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LevelOne
FNS-5000
FNS-7000
GNS-8000
Network Attached Storage
User’s Manual
Version: 1.0
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CUSTOMER SERVICE To obtain service or technical support for your system, please refer to the registration card for detailed contacts. TRADEMARKS TM LevelOne NAS is the trademark of Digital Data Communications. ® ® ® ® Microsoft , Windows and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. Novell and ® ® ® NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks
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Chapter 1 Overview Package Contents • Network Attached Storage Appliance • User’s Manual • Power Cord • One CAT-5 Ethernet Cable • Quick Install Wizard CD-ROM System Overview FNS-5000 Front View LCD Panel Setting Switch A 4 LED indicators: Power, Error, Setting Network, and Disk Access Switch B Rear View Configuration Reset Switch Power Switch RJ-45 Network 3
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FNS-7000 LCD Panel Front View Setting 4 LED indicators: Power, Switch A Error, Network, and Disk Access 4 IDE Hard Disk Drives Setting Switch B Rear View Configuration Reset Switch Power Switch RJ-45 Network ATX Redundant Power Supply GNS-8000 Front View Setting LCD Panel Switch A 4 LED indicators: Power, Setting Error, Network, and Disk Switch B Access Rear View ATX Redundant Power Supply Configuration Reset Switch RJ-45
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Indicator light at the left of the LCD panel Shines when power is on Indicates a system error which needs to be corrected This light flashes when data is being transmitted through the network This light flashes when data is being stored or retrieved from the disks 5
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Chapter 2 Installation and Set-up of LevelOne NAS Installing the Hardware Install Hard Drive into FNS-7000 Once you start installing a hard drive into the FNS-7000, you have to obey following steps: Power off the FNS-7000. Release the screws(right & left sides) of drive bay in which the new hard drive will install. Make sure the hard driver’s jumpers ”Master/Slave” setting are set to “Cable select” when you put the new hard drive into the drive tray. Instructions of new hard
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Slide the drive tray with new hard drive into the drive and tighten the screws (right & left sides). Install Hard Drive into GNS-8000 Once you start installing a hard drive into the GNS-8000, you have to obey following steps: Power off the GNS-8000. Push the front panel ears and pull out the panel. Unlock the drive bay in which the new hard drive will install. Make sure the hard driver’s jumpers ”Master/Slave” setting are set to “Cable select” when you put the new har
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Put the screws into the drive tray’s down side to tighten new hard drive. Slide the drive tray with new hard drive into the drive and push forward the panel. The following steps will guide you through the LevelOne NAS hardware installation: 1. Connect the LevelOne NAS to your Network.. 2. For GNS-8000 only: If you want to back up your files to the tape, please connect the tape drive to the SCSI port on the back of your LevelOne NAS. Then turn on the tape drive 3. For GNS-8000
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At this time the hardware installation of your LevelOne NAS is complete. Please proceed to “Set-up before First Operation”. Set-up before First Operation The factory default settings of your LevelOne NAS will search the network via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to automatically detect IP address settings. If your network does not support the DHCP protocol, the LevelOne NAS will use the default settings listed below: IP Address 192.168.0.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
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Chapter 3 Administration of the LevelOne NAS Once you have installed the LevelOne NAS and other hardware and connected it to the networks, you can use your browser (supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later and Netscape Navigator 4.5 or later; Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 is recommended) to complete administrative tasks for the LevelOne NAS. Accessing the Administration Page The following methods allows administrator to access the Administration page: 1. Launch your web brow
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The factory default login name and password are as follows: Login: Administrator Password: admin If this is the first time you enter the Administration page, the Quick Configuration page appears automatically. Please refer to the Quick Configuration section for more details. 11
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Administration The Administration comprises the following eight sections: Administration Quick Configuration System Settings Server Name Date & Time Language Setting View System Settings Network Settings TCP/IP Configuration Microsoft Networking Apple Networking NFS Service NetWare Service Web Service FTP Service View Network Settings Disk Configuration Create Disk Volume Single Disk Volume RAID 5 Disk Volume RAID 1 Mirroring Disk Volume RAID 0 Stripi
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Quick Configuration The Quick Configuration will guide you through the configuration process step-by-step, as follows: 1. Enter the name, workgroup and description for this server. 2. Change the administrator's password. 3. Enter the date, time and time zone for this server. 4. Select the language that this server will use for file names. 5. Enter the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway for this server 6. Select the network file services that you want to provide o
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can be a combination of letters (A-Z or a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (-). The server will not accept name containing blank spaces, period (.), or names with only numbers. The LCD display will show the current server name. Next, you must configure your LevelOne NAS to the workgroup. The workgroup represents a basic computer group within the Microsoft Network. Files are normally shared within the group. Workgroups can accommodate as much as 15 characters but must exclude the follow
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2. Use static IP address Use the user defined IP address settings. • Fixed IP Address The IP address is a 32-bit digit code used to differentiate each single entity on a network. The IP address is separated into 4 groups of eight bits separated by dots: 192.168.0.1 • Subnet Mask The subnet mask is used to define computer within the same local network. It is a 32-bits digit code: 255.xxx.xxx.xxx. • Default Gateway The gateway is generally referred as an interchange point that co
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• NetWare Service If you wish to use NetWare to access the LevelOne NAS, you must activate the NetWare service. The LevelOne NAS will then operate in a manner similar to a Novell NetWare 3.12 file server. • Web Service Other than standard OS support, you have the choice to use a web browser to access your files on the LevelOne NAS. If your LevelOne NAS is connected to the Internet and uses a valid IP address, the LevelOne NAS allows you to access your files using a web browser from an
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• RAID 0 Striping Disk Volume Striping disk combines two or more disks into one larger disk. It offers the fastest disk access but it does not have any protection of your data if the striped array fails. The disk capacity equals the number of disks in the array times the size of the smallest disk. Striping disk is usually used to maximize your disk capacity or for fast disk access but not for storing important data. • Linear Disk Volume You can combine two or more disks into one larg
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Anonymous When you connect to the server by FTP service, you can use the name to login as a guest. You cannot delete this user or change its password. You can create a new user according to your needs. The following information is required to create a new user: • User Name The user name must not exceed 32 characters. It is case insensitive and it can contain double-byte characters. (Such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) But it cannot contain any of the characters below: " / \ [
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You can administer user groups with the following: • Create User Groups • Create Private Network Share • Assign Users • Delete User Groups User groups name must not exceed 256 characters. It is case insensitive and it can contain double-byte characters. (Such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) But it cannot contain any of the characters below: " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > ` ' To properly manage security, it is very important to manage users and user groups. You may
