screens or media
players.
Click the hyper link to open the Twonky media server configuration screens to check media
server status or modify media server settings. See the help center in the Twonky screens for
details.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
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Figure 130 Control Panel > Service > Media Server > Share Publish
Table 93 Control Panel > Service > Media Server > Share Publish
LABEL DESCRIPTION
All Publish Select this to have the media server share a share’s media files with media clients.
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Figure 132 Control Panel > Service > FTP > General Settings
Table 95 Control Panel > Service > FTP > General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable FTP You can use FTP to send files to the NAS or get files from the NAS. Select this check box to
allow users to connect to the NAS via FTP; otherwise clear the check box.
Connection Limit Enter the maximum number of concurrent FTP connections allowed on the NAS in this field.
See your screen for your model’s connection limit.
Idle Timeout Enter the length of time that an FTP connection can be idle before timing out. The timeout
limit is 300 minutes.
Port Number This is the port number used by the NAS for FTP traffic.
Enable Anonymous Select this check box to allow any user to log into the NAS using ‘anonymous’ as a
FTP Access username and no password. Any other name is considered a username, so must be valid
and have a corresponding correct password.
Note: If users log into the NAS using ‘anonymous’ as a username, they can only
access files in the shares to which the “pc-guest” user is given access. See
Section 7.3 on page 105.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
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Figure 133 Control Panel > Service > FTP > Transfer Settings
Table 96 Control Panel > Service > FTP > Transfer Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Port range for data Select to Use the default port range. Otherwise, select Use the customized port range to
transfer assign a port range for FTP clients to use when downloading files from the NAS using passive
mode. If you select Use the customized port range, enter the first and last port numbers in
the range. Choose from 1024 to 65535.
The connection limit is restricted to half of the port numbers within the range if this value is
smaller than the one configured in the Connection Limit field of the FTP > General Settings
screen. For example, you specified a port range from 1024 to 1029 and configured 10 in the
Connection Limit field. The FTP connection limit will only be 3 (6 ports in the range divided by
2) because it is the smaller value.
Enable FTP trasfer Select this if you want to limit the download/upload bandwidth for all users who are logged
rate limitation for all into the NAS, including the administrator.
users (including
admin) • Max. Upload Rate - Enter the upload speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NAS allows for users
who are logged into the NAS.
• Max. Download Rate - Enter the download speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NAS allows for
users who are logged into the NAS.
Enable FTP trasfer This option is configurable only when you select Enable Anonymous FTP Access in the FTP >
rate limitation for General Settings screen.
Anonymous FTP users
Select this if you want to limit the download/upload bandwidth for users who log into the
NAS using ‘FTP’ or ‘anonymous’ as a username and no password.
• Max. Upload Rate - Enter the upload speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NAS allows for users
who are logged into the NAS.
• Max. Download Rate - Enter the download speed (in kilobytes/s) that the NAS allows for
users who are logged into the NAS.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
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Figure 134 Control Panel > Service > FTP > Character Set
Table 97 Control Panel > Service > FTP > Character Set
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Character Set The NAS uses UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) format for FTP by default. If
the NAS’s folders, or file names do not display correctly in your FTP client, select the
appropriate language encoding here.
This setting applies to all FTP client connections to the NAS. It does not affect your Windows/
CIFS connections (it will not correct the character display in Windows Explorer).
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Use the WebDAV screen to allow remote users to use client programs that support WebDAV to edit and
manage files stored on the NAS.
Click Control Panel > Service > WebDAV to open the following screen.
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2 Click Add Drive and use the URL for WebDAV connections to the NAS to add a drive entry for accessing
the NAS.
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3 Name the drive and specify the URL of the share to access. Select SSL if the NAS forces HTTPs use. Specify
your user name and password for accessing the share on the NAS.
Figure 137 NetDrive Add Drive
10.8.1 Status
Click Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing > Status to open the following screen.
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Figure 138 Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing > Status
Table 99 Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing > Status
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Web Select this option to turn on web publishing to let people access files in the published shares
Publishing using a web browser, without having to log into the Web Configurator.
Support HTTPS Select this to allow users to use web browser security for connections to the web-published
shares. In order to use secured connections users must use “https://” in the NAS’s web
address and install the NAS’s public key certificate.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Note: If you installed php-MySQL-phpMyAdmin through the App Center screen (Section 13.2
on page 201) and enable it, you can use PHP and MySQL in your published web page.
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Figure 139 Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing > Share Publish
Table 100 Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing > Share Publish
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Publish Select the share(s) to publish for web browser access. People can access files in the
published shares using a web browser, without logging into the Web Configurator.
Share Name This displays the name of the share created on the NAS.
Path After you select a share and click Apply, this displays the web address that you can enter in
your browser’s address bar to access the published share’s web page. It contains the NAS’s
IP address, a port number for accessing the published share websites hosted on the NAS,
and the name of the web-published share.
Note: By deatult, the web-published shares use port 5000 for HTTP and 5001 for
HTTPS.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
1 Click Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing and configure the screen as shown (enable the web
publishing in the Web Publishing > Status screen and select FamilyPhotos to publish in the Web Publishing
> Share Publish screen) and click Apply.
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Figure 140 Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing > Status (Example)
Figure 141 Control Panel > Service > Web Publishing > Share Publish (Example)
2 Now open your web browser and type in the address of the NAS’s FamilyPhotos web page. In this
example, the NAS’s IP address is 192.168.1.57, and the name of the web-published share is FamilyPhotos.
So you would enter “http://192.168.1.57:5000/MyWeb/FamilyPhotos/” in your browser’s address bar.
Then press [ENTER] or click Go. A screen displays listing the share’s files.
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Figure 144 Control Panel > Service > Print Server > Edit
Table 102 Control Panel > Service > Print Server > Edit
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Name Type a new name to identify the printer. The name must be unique from all the other names of printers
connected to the NAS.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Note: You may need to configure any firewalls between the NAS and the syslog clients in
order to let the syslog traffic go to the NAS.
Click Control Panel > Service > Syslog Server to open the following screen.
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Table 103 Control Panel > Service > Syslog Server (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Path Use this if you want to further specify a folder within the share. This field displays the share
folder’s path. Type the location of the folder using forward slashes as branch separators or
use Browse to find or create a folder on the NAS.
After you click Apply in the Syslog Server screen the NAS creates a folder for the current
month’s logs. The folder’s name uses the year and month in YYYYMM format.
Purge Policy Select Enable Purge Policy and set a number of months in the Log Deletion Interval field that
displays to have the NAS delete the syslog messages after keeping them for the specified
period of time.
Regardless of how you set the purge policy, to save hard disk space the NAS archives the
syslog logs in a .tgz file on the second day of each month and deletes the original folder
and syslog files. The NAS creates a new folder for the syslog logs it receives after that. You
can use a zip program such as 7-zip to open the archives.
Log Format Select the format you want to use for recording the received logs.
The Example item below the drop-down list boxes displays how the selected custom format
looks. For example, if you select Full Date, the individual log entries would display with
something like 2009 May 13 17:15:51 in front of them.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore the screen’s last-saved settings.
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Note: Anyone on your network can play the media files in the published shares. No user name
and password or other form of security is used. The media server is enabled by default
with the video, photo, and music shares published.
A link for the NAS in iTunes under SHARED. Click it to display the NAS’s published media files as shown
next.
For example, if you want to share photos in a FamilyPhotos share, you could “web publish” it and others
could use a web browser to access the photos at http://my-NAS’s-IP-Address/MyWeb/FamilyPhotos.
Note: The NAS does not use any security for the files in the published folders. It is not
recommended to publish shares if you do not have the NAS behind a good hardware-
based firewall. See page 246 for more on firewalls.
Additionally, you can use HTML editing software (not included) to create an index.html or index.htm file
to define and customize how your website works and looks.
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you can configure one set of firewall rules and NAT or port forwarding settings on your Internet gateway
specifically for allowing access to the web-published shares and another separate set of rules for
accessing the NAS’s web configurator.
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11.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the Maintenance screens. The Maintenance screens allow you to manage system
configurations.
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Figure 148 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power Management
Table 104 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power Management
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Power Management
Turn off hard Enter the number of minutes to wait when the NAS is idle before spinning the hard disks down to
disk(s) sleep (hibernation). The default time is 15 minutes.
Enable Sleeping Select this to have the HDD LED blink slowly when the hard disk is sleeping (hibernating). Clear
HDD LED Blinking this to have the HDD LED stay on when the hard disk is sleeping.
Enable Wake On Select this to be able to turn on the NAS through its wired Ethernet connection.
LAN
You must have a computer or router on your LAN that supports sending Wake On LAN “magic
packets” to turn on the NAS.
To use Wake On LAN from a computer on your LAN, install a program such as Wake On LAN EX
or another Wake On LAN program that supports sending magic packets.
You can use Wake On LAN from a remote location if the router in front of the NAS supports
sending magic packets.
Use the NAS’s power button or the User > Restart/Shutdown menu in the upper right corner of
the Web Configurator screen to turn off the NAS.
Minimum UPS When you use an APC Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) with a USB connection to the NAS,
Capacity the NAS shuts itself down if the APC UPS’s battery charge gets down to the percentage you
specify in this field. This allows the NAS to shut down properly and avoid data loss caused by a
power failure when the UPS stops supplying power.
A setting around 50% is recommended. A setting close to 100% is not recommended since it
would cause the NAS to shut down whenever the UPS is charging. A setting close to 0 is also not
recommended since the UPS would not have enough power to allow the NAS to shutdown
properly.
Power On After Select an option to set whether or not the NAS restarts when the power is restored after a
Power Failure power failure.
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Table 104 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power Management (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Keep Former Select this option to have the NAS automatically restart only if it was operating when the power
Status failed. The NAS remains off if it was already off when the power failed.
Always Power Select this option to keep the NAS operating as much of the time as possible. The NAS restarts
On automatically even if it was turned off when the power failed.
Always Power Select this option to keep the NAS from automatically restarting when the power is restored
Off after a power failure. This is a computer’s “traditional” behavior. Select this if you have other
servers such as a domain controller or DNS server that you want to start or check after a power
failure before the NAS turns on.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore previously saved settings.
Figure 149 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power On/Off Schedule
Table 105 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power On/Off Schedule
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Power Click this to have the NAS turn itself off and on or reboot according to the schedules you
Control Schedule configured.
Add Power Click this to go to the screen where you can configure the power control schedules.
Control Schedule
Refer to Section 11.3.3 on page 181 for this screen.
Delete Click this to remove the selected power control schedule(s) from the list.
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Table 105 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power On/Off Schedule (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
This table lists the power on, power off, and reboot schedules. For example, you could have one schedule to turn
the NAS on every morning, at 8:00, another schedule to turn it off every evening at 18:00, and a third schedule to
have it reboot every Friday at 14:00.
Click a column’s heading cell to sort the schedules by that column’s criteria. Click the heading cell again to
reverse the sort order.
Type This field displays whether the power control schedule has the NAS turn on, turn off, or reboot.
Frequency This field shows how often (monthly, weekly, or daily) the NAS is to apply this power control
schedule.
Execute Time This field shows when the NAS is to use this power control schedule (when the NAS is to turn on,
turn off, or reboot).
Figure 150 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power On/Off Schedule: Add
Table 106 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power On/Off Schedule: Add
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Type Select whether this power control schedule has the NAS turn on, turn off, or reboot.
Frequency Select whether the NAS is to apply this power control schedule entry on a monthly, weekly, or
daily basis.
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Table 106 Control Panel > Maintenance > Power > Power On/Off Schedule: Add (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Execute Time Enter the time, day, and/or day of the month as appropriate for this power control schedule
(hh:mm) entry. Leave more than 10 minutes between the execution times of the entries.
If the NAS turns off or restarts while a user is transferring files to or from the NAS, the transfer fails.
The user will need to restart the transfer.
The NAS skips a scheduled restart or power off if the execution time comes while the NAS is
doing any of the following:
• Resynchronizing a RAID
• Upgrading firmware
• Replacing the configuration file
If the NAS is turned off at the time when a restart or power off is scheduled, the NAS does not
perform the restart or power off.
If the NAS is turned on at the time when a power on is scheduled, the NAS does not perform the
power on.
Use this part of the screen to configure power on, power off, and reboot times.
Please select the This is only available if you set the Frequency to Monthly.
day of the month
Choose the day of each month for the power control schedule entry.
Every how many This is only available if you set the Frequency to Weekly.
weeks?
Enter the interval between weeks.
on every This is only available if you set the Frequency to Weekly.
Choose the day of the week for the power control schedule entry
Every This is only available if you set the Frequency to Daily.
Enter the interval between days for the power control schedule entry.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
Use this screen to display all NAS logs. There are at most 512 entries in the log. Older logs are removed by
the system. You cannot download the log file via FTP or CIFS.
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Figure 151 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log
Table 107 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Refresh Click this to update the log display.
Purge all Logs Click this to erase all logs from the NAS.
Report Config Click this to open a screen where you can configure email alerts for logs. Refer to Section 11.4.1
on page 183 to see the screens for this.
The screen always shows all logs by default. Choose a specific log category to view logs for just that category.
# This is the log entry’s number in the list according to the currently selected sort order.
Time This shows the date and time the log was created. Click the top of the column to sort by oldest or
newest.
Class This displays the log category; see Table 111 on page 190 for details.
Severity This displays how serious the log is rated by the NAS. See Table 112 on page 190 for more
information.
Message This displays a description of the log. Click the top of the column to sort by alphabetical or
reverse alphabetical order.
• Use the Email Setting screen (Section 11.4.2 on page 184) to enable and configure e-mail alerts from
the NAS.
• Use the Report Setting screen (Section 11.4.3 on page 185) to select the type of alerts you want to
receive through e-mail and schedule when the NAS e-mails the alerts.
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• Use the Syslog Server Setting screen (Section 11.4.4 on page 185) to enable the syslog server and
select the categories to include in the log report.
Figure 152 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Email Setting
Table 108 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Email Setting
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Log Email Click this to have the NAS e-mail log alerts to your e-mail account.
Email To Enter the e-mail address where you want to receive the log alerts.
Email From Enter the e-mail address the NAS uses in the From field of the e-mail header for its log alerts.
Email Server Enter the e-mail server address the NAS uses to send e-mail alerts,
Email Format Select the e-mail format you want the NAS to use in its e-mail alerts.
Use SMTP Click this if the e-mail server you want the NAS to use for its e-mail alerts requires a username
Authentication and password.
User Enter the username for the e-mail server.
Password Enter the password for the e-mail server.
Password Re-enter the password to confirm it.
(Confirm)
After apply settings, Click this to have the NAS send a test e-mail to the settings you have entered.
send a test email
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Figure 153 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Report Setting
Table 109 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Report Setting
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Email Alert Select the Enable Email Log check box to have the NAS send an alert email to the configured
email address whenever the NAS generates a critical severity log.
Report Time Select how often (Weekly, Daily or Hourly), the day of the week (for weekly reports), and the time
(hour:minutes) the NAS sends a report email.
Enable Email Select the check box to have the NAS email reports of all logs the NAS generates to the
Log configured email address.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Figure 154 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Syslog Server Setting
Table 110 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Log > Report Config: Syslog Server Setting
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable Syslog Check this to enable syslog server.
Server
Server Address Enter the syslog server address you want the NAS to use for its log alerts.
Syslog Select the type of log alerts you want to receive in your e-mail. Select All Logs to include all
types of log alerts.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
Click Backup to save the current configuration of the NAS to your computer. A pop-up screen appears
asking you to confirm.
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Figure 155 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Configuration Backup
Note: When you restore a file configuration, the NAS checks the volumes/share paths on the
NAS and the configuration file.
If the volume exists but the share path is missing in the NAS, the NAS automatically
creates this share path.
If the volume does not exist on the NAS, the Status of the share will show “Lost” in the
Control Panel > Privilege and Sharing > Shared Folders screen (see Table 68 on page
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Figure 156 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Configuration Backup > Configuration Restore
Click Browse to locate a previously-saved configuration file. Then click Restore to load the previously-
saved configuration file to the NAS. This replaces your current NAS configuration settings with the settings
in the previously-saved configuration file.
A pop-up screen appears asking you to confirm. Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit.
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Figure 157 Control Panel > Service > Maintenance > Configuration Backup > Factory Reset
Click Restore Factory Defaults to clear all user-entered configuration information and return the NAS to
its factory defaults.
A warning screen appears asking you to confirm. Enter “FACTORY” and click OK to continue or click
Cancel to quit.
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Status Center
12.1 Overview
Status Center displays the system information or network connection status. You can also click the
System Status icon from the Status Zone (see Section 3.3.1 on page 33) to open the Status Center screen.
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Note: If too many users are using the NAS then the NAS may appear sluggish.
Memory This shows how much of the NAS's total memory is being used.
Process Name This displays the top 10 processes that occupy the most CPU usage.
CPU Usage This displays a summary of CPU usage by all current processes.
Memory Usage This shows how much of the NAS's total memory is being used.
UPS This shows the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) capacity.
Fan Speed This is the RPM (Rotations Per Minute) of the NAS’s fans.
CPU Temperature This displays the temperature near the NAS’s CPU. The NAS generates an emergency log if
the temperature goes out of the normal operating range. If the temperature goes even
higher, the NAS shuts down automatically to avoid damage from overheating. If the NAS
overheats, make sure the fans are working and it is in a well ventilated place.
12.1.2 Network
The Network screen display the NAS connection status. From the Status Center screen, click Network to
open the screen as shown.
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App Center and Packages
Note: Check what packages do before you install them. Only install packages you actually
plan to use.
Note: Get support for each package through its individual vendor.
Note: Once you install applications and enable them, additional icons show up on the
Desktop.
• DropboxClient - Use this to synchronize local NAS shares or folders and Dropbox accounts. See
Section 13.3 on page 205.
• GoogleDriveClient - Use this to synchronize local NAS shares or folders and Google Drive accounts.
See Section 13.4 on page 212.
• Gallery - This web-based application allows your NAS to host pictures. You can upload images in your
local computer or shares to this application. Use the Gallery administrator account (default username
admin, password 1234) to log into the Gallery console. There you can create accounts for other users.
• NFS - NFS (Network File System) is a file-sharing protocol most commonly implemented on Unix-like
systems. See Section 13.5 on page 218.
• NZBGet - This news grabber helps download files from UseNet.
• PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin - This tool can be used to manage MySQL through the web. Enter 'root' as
the username and '1234' as the password to log in. This includes MySQL, PHP, and phpMyAdmin. See
Section 13.6 on page 223.
• Logitech® Media Server - This enables you to manage a Logitech's Squeezebox device connected to
the NAS.
• TFTP - Use this to configure the NAS to accept log files from TFTP clients. See Section 13.7 on page 224.
• Transmission - This Bit Torrent client supports adding tasks through torrent files and magnet links.
• WordPress - This allows you to create and manage a blog. Use the WordPress administrator account
(default username admin, password 1234) to log in. You can then create accounts for other users.
• pyLoad - Use this to have the NAS manage your downloads including those from one-click hosting
sites. One-click hosting sites allow Internet users to easily upload files to the one-click host's server so
others can download them. See Section 13.8 on page 226.
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• Memopal - Use this to back up files on the NAS to your Memopal online backup and storage account.
See Section 13.9 on page 227.
• ownCloud - Use this to store, synchronize, and share files, photos, calendars, and more with computers
and mobile devices using an ownCloud client. See Section 13.10 on page 230.
• myZyxelcloud-Agent - Use this to go to mycloud.zyxel.com to set up a free DDNS hostname for the
NAS so you can connect to it easily from the Internet.
The following applications come with their own configuration screens and documentation:
• Gallery
• NZBGet
• PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin
• Logitech® Media Server
• Transmission
• WordPress
• myZyxelcloud-Agent
• ownCould
After logging into the NAS with an administrator account, click App Center on the Desktop to open the
following screen.
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The Enable/Disable button is only for non built-in packages and available only if you have previously
installed the package. Click the button to enable or disable the application(s) on your system.
Click Launch to open the web configuration screen for the application.
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Figure 162 App Center > My Apps > Installed: Package Information
Table 116 App Center > My Apps > Installed: Package Information
LABEL DESCRIPTION
The left side shows the screenshots of the application web configurator.
It also shows the name, version number and a brief description of the application at the right side.
Install/Upgrade Click this to install the application on your system or upgrade to the latest version if you
have previously installed the application.
Uninstall Click this to uninstall the application from your system.
Click App Center > My Apps > Update to open the following screen.
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You can upgrade an application at a time, or click Update All to upgrade all the previously installed
applications to the latest version.
• Click the Retrieve List From Internet icon ( ) to retrieve a list of available packages from the Zyxel
website.
• Click Install to install the application on the NAS.
• Click Cancel to stop downloading or cancel the current installation process.
• The Enable/Disable button is only for non built-in packages and available only if you have previously
installed the package. Click the button to enable or disable the application(s) on your system.
• Click Launch to open the web configuration screen for the application.
• Click a package’s name or icon to open a screen, where you can view information about the
package or uninstall the package. See Section 13.2.1.1 on page 202.
• Unknown error displays if the web location for the application is unavailable.
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13.3 DropboxClient
Use DropboxClient to synchronize NAS local shared folders and your Dropbox accounts. You need to
assocate a shared folder and user account with your Dropbox account before the NAS can copy or
synchronize files between the folder and the associated Dropbox account. The NAS checks the
Dropbox account’s individual files at the end of the specified time interval. This two-way synchronization
means changes in the Dropbox account appear in the local sync folder and changes in the local sync
folder appear in the Dropbox account.
Note: Do not store your only copy of a document in Dropbox or the local sync folder.
• Modifying or deleting a file or folder at either end modifies or deletes it at the other end.
• Moving a file out of the local sync folder or Dropbox deletes it at the other end.
• Use the Backup Planner screens instead of Dropbox for backups (see Chapter 16 on page 263).
• You can link multiple NAS user accounts to Dropbox accounts.
• You can link an individual NAS user account to multiple Dropbox accounts.
• You can only link each individual Dropbox account to one NAS user account.
Click DropboxClient on the Desktop or the Launch button in the App Center screen to open the
following screen.
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Click Add to open a screen where you can link an NAS user account and a Dropbox
account.
Click Delete to remove the NAS’s link to the selected Dropbox account. You must disable
the DropboxClient feature for the account before you can do this. A screen pops up to let
you decide what to do with the data in the NAS’s linked local sync folder.
Select the check box to delete all data in the local sync folder. Clear the check box to
remove the link to the selected Dropbox account but keep the data in the local sync
folder. Click Cancel to do nothing (keep the account link and data).
Binding User This displays the NAS user account which is linked to the selected Dropbox account.
Status This displays the current status of the DropboxClient feature for the selected Dropbox
account.
• Disabled - The DropboxClient feature is turned off. During this state you can use the
other sections of this screen to add or delete linked accounts or enable Google Drive.
• Enabled - Waiting - The DropboxClient feature is configured, enabled, and waiting to
perform the next Dropbox update. During this state you can use the other sections of
this screen to add or delete linked accounts or disable DropboxClient.
• Enabled - Synchronizing - The DropboxClient feature is synchronizing the local sync
folder and the Dropbox account. During this state you can use the other sections of this
screen to add linked accounts during this state.
Local Sync Folder This displays the NAS folder or share the NAS synchronizes with the linked Dropbox account.
Capacity This displays the Dropbox account’s used, available, and total online Dropbox storage
space.
Enable Select this to have the NAS periodically synchronize the selected linked account’s local
DropboxClient sync folder and Dropbox storage. You can enable synchronizing with Dropbox for individual
accounts and disable it for other accounts.
Clear this option to disable synchronizing the selected linked account’s local sync folder
and Dropbox storage.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Note: The user has to log into the Dropbox account on the same computer to allow the NAS
to link to it.
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Figure 167 DropboxClient > Account Setting > Add: Step1 Local Sync Folder
Table 118 DropboxClient > Account Setting > Add: Step1 Local Sync Folder
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Share Select the name of a share on the NAS containing the folder the NAS synchronizes with
Dropbox.
Path This shows the location of the folder the NAS synchronizes with Dropbox.
Browse Click this to open the following screen where you can specify the share or folder to
synchronize with Dropbox. The NAS’s sharing configuration must allow the user access. The
user must also have a large enough quota on both the NAS and Dropbox to hold whatever
files go in the local sync folder and in the Dropbox account (since they both end up
containing everything you put in either).
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Figure 168 DropboxClient > Account Setting > Add: Step2 Binding User
Step3 Authorization
Click the link in this screen to get the authorization code from Dropbox.
Figure 169 DropboxClient > Account Setting > Add: Step3 Authentication
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The user must sign into the Dropbox account. You may need to sign out of Dropbox’s services first if
another user account is already signed in.
Click Allow when the following screen displays to allow access to the files in your Dropbox.
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Copy the code and paste it into the field in the Web Configurator screen.
Click Apply to have the NAS connect to Dropbox and complete the authorization.
In the DropboxClient > Account Setting screen, select the Enable DropboxClient option and click Apply
to start synchronizing your files with Dropbox.
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13.4 GoogleDriveClient
Use GoogleDriveClient to synchronize local NAS user folders and Google Drive cloud storage accounts.
This two-way synchronization means changes in the Google Drive account appear in the local sync
folder and changes in the local sync folder appear in the Google Drive account.
Note: Do not store your only copy of a document in Google Drive or the local sync folder.
• Modifying or deleting a file or folder at either end modifies or deletes it at the other end.
• Moving a file out of the local sync folder or Google Drive deletes it at the other end.
• Use the Backup Planner screens instead of Google Drive for backups (see Chapter 16 on page 263).
• You can link multiple NAS user accounts to Google accounts.
• You can link an individual NAS user account to multiple Google accounts.
• You can only link each individual Google account to one NAS user account.
• This feature does not currently download Google Documents.
Click GoogleDriveClient on the Desktop or the Launch button in the App Center screen to open the
configuration screen.
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Click Add to open a screen where you can link an NAS user account and a Google
account.
Click Delete to remove the NAS’s link to the selected Google account. You must disable the
Google Drive feature for the account before you can do this. A screen pops up to let you
decide what to do with the data in the NAS’s linked local sync folder.
Select the check box to delete all data in the local sync folder. Clear the check box to
remove the link to the selected Google account but keep the data in the local sync folder.
Click Cancel to do nothing (keep the account link and data).
Binding User This shows the NAS user account which is linked to the selected Google account.
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• Disabled - The GoogleDrive feature is turned off. During this state you can use the other
sections of this screen to add or delete linked accounts or enable Google Drive.
• Enabled - Waiting - The GoogleDrive feature is configured, enabled, and waiting to
perform the next Google Drive update. During this state you can use the other sections
of this screen to add or delete linked accounts or disable Google Drive.
• Enabled - Synchronizing - The GoogleDrive feature is synchronizing the local sync folder
and the Google account. During this state you can use the other sections of this screen
to add linked accounts during this state.
Local Sync Folder The NAS folder or share the NAS synchronizes with the linked Google account.
Capacity The Google account’s used, available, and total online Google Drive storage space.
Enable GoogleDrive Select this to have the NAS periodically synchronize the selected linked account’s local
sync folder and Google Drive storage. You can enable synchronizing with Google Drive for
individual accounts and disable it for other accounts.
Clear this option to disable synchronizing the selected linked account’s local sync folder
and Google Drive storage.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Note: The user has to log into the Google account on the same computer to allow the NAS to
link to it.
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Figure 172 GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting > Add: Step1 Local Sync Folder
Table 121 GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting > Add: Step1 Local Sync Folder
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Share The name of a share on the NAS containing the folder the NAS synchronizes with Google
Drive.
Path The location of the folder the NAS synchronizes with Google Drive.
Browse Click this to open the following screen where you can specify the share or folder to
synchronize with Google Drive. The NAS’s sharing configuration must allow the user access.
The user must also have a large enough quota on both the NAS and Google Drive to hold
whatever files go in the local sync folder and in the Google Drive account (since they both
end up containing everything you put in either).
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Figure 173 GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting > Add: Step2 Binding User
Step3 Authorization
Click the link in this screen to get the authorization code from Google.
Figure 174 GoogleDriveClient > Account Setting > Add: Step3 Authentication
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The user must sign into the Google account. You may need to sign out of Google’s services first if
another user account is already signed in.
Click Allow when the following screen displays to allow access to the files in your Google Drive.
Copy the code and paste it into the field in the Web Configurator screen.
Click Apply to have the NAS connect to Google and complete the authorization.
In the DropboxClient > Account Setting screen, select the Enable GoogleDriveClient option and click
Apply to start synchronizing your files with Google Drive.
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13.5 NFS
NFS is a distributed file service that provides transparent file sharing for network environments. This allows
shared folders in your NAS to be accessible like a local folder in a user’s computer.
Use the NFS screens to enable and configure Network File System (NFS) settings on your NAS.
Click NFS on the Desktop or the NFS Launch button in the App Center screen to open the following
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Refer to Section 13.5.1 on page 220 for the Add NFS Share screen.
Edit NFS Share Select an NFS share from the list and click this to edit it.
Refer to Section 13.5.1 on page 220 for the Edit NFS Share screen.
NFS Session Click this to view active NFS sessions. You can see the list of users who have access to the
NFS shares.
Refer to Section 13.5.2 on page 222 for the NFS Session screen.
Delete NFS Share (s) Select an NFS share from the list and click this to delete it.
The table lists your NFS shares. Click a column’s heading to sort the entries by that criteria.
Status This shows whether the share is active or not.
Shared Folder This shows the name of the NFS share.
Description This shows a short description of the share.
DN/IP Filter(s) This shows which domain name(s) or IP address(es) have read/write access to the NFS
shares.
Refer to Section 13.5.1 on page 220 for the screen where you can configure this.
Volume This shows the volume where the NFS share is located.
Path This shows the location of the share in the NAS.
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The NFS server assigns this path to the share folder you input.
Next Click this to go to the next screen.
Cancel Click this to close the screen without saving.
Note: NFS v4 supports Read/Write only, and NFS v3 supports both Read Only and Read/Write.
Enter ‘*’ to make the share available to all users in the network. You can also enter a
wildcard, such as ‘*.domain.com’ to indicate that all users within that network have access
to the share.
Read Only Users with this access right can only view and copy files in the NFS share but cannot modify
or delete them.
Read/Write Users with this access right can view, edit or delete files in the NFS share.
Action Click this to delete an entry.
Back Click this to go back to the previous screen.
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Step 3 Summary
This screen is not available when you are editing an existing NFS share.
Use this screen to review the settings you configured. Click Apply to complete the setup. Otherwise,
click Back to return to the previous screen, or click Cancel to close the screen without saving.
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13.6 PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin
This tool can be used to manage MySQL through the web. This includes MySQL, PHP, and phpMyAdmin.
phpMyAdmin allows you to view and modify a database.
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13.7 TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP and often used for
transmitting large numbers of small files. Use this screen to configure the NAS to accept log files from TFTP
clients such as Zyxel’s G-4100 v2.
Note: You may need to configure any firewalls between the NAS and the TFTP clients in order
to let the log files go to the NAS.
Click TFTP on the Desktop or the Launch button in the App Center screen to open the following screen.
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13.8 pyLoad
Use this screen to configure the NAS so you can use pyLoad to manage your downloads, including
those from one-click hosting sites.
Click pyLoad on the Desktop or the Launch button in the App Center screen to open the following
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13.9 Memopal
Install the Memopal package to back up folders of files on the NAS to your Memopal online backup and
storage account.
Note: Deleting files from your Memopal account’s online backup set does not delete the files
from the NAS, just as deleting a file from the NAS does not delete a backup copy in your
Memopal account’s online backup set.
Deleting a file or a folder from your Memopal account’s online backup set deletes all
versions of that file from the online backup set.
Click Memopal on the Desktop or the Launch button in the App Center screen to open the following
screen.
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Starting: The backup job is initializing and the NAS is getting ready to back up.
Stopped: The backup job is stopped. This may be due to a network error, remote server
error, or other issue.
Click this to only re-scan and back up files the NAS failed to back up.
Backup Report This button is available only when you enable Memopal in the Memopal > Settings screen.
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Use Browse to find or create a folder on the NAS or type the location of the folder using
forward slashes as branch separators.
Action Click the Delete icon to remove the folder from the list of folders the NAS Memopal
application backs up to the Memopal server.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore the screen’s last-saved settings.
13.10 ownCloud
Install the ownCloud package to store, synchronize, and share files, photos, calendars, and more with
computers and mobile devices.
1 Click ownCloud on the Desktop or the Launch button in the App Center screen.
2 The ownCloud login screen appears. Create an administrator user name and password and click Finish
Setup.
3 The main ownCloud screen displays. Use this web interface to manage files on the NAS ownCloud
server. Click your user name in the upper-right corner to see the help for more information on using
ownCloud.
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Note: Get ownCloud desktop clients from owncloud.org and ownCloud mobile apps from
Google Play or the Apple App Store.
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Download Service
14.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the features in the Download Service screens. Use the Download Service screen to
download files from the Internet.
RSS
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering frequently updated digital content. A channel
uses a feed to deliver its contents (items). Subscribe the NAS to a feed to be able to download the
contents.
Click Download Service > Download Service to open the following screen. Use this screen to manage
the NAS’s file downloads. The screen varies depending on the type of downloads you select.
Note: By default, the NAS saves downloads in the admin share’s download folder.
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Use your keyboard’s [SHIFT] key to select a range of download tasks. Use the [CTRL] key and
click individual download tasks to select multiple individual download tasks.
Pause Select a downloading item and click this to temporarily stop the download. Paused
downloads appear in the Download Service screen.
Use your keyboard’s [SHIFT] key to select a range of download tasks. Use the [CTRL] key and
click individual download tasks to select multiple individual download tasks.
Resume Select a paused item and click this to continue downloading the file.
Select a completed item and click this to re-seed a P2P file or download a file again. If you
want to re-seed a P2P task, keep the P2P file and the completed file in their original locations.
Task Info Select an item on the list and click this to display information about the download task. See
Section 14.3.7 on page 242 for more details.
Select the type from the drop-down list box to list your downloads.
Active Select this to see the list of files the NAS is currently downloading or sharing with other P2P users.
The NAS handles a maximum of 10 active tasks at a time (or fewer depending on how much of
the NAS’s system memory is available). If you add more, they appear in the screen for the
Inactive downloads type.
P2P downloads may appear in the screen for a while when you select Inactive from the
downloads type list. The NAS automatically moves completed tasks to the screen for the
Completed type.
Inactive Select this to see the list of files that are queued (waiting in line) for the NAS to download or the
downloads that have been manually paused.
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The Location column shows where a downloaded file is saved on the NAS. Click on the
location link to open the share browser and access the file.
Error Click this to see the list of files that the NAS was not able to download. The NAS automatically
retries unsuccessful download attempts. The download displays in the error tab when the re-
attempts are also unsuccessful and the NAS stops trying to download the file. To try the
download again, use the Add button to create a new download task.
Status Completed : The NAS has downloaded the whole file.
Seeding : The download is finished and the NAS is allowing other P2P users to download it.
Queued : The download is waiting in line for the NAS to download it.
Pause : The download has been manually stopped. Select it and click Resume to continue
it.
Error : The NAS was not able to complete the download. Select it and click Resume to
reattempt the download.
Name This identifies the download file. A “...” indicates an abbreviated name. Hold your cursor over
the name to display the full name.
Complete (%) This is the percentage of the file that the NAS has downloaded.
Location This appears in the screen for the Completed type.
It displays the path for where the file is saved. Click on the location link to open the share
browser and access the file.
Seeds Seeds apply to P2P downloads. This is the number of computers that are sharing the complete
file that you are downloading.
This value is in the format “Leeches(Seeds)” where Leeches refer to peers that do not have a
complete copy of the file yet and are still downloading; Seeds refer to peers that have the
complete file.
Peers Peers apply to P2P downloads. This is the number of other computers that are also
downloading (and sharing) the file you are downloading.
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For a P2P download using a magnet link the NAS automatically downloads the file related to
the magnet link.
For a P2P download using a .torrent file, you can copy and paste the URL of the .torrent file.
The NAS will automatically download the .torrent file and use it. You do not have to manually
download the .torrent file or save it to your computer.
Note: Make sure the link opens either the file you want or a pop-up window about
how to handle the file.
It is also OK for the link to open a .torrent file. If you are redirected to a screen that says the
download should start in a few seconds, there may be a link to click if the download does not
start automatically. See if that link opens the file or the pop-up window.
Torrent File A “torrent” file has information the NAS uses to do a P2P download. A torrent file uses a .torrent
extension. If you already have a torrent file saved on your computer, select the Torrent File
option and specify its path or click Browse and look for its location.
Location of This shows where the NAS stores new downloads (Put incomplete downloads in) and where
Downloaded Files the NAS moves completed downloads (Move completed downloads to).
The Share column shows the name of the share where the file is downloaded.
The Path column points to the location in the share where the NAS will save the downloaded
files.
• P2P download jobs are stored in /*/incoming (where ‘*’ is a folder that you have set.)
• HTTP/FTP jobs are stored in /* (where ‘*’ is a folder that you have set.)
• All jobs triggered by RSS channels create the subfolder in /* using the channel name
where it stores all files downloaded from that channel (where ‘*’ is a folder that you have
set.)
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Table 134 Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Put incomplete Set the default folder location where you “Put incomplete downloads in” and “Move
downloads in/ complete downloads to”:
Move completed
downloads to • Share - Select the share from the list.
• Path - Type the folder location in the share directly or click Browse to open the following
screen and navigate to the file’s location.
Click Apply to save your settings and Cancel to close the screen.P2P download jobs are
stored in /*/incoming (where ‘*’ is a folder that you have set.)
• HTTP/FTP jobs are stored in /* (where ‘*’ is a folder that you have set.)
• All jobs triggered by RSS channels create the subfolder in /* using the channel name
where it store all files downloaded from that channel (where ‘*’ is a folder that you have
set.)
Download Period This feature sets the NAS to download files only within a specified time period.
Control
Enable Download Use the check box to turn the download period control on or off.
Period Control
Specify the time period for the NAS to download files.
Note: If you also configured the Power On/Off Schedule feature in the Control Panel
> Maintenance > Power > Power Management screen, make sure your active
download period does not conflict with the power-off period.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Figure 190 Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download
Table 135 Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > P2P download
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Port Number Assign a port number for P2P downloads. You can select a number from 2 to 65536. It is
recommended to use a port number greater than 1025.
DHT Select Enable or Disable to use Distributed Hash Table (DHT) or not.
Note: When you use DHT, the NAS will also attempt to open a UDP port one
number smaller than the P2P download port number. So if the P2P
download port number is 9090, the NAS uses UDP port 9089.
Max. download rate You may need to limit the bandwidth the NAS uses for P2P downloads if your network’s
other Internet applications are not getting enough downstream bandwidth. 0 has the NAS
impose no restriction.
Max. upload rate You may need to limit the bandwidth the NAS uses to share files through P2P download if
your network’s other Internet applications are not getting enough upstream bandwidth. 0
has the NAS impose no restriction.
If you do not allow any uploads, (for example, you set a limit of 1 KB/s) you will not have a
good standing in the P2P download community.
Note: The settings for maximum download/upload rates would not affect peers
accessing the NAS from the same LAN.
Maximum Number of Specify how many simultaneous P2P downloads are allowed on the NAS. You can enter a
Active Torrents number from 1 to 10.
Maximum Number of Specify how many simultaneous seeds are allowed on the NAS. Enter a number from 1 to 10.
Seeding Jobs This value cannot exceed the one you configured in the Maximum Number of Active
Torrents field.
Maximum Number of Specify how many active connections are allowed on the NAS. Enter a number from 1 to
Active Connections 500. This specifies the number of computers that can connect to the NAS to download files
being shared by the NAS.
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LABEL DESCRIPTION
Keep Sharing While With P2P download, the NAS starts sharing a file while you are downloading it. Set how long
to continue sharing a file after the NAS finishes the download.
Select Upload/Download Ratio to keep sharing a file until the NAS has uploaded a specific
percent compared to the download.
Select Seeding Time to keep sharing a file for a specific number of minutes after the
download finishes.
Continuing to share a file helps other P2P download users finish downloading it. Sharing out
at least as much as you download helps keep you in good standing in the P2P download
community.
Enter -1 to share a file indefinitely. Leave both check boxes blank to have the NAS stop
sharing the file as soon as the download finishes.
If you select both options, the NAS keeps sharing a file until both conditions exceed the
values you configure. For example, you entered 150% in the Upload/Download Ratio field
and 120 minutes in the Seeding Time field. The NAS keeps sharing a file until it has shared 1.5
times the size of the file and has passed 120 minutes.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
Click Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > IP Filter to open the following screen.
Figure 191 Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > IP Filter
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Table 136 Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > IP Filter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable IP Filter Click this to enable or disable IP filtering for P2P downloads.
Update IP Filter Select this option and enter a URL to use an online IP filter table. You can find an online IP
Table File from filter table in websites such as http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz.
the Internet
Every Week When you change the URL of the online IP filter table, the NAS also performs an update after
you click Apply.
Upload IP Filter Select this option to upload your own IP filter table. Use the Browse button to locate the file
Table and click Upload to save it on the NAS.
The NAS supports .txt, .dat, .gz, .tgz, and .tar.gz file extensions. The NAS saves the IP filter
table as /admin/download/ipfilter.dat.
Current IP Filter Table If there is an online IP filter table, it will display Exist in this field. Click Download to save a
copy of the IP filter table on your computer.
Apply Click Apply to update the IP filter table from the specified URL.
Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
Click Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > Email notifications to open the following
screen.
Figure 192 Download Service > Download Service > Preferences > Email notifications
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Click Apply to save your changes. Click Reset to restore your previously saved settings. Click Cancel to
return to the previous screen without saving.
Figure 193 Download Service > Download Service > Select Files
Table 137 Download Service > Download Service > Select Files
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Select Files
File Name This is the name of a file specified in the torrent file. Select the check boxes of the files you want to
download.
Size This is the size of the file to be downloaded.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Figure 194 Download Service > Download Service > Task Info
Table 138 Download Service > Download Service > Task Info
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Status This is the current status of the task.
Name This is the name of the task.
Size This is the size of the file to be downloaded.
Uploaded/ This is the ratio of total uploaded data to downloaded data.
Downloaded Ratio
Complete(%) This field displays how much has been downloaded to the NAS.
Seeds This is the number of computers that are sharing the complete file that you are
downloading.
Peers This is the number of other computers that are also downloading (and sharing) the file you
are downloading.
Download Speed This field displays how fast the NAS downloads the file.
Upload Speed This field displays how fast the NAS uploads the file.
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LABEL DESCRIPTION
Health This field displays how many full copies of the file are available for this task. The NAS can
download a file with a higher health value more efficiently. If the health value is less than 1
(0.65 for example), there is no full copy of the file, and the NAS may not be able to
complete downloading the file.
Time Left This is the time remaining to complete the task.
Priority This field displays the priority of the task.
Comment This field displays the description of the task.
Start Time This field displays when the NAS started to download files.
Completed on This field displays when the file was successfully downloaded to the NAS.
Info-Hash This information is used to verify the torrent file.
Tracker This field displays the tracker that NAS is currently connected to. A tracker is a server used for
finding peers sharing the file.
Close Click this to close the screen.
Note: The download service notification only keeps track of files downloaded via P2P
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Click this to get and subscribe to the NAS channel feed. This enables you to keep track and
download the NAS’s new contents (items).
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Note: Do not use the NAS for illegal purposes. Illegal downloading or sharing of files can result
in severe civil and criminal penalties. You are subject to the restrictions of copyright laws
and any other applicable laws and will bear the consequences of any infringements
thereof. Zyxel bears NO responsibility or liability for your use of the download service
feature.
Torrent Files
The NAS needs a “.torrent” file for P2P download to download a file. The torrent file gives the NAS
information about the file to be downloaded (and shared) and the tracker(s) (computers) that
coordinates the distribution of the file.
When you add a P2P download task in the NAS’s web configurator screens, you can copy and paste
the URL of the torrent file. The NAS automatically downloads the torrent file and saves it in a torrent folder
within the folder where the NAS stores downloaded files (the admin share’s download folder by default).
If you already have the torrent file saved on your computer, you can just specify its location when
adding a download task through the web configurator. Another method is to use FTP or a CIFS program
(Windows Explorer for example) to copy the torrent file into the torrent folder. The NAS automatically
uses the torrent file.
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After your P2P download and sharing are finished, you can go to the incoming folder within the
destination share or folder and delete the .torrent file if you need to free up hard disk space.
Hackers
Malicious Packets
Viruses
• Stateful packet inspection to control access between the Internet and your network and protect your
NAS (and computers) from hacking attacks.
• IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention) to detect malicious packets within normal network traffic
and take immediate action against them.
• Anti-virus to check files you download for computer viruses.
When you download using P2P download, many other P2P download users are also trying to download
the file from you. The firewall slows this down because by default, it only allows traffic from the Internet in
response to a request that originated on the LAN (it lets you get files from the Internet and blocks those
on the Internet from getting files from you).
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To speed up P2P download file transfers, configure your firewall’s port forwarding to send incoming TCP
port 9090 and UDP port 9089 connections to the NAS. You probably need to use your firewall’s HTML
(web-based) configuration interface to set this up (see the firewall’s manual for details). You may also
have to configure a corresponding firewall rule.
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Upload Manager
15.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the features in the Upload Manager screens.
The auto upload feature uploads media files stored in the NAS to the Flickr and/or YouTube sharing
websites or uploads files stored in the NAS to FTP servers. Besides web publishing and media server, auto
upload is another convenient way to share media files with your friends and family.
You can link the NAS to your Flickr and/or YouTube account and select shares for the NAS to upload. The
NAS uploads the media files stored in the specified shares to your Flickr and/or YouTube account. When
you add new files to the specified shares, the NAS also automatically uploads the new files to your Flickr
and/or YouTube account.
You can also link the NAS to the FTP server or the FTP server on another NAS and select shares or folders
for the NAS to upload. The NAS uploads the files stored in the specified shares to the FTP server. When
you add new files to the specified shares, the NAS also automatically uploads the new files to the FTP
server.
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If you disable the service and add more files to the watch folder(s), the NAS will not auto
upload these files. However, the NAS still uploads any files added before you turned off the
service.
Resume Select a service from the list and click this to resume the auto upload feature.
Pause Select a service from the list and click this to pause the auto upload feature.
Config Select a service from the list and click this to manage the service’s settings.
Status This field displays the service’s status.
Click Switch User to use a different Flickr and/or YouTube account for the auto upload
feature.
The following screen displays if you have not authorized the NAS to use a Flickr account. Click OK to
continue the authorization process.
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The web browser opens the Yahoo! Flickr login page. Enter your Yahoo account’s information and click
Sign In.
The following page displays asking for your authorization. Click NEXT to go to the next page.
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Click OK, I’LL AUTHORIZE IT to establish a link between the NAS and your Flickr account.
A confirmation page displays indicating successful authorization. Return to the NAS web configurator.
Click Get Ready in the following screen to complete the authorization process.
Once the NAS is associated with your Flickr account, you can configure auto upload settings in the
following screens.
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Folder Selection
Figure 205 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr): Folder Selection
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Table 141 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr): Folder Selection
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add Click this to set a folder that contains files you want the NAS to automatically upload.
Click Apply to save your settings and Cancel to close the screen.
Status This indicates whether the folder or share is available.
represents a missing folder. The share may be deleted from the NAS, or the hard disk
was removed from the NAS.
Share Name This is the share selected for auto upload.
Path This is the path of a folder selected for auto upload. The NAS only uploads files stored in the
specified share or folder to your Flickr account.
Action Use the Delete icon to remove a folder from the list.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to restore your previously stored settings.
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General Settings
Figure 206 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr): General Settings
Table 142 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (Flickr): General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Grace Period N Specify how long the NAS should wait when you add a new file for auto upload. For
minutes example, if you set the grace period to 5 minutes, the NAS uploads a new file after it has
been in a watched folder for 5 minutes. You can choose from a range of 1 to 10080 minutes
(up to one week).
Default Privacy
Who can see your Determine who has the right to see files uploaded to your Flickr account.
media files on Flickr?
Select Only You if you do not want anyone else to see your files. You may also restrict the
access to Your friends and/or Your family. You can set up a friend/family list in your Flickr
account.
Select Safe if the contents of your files are suitable for the general public.
Select Moderate if the contents of your files may be offensive to some people.
Select Restricted if the contents of your files are not suitable for certain people, such as
children or your colleagues.
Default Content Type Select a content type for your files. You can choose Photo/Video, Screenshots/
Screencasts, or Illustration/Art/Animation/CGI.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to restore previously saved settings.
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Get a Google account and use it to log into YouTube. You can then merge the existing YouTube
account to your Google account.
If you have not authorized a YouTube account on the NAS, the following screen displays. Enter your
Google account’s e-mail address and password in the fields and click Apply to authorize the service.
Once the NAS is associated with your YouTube account, you can configure auto upload settings in the
following screens.
Folder Selection
Figure 208 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (YouTube): Folder Selection
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Table 143 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (YouTube): Folder Selection
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add Click this to set a folder that contains files you want the NAS to automatically upload.
Click Apply to save your settings and Cancel to close the screen.
Status This field indicates whether the share or folder is available.
represents a missing folder. The share may be deleted from the NAS, or the hard disk
was removed from the NAS.
Share Name This field displays the share selected for auto upload.
Path This field displays the path of a folder selected for auto upload. The NAS only uploads the
files stored in the specified share or folder to your YouTube account.
Action Use the Delete icon to delete a folder from the list.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to restore your previously stored settings.
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Figure 209 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (YouTube): General Settings
Table 144 Upload Manager > Flickr/YouTube > Config (YouTube): General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Grace Period N Specify how long the NAS should wait when you add a new file for auto upload. For
minutes example, if you set the grace period to 5 minutes, the NAS uploads a new file after it has
been in a watched folder for 5 minutes. You can choose from a range of 1 to 10080
minutes (up to one week).
Video Category Select the category that best describes the media files you want to upload.
Default Privacy
Who can see your Determine who has the right to see files uploaded to your YouTube account.
media files on
YouTube? Select Only You if you do not want anyone else to see your files.
Click Upload Manager > FTP Uploadr to open the screen shown next.
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When you disable the FTP Uploadr, a screen opens requesting confirmation. Select the
check box to stop any current or queued uploads. If you do not select the check box, the
FTP Uploadr will finish uploading the files that are already in the queue list. Clicking Yes will
disable the FTP Uploadr.
Add Server Click this to add a target FTP server entry. See Section 15.5.1 on page 259 for more details.
Preferences Click this to manage the settings of the FTP Uploadr.
Edit Server Select a server from the list and click this to edit the FTP server entry.
Delete Selected Select a server from the list and click this to remove the FTP server entry.
Server(s)
Server Information Select a server from the list and click this to display the status and settings about the FTP
server.
Domain Name/IP This is the domain name or IP address of the FTP server.
Address
Port Number This is the port number used by the FTP server.
Remote Path The NAS automatically uploads files to this location of the FTP server.
Account Name This is the login account for the FTP server.
Description This is the information related to the FTP server.
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In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Add Server or Edit Server button to open the following screen.
Figure 211 Upload Manager > FTP Uploadr > Add or Edit a Server
Table 146 Upload Manager > FTP Uploadr > Add or Edit a Server
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Domain Name/IP Enter the domain name or IP address of the FTP server.
Address
Account Name Enter the account name used to access the FTP server.
Password Enter the password associated with the account name.
Port Number Enter the port number for the FTP server.
Remote Path Enter the path of the FTP server where the NAS automatically uploads files.
Description Enter additional information about this FTP server.
Test Connection Click this to test your settings and check whether you can use the settings to connect to the
FTP server.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
In the FTP Uploadr screen, click the Preferences icon to open the following screens.
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Table 147 Upload Manager > FTP Uploadr > Preferences: Folder Watch List
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add Click this to set a folder that contains files you want the NAS to automatically upload.
Click Apply to save your settings and Cancel to close the screen.
Status This field indicates whether the share or folder is available.
represents a missing folder. The share may be deleted from the NAS, or the hard disk
was removed from the NAS.
Share Name This is the share selected for auto upload.
Path This is the path of a folder selected for auto upload. The NAS only uploads files stored in the
specified share or folder to your FTP server.
Action Use the Delete icon to delete a folder from the list.
Apply Click this to save your changes in this section.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Figure 213 Upload Manager > FTP Uploadr > Preferences: General Settings
Table 148 Upload Manager > FTP Uploadr > Preferences: General Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Grace Period
Grace Period Specify how long the NAS should wait when you add a new file for auto upload. For
example, if you set the grace period to 5 minutes, the NAS uploads a new file after it has
been in a watched folder for 5 minutes. You can choose from a range of 1 to 10080 minutes
(up to one week).
Bandwidth Limit
Max. Upload Rate Enter the maximum upload rate for auto upload. You can choose from a range of 0 to
100,000 KB/s. Enter 0 if you do not want to set any limit.
Use this to leave bandwidth on your network connection for other traffic, especially if your
Internet connection has restricted upload speed.
Apply Click this to save your changes in this section.
Cancel Click this to return to the previous screen without saving.
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Backup Planner
• Use the Copy/Sync button on the front panel to copy or synchronize files between a connected USB
or SD storage device and the NAS. See Section 16.4 on page 282 to configure the copy/sync settings.
• Use the NAS’s Backup screens (Section 16.3 on page 264) to schedule backups of files and folders on
your NAS to a USB device or SD card.
• Use the Restore screens (Section 16.3.3 on page 276) to restore previous backups based on the
backup job.
• If you deleted an archive backup job or the NAS or the RAID array containing the backup job failed,
you can restore by backup files.
Use the Restore screens (Section 16.3.3 on page 276) to restore previous backups based on the backup
job or backup files.
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• Use Memopal (Section 13.9 on page 227) to back up files on the NAS to your Memopal online backup
and storage account.
Note: Synchronization is not backup. When you delete a file in one location, synchronization
deletes it in the other location. Do not store your only copy of a document in a
synchronized folder.
• Use the DropboxClient package (Section 13.3 on page 205) to two-way synchronize local NAS folders
and Dropbox accounts. Changes in the Dropbox account appear in the local sync folder and
changes in the local sync folder appear in the Dropbox account.
• Use the GoogleDriveClient package (Section 13.4 on page 212) to two-way synchronize local NAS
folders and Google Drive accounts. Changes in the Google Drive account appear in the local sync
folder and changes in the local sync folder appear in the Google Drive account.
• Use the ownCloud package (Section 13.10 on page 230) to host your own private cloud on the NAS.
The ownCloud package lets the NAS work as an ownCloud server so computers and mobile devices
using the ownCloud client can access, sync, and share files across devices.
You can have several backup jobs for specific folders and time periods.
Click Backup Planner > Backup > Backup to open the following screen.
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• Waiting means the backup job is not active but is scheduled to run at some time.
• Running indicates that the NAS is currently doing the backup job. When the backup job
is running, you can also see a progress bar.
• Inactivated means the backup job is disabled.
Job Name This identifies the backup job.
Source/Destination This shows the backup job’s source and target.
Type/Schedule This shows the backup type and frequency.
Backup Summary This shows the time it was last run in (and whether or not it succeeded), and when it is
scheduled to run again. The times use yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss format.
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Step 1 Properties
Use this screen to specify the job information, backup type and purge policy.
Figure 215 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 1 Properties
Table 150 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 1 Properties
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Job Name Enter a name to identify the backup job.
Description Enter a short description (up to 100 keyboard characters) for the backup job.
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LABEL DESCRIPTION
Type Choose the backup type the NAS implements for the backup job.
Archive - This is a backup of the source folder in an archive format. Once you backup your files
in the target folder, you cannot access the files individually unless you have the extracting tool
used by the NAS. If there are existing files in the target folder prior to the NAS’s backup job, the
files remain undisturbed. You can also choose between the following types of archive:
• Full - The NAS does a fresh backup each time. This provides the most protection but also
requires the most storage space.
• Incremental - The NAS backs up new or modified files from the source folder since the last
backup. The first backup is a full backup. You can also do a full backup after several
incremental backups. Enter how many incremental backups the NAS runs before it
performs a full backup of the source folder in the Perform a full backup job after n
backup(s) field. You must keep the latest full backup to be able to restore the files later.
Synchronization - This does a backup of individual files. If you use this type, you cannot use the
Restore feature of the NAS. You can also choose between the following types of
synchronization:
• Publish- The NAS does a backup of individual files to the target folder without overwriting
existing files in that folder. It makes a copy of the source files.
• Mirror - The NAS deletes all data in the target folder before running the backup. It makes
the target folder identical to the source folder.
Rsync - This synchronizes individual files to another device that supports rsync. Rsync is open
source and provides incremental file transfers. It only sends the differences in the files through
the connection so it brings the remote files into sync very quickly.
• The NAS deletes all data in the target folder before running the backup. It makes the target
folder identical to the source folder.
• If you use this type, you cannot use the Restore feature of the NAS.
Purge Policy This field is not available when you set the backup type to Synchronization or Rsync.
The NAS maintains the files that have been included in your backups. However to save hard
disk space, you can choose to delete files that have been included in previous backups.
• Select Keep all old backups to store all files that have been included in previous backups.
• If you want to store a certain number of backup files, select Keep the last n backups. Enter
a value (n) from 1 to 30 to specify how many backups the NAS stores. All backup files older
than the last one are deleted. You will not be able to recover files that existed (only) in
those previous backups. Select this if backup space is limited and recovery of old files is not
important.
• If you want to store all backups for a certain time period, select Keep old backups for n
day(s). Enter a value (n) from 1 to 3650 to specify how many days the NAS stores all backup
files. After this day has expired, all backup files will be deleted.
Next Click this to go to the next step.
Cancel Click this to close the screen without saving.
Step 2 Source
Use this screen to specify where the files you want to backup are located.
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Figure 216 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 2 Source
Table 151 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 2 Source
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Source Select an (internal) volume and the folders and files to back up using this tree interface.
Click to close a folder in the tree. This is useful if there are many folders or files that you wish
to hide from view.
Click to select a folder or file to back up. This also selects all sub-folders and files.
Click to deselect the folder or file. This also deselects all sub-folders and files.
for a folder means all sub-folders and files and new folders/files added later will be backed
up.
(a grayed out check box) for a folder means that only some sub-folders and files under the
folder will be backed up. Newly added folders/files will NOT be backed up.
means the file structure is still loading. Please wait for the folders/files to display.
Note: If you select to back up an entire folder and then de-select a sub-folder or
file within that folder, the main folder icon will turn and any new sub-
folders and files added to this main folder after the initial backup
configuration will NOT be backed up.
A list of your select folders and files displays below the selection fields.
Folders/Files to This shows the path of the backup source folder you selected.
backup
Back Click this to go back to the previous screen.
Next Click this to go to the next screen.
Cancel Click this to close the screen without saving.
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Step 3 Destination
Use this screen to set where you want the backup to be stored.
Figure 217 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 3 Destination
Table 152 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 3 Destination
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Destination Select the target folder where you want to place your backup.
Internal Select this if you want to place your backup in another volume in the NAS. Select an (internal)
volume and the folder where you want to place the backup.
External Select this if you have a USB hard disk connected to the NAS that you want to use for your
backup. Select the folder where you want to place the backup.
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Table 152 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 3 Destination (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Remote Select this to back up to another device.
For Archive:
The remote device can be another NAS in the network. Fill in the following fields in order to be
able to access it.
For Synchronization:
The remote device must be another NAS compatible with the NAS’s synchronization feature.
Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it.
For Rsync:
The remote device must be a NAS that supports rsync or a computer running the rsync utility.
Fill in the following fields in order to be able to access it.
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Figure 218 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 4 Schedule and Options
Table 153 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 4 Schedule and Options
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Schedule
Frequency Select from Hourly, Daily, Weekly and Monthly backup intervals. The screen changes depending
on the item you select.
Every n hours? This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.
Specify every how many hours the NAS performs the backup job.
Execute time This is available if you selected Daily, Weekly or Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the time in hour:minute format when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
Every n day(s) This is only available if you selected Daily as your backup frequency.
Enter the interval between days when the NAS performs the backup job.
Every n This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.
week(s)
Enter the interval between weeks when NAS performs the backup job.
On This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.
Enter the day of the week when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
January ~ This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
December
Select the month(s) when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
Day This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
Specify or select the day in a month when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
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Table 153 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 4 Schedule and Options
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable data Select this option if you want the NAS to compress the files for your backup. Otherwise, clear it.
compression
In an Archive backup, compression is a method of packing computing files in a way that saves
hard disk space.
For a Synchronization backup (to a remote target), the source data will be compressed before
the transmission to reduce the transmission time. It is used in slow networks only.
Enable data Select this option and enter a password if you want the NAS to encrypt the files for your backup.
encryption Otherwise, clear it.
For a Synchronization backup (to a remote target), this means securing the file transfer session.
However the final file stored on the remote NAS is unencrypted. This takes a long time. Make sure
you really need this feature before enabling it.
Back Click this to go back to the previous screen.
Next Click this to go to the next screen.
Cancel Click this to close the screen without saving.
Step 5 Summary
Use this screen to review the settings you configured. Click Apply to complete the setup. Otherwise,
click Back to return to the previous screen, or click Cancel to close the screen without saving.
Figure 219 Backup Planner > Backup: Add Job Step 5 Summary
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Select a backup job from the list in the Backup Planner > Backup screen and click Edit Job to open the
Edit Job screen.
Figure 220 Backup Planner > Backup > Edit Job: Properties
Table 154 Backup Planner > Backup > Edit Job: Properties
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Job Name This field is read-only and shows the name of the backup job.
Description Enter a short description for the backup job.
Type This field is read-only and shows the backup type.
Purge Policy The NAS maintains the files that have been included in your backups. However to save hard
disk space, you can choose to delete files that have been included in previous backups.
• Select Keep all old backup files to store all files that have been included in previous
backups.
• If you want to store a certain number of backup files, select Keep the last n backup(s).
Enter a value (n) from 1 to 30 to specify how many backups the NAS stores. All backup
files older than the last one are deleted. You will not be able to recover files that existed
(only) in those previous backups. Select this if backup space is limited and recovery of
old files is not important.
• If you want to store all backups for a certain time period, select Keep old backups for n
day(s). Enter a value (n) from 1 to 3650 to specify how many days the NAS stores all
backup files. After this day has expired, all backup files will be deleted.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to close the screen without saving.
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Figure 221 Backup Planner > Backup > Edit Job: Source and Destination
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Figure 222 Backup Planner > Backup > Edit Job: Schedule and Options
Table 155 Backup Planner > Backup > Edit Job: Schedule and Options
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Schedule
Frequency Select from Hourly, Daily, Weekly and Monthly backup intervals. The screen changes
depending on the item you select.
Every n hours? This is only available if you selected Hourly as your backup frequency.
Specify every how many hours the NAS performs the backup job.
Execute time This is available if you selected Daily, Weekly or Monthly as your backup frequency.
Select the time in hour:minute format when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
Every n day(s) This is only available if you selected Daily as your backup frequency.
Enter the interval between days when the NAS performs the backup job.
Every n week(s) This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.
Enter the interval between weeks when NAS performs the backup job.
On This is only available if you selected Weekly as your backup frequency.
Enter the day of the week when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
January ~ This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
December
Select the month(s) when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
Day This is only available if you selected Monthly as your backup frequency.
Specify or select the day in a month when you want the NAS to perform the backup job.
Bandwidth This field is available only when the backup type is Synchronization or Rsync and the
backup target is a remote NAS.
For backups to a remote NAS, you can restrict the bandwidth to help prevent the backups
from using all of your network connection’s available bandwidth. This is more important
when backing up to a remote NAS or computer through the Internet.
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LABEL DESCRIPTION
Data compression This field is read-only and shows whether the backup employs compression.
Compression reduces the size of the file that you want to back up. Backup is then faster, but
restoring may be slower, so if backup space is not a concern and recovery speed is, then
turn off compression.
Data encryption This field is read-only and shows whether the backup employs encryption.
You can have the NAS use a password to encrypt the backup files.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Cancel Click this to close the screen without saving.
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Figure 225 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 1 Source (Backup Job)
If the Enter Password screen displays, enter the password that you configured to encrypt the backup
files and click Apply.
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Figure 226 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 1 Source: Enter Password (Backup Job)
If you set the NAS to restore a backup based on the selected backup file(s) in the previous screen, the
following screen displays. Select the folder where the backup you want to restore is located and the
time point at which the backup job was done. Click Next to continue.
Figure 227 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 1 Source (Backup File)
A pop-up screen displays. Enter the password if you configured to encrypt the backup files and click
Apply. Otherwise, click Cancel to proceed.
Figure 228 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 1 Source: Enter Password (Backup File)
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Figure 229 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 2 Folders/Files to Restore
If you set the NAS to restore a backup based on the pre-configured backup job, you can either select
Original to restore the files to their original location in the NAS, or select Other location and choose a
folder where you want to place the restored files.
If you set the NAS to restore a backup based on the selected backup file(s), you just choose a folder
where you want to place the restored files.
The screen then shows the path of the folder you selected.
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Figure 230 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 3 Destination (Backup Job)
Figure 231 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 3 Destination (Backup File)
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Figure 232 Backup Planner > Backup > Restore Job: Step 4 Summary
The restore progress and result display in the Restore screen. The related information will disappear right
after the specified backup is restored successfully.
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Figure 234 Backup Planner > Copy/Sync Button > Copy Settings
Table 156 Backup Planner > Copy/Sync Button > Copy Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
NAS Copy Target Select the NAS share to use with the copy function.
USB Volume If your USB or SD device has multiple partitions, select which partition to use with the copy
function.
Copy Direction Select USB -> NAS to copy files from your USB or SD device to the NAS.
Select NAS -> USB to copy files from the NAS to your USB or SD device.
Create a New Folder Select this option to place the copied files in a new folder.
for Copied Files
The name of the folder created for the copied files consists of the date and time of the
copy in year_month_day_hour_minute_second format.
Backup Files to be This option is only available if you do not select Create a New Folder for Copied Files. Select
Replaced this option to save the files that will be replaced by the source files.
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Table 156 Backup Planner > Copy/Sync Button > Copy Settings (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Backup Target Select a share in which to save the backup files.
Note: The NAS will not create a new folder to store the backup files. It is
recommended to create a specific share (such as “backup”) for backup
purposes.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
Figure 235 Backup Planner > Copy/Sync Button > Sync Settings
Table 157 Backup Planner > Copy/Sync Button > Sync Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
NAS Sync Target Select the NAS share to use with the synchronization function.
USB Volume If your USB device has multiple partitions, select which partition to use with the
synchronization function.
Sync Direction Select USB -> NAS to synchronize files from your USB or SD device to the NAS.
Select NAS -> USB to synchronize files from the NAS to your USB or SD device.
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Table 157 Backup Planner > Copy/Sync Button > Sync Settings (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Backup Files to be Select this option to save the files that will be replaced by the source files.
Replaced or
Removed
Backup Target Select a share in which to save the backup files.
Note: The NAS will not create a new folder to store the backup files. It is
recommended to create a specific share (such as “backup”) for backup
purposes.
Apply Click this to save your changes.
The following figure illustrates how copying files works when you copy files from a USB device to the NAS.
The same concept applies when you copy files from the NAS to a USB device.
Before Copy
NAS
USB
A B A C
After Copy
NAS
USB
A B A B C
• A copy of files A and B from the USB device is transferred to the NAS.
• File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NAS.
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Press and hold the COPY/SYNC button until you hear a beep to synchronize files. See Section 16.4 on
page 282 for details about configuring the synchronization settings.
The following figure illustrates how synchronization works when you synchronize files from a USB device to
the NAS. The same concept applies when you synchronize files from the NAS to a USB device.
Before Sync
NAS
USB
A B A C
After Sync
NAS
USB
A B A B
• A copy of files A and B from the USB device is transferred to the NAS.
• File A from the USB device replaces file A on the NAS.
• File C on the NAS is deleted.
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The following figure illustrates how synchronization works when you synchronize files in both directions
simultaneously.
Before Sync
NAS
USB
A B C A B D
(new) (new)
After Sync
NAS
USB
A B C D A B C D
(new) (new) (new) (new)
A on the USB device and B on the NAS are modified more recently.
Use the Time Machine screen to turn Time Machine support on or off, and designate the share for Time
Machine backups. See Section 4.3 on page 37 for an example about how to enable Time Machine on
the NAS and your Mac computer.
Click Backup Planner > Time Machine to open the following screen.
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File Browser, Photo, Music &
Video
17.1 Overview
This chapter introduces the File Browser, Photo, Music, and Video screens for sharing media files. It also
describes the Playzone Settings and Application Zone screens which are only available with user
accounts.
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Specify a name to identify the folder. See Section 7.5.1 on page 121 for more information on folder
names. Click Apply to create a folder or click Cancel to exit this screen.
Rename Select a file or folder and click this to change its name.
Delete Select a file or folder and click this to delete it from the NAS.
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Use the Browse button to locate your file/s and click Apply to upload the file. Click Cancel to close
this screen.
17.3 Photo
Click the Photo icon on the Desktop to open the photo folder in a new tab. Double-click the photo
folder to view photos in the shares that publish photos. The following figures show the files as thumbnail
and list views of files.
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