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ix4-300d Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.0
User Guide
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CONTENTS Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage 1 Setup Overview 2 Set up my ix4-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered 3 Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3 Discovering the ix4-300d without the Internet 3 Setup Page 4 Network Connection 5 Connecting the ix4-300d Network Storage to Your Network 5 Connecting the ix4-300d 6 Network Settings 6 Manually Configuring Network Settings 7 Bonding NICs 8 VLAN Settings 8 Naming Your ix4-300d Network Storage 10 Setting up Active Directory
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Sharing Files 22 Sharing Overview 23 Interfaces for Sharing 23 Shares 24 What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 24 Adding Shares 24 Managing Shares 25 Deleting Shares 26 Using Protocols to Share Files 27 What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 27 AFP File Sharing for Macs 27 Bluetooth File Sharing 27 FTP File Sharing 28 NFS File Sharing 28 rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 29 TFTP 29 Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Ma
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iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 40 iSCSI Overview 41 Adding iSCSI Drives 42 Enabling iSCSI Drives 42 Connecting to iSCSI Drives 42 Managing iSCSI Drives 43 Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 43 Deleting iSCSI Drives 44 Drive Management 45 Managing Drives 46 Setting Write Caching 46 Applying Global Drive Management Settings 46 Drive Status 47 Backing up and Restoring Your Content 48 Backup and Restore Overview 49 Backup of Data through RAID Protection 49 Backing up to
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Securing Your ix4-300d Network Storage and Contents 58 What Is Security and Do I Need It? 59 Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 60 Disabling Security 60 Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 61 Users 62 Users and Groups Overview 62 Adding Users 62 Managing Users 63 Deleting Users 64 Groups 65 Groups Overview 65 Adding Groups 65 Managing Groups 65 Deleting Groups 66 Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 67 Active Directory Users and Groups Overview
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Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 80 Disconnecting Trusted Devices 80 Deleting Trusted Devices 80 Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 81 Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 82 Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 83 Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 84 Sharing Content Using Social Media 85 Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 86 Facebook 87 Flickr 88 YouTube 89 Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 90
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Torrents 101 Torrent Overview 101 Enabling Torrent Downloads 101 Deleting torrent jobs 101 Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 101 Torrent Active Folders 102 Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 102 Videos 104 Video Capabilities Overview 104 Streaming Movies 104 Video Surveillance 104 Name 105 Space 105 Model 105 Action 105 Adding Applications to Your ix4-300d Network Storage 108 Application Overview 109 Application Installation 110 Application Manager 111 Starting or stopping an applic
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Drive Bay Access 119 Rear Panel 120 Default Settings 120 Energy Saving 121 Power Down Drives 121 Brightness 121 Factory Reset 122 UPS Management 123 Troubleshooting Routers 124 Enabling the DMZ 124 Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 125 Bridging the Secondary Router 125 Bridging the Primary Router 125 Additional Support 127 How to Get Help 128 Support 129 Legal 130 Safety Information 131 Open Source 132 Warranty Information 133 Limited Warranty Notice 133 Limited Warranty for Iom
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CHAPTER 1 Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage 1
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Setup Overview Setup with your ix4-300d Network Storage is easy. Remove it from the box, connect it to your network switch or hub, and then power it up. Launch a web browser and enter the setup URL identified in the Quick Start Guide. LenovoEMC Setup launches and displays a message that your ix4-300d is online and ready to use. You then can install client software that includes: ● LenovoEMC Storage Manager ● Twonky Media Server for media aggregation Le
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Set up my ix4-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered If your ix4-300d is not discovered when you enter the URL identified in your Quick Start Guide, you have two ways of discovering it. Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager You can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager from the Setup Portal, which helps you discover your ix4- 300d on your network. Discovering the ix4-300d without the Internet You can access your ix4-300d device without internet ac
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Setup Page The Setup page opens when you first access the ix4-300d Network Storage from the Home Page or the LenovoEMC Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly. 4 Setup Page
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Network Connection Connecting the ix4-300d Network Storage to Your Network First, check the package contents. Verify that the box contains the following items: 1. ix4-300d (models may vary) 2. Power Adapter and Cord 3. Quick Start Guide 4. Ethernet Cable Package contents may vary. Network Connection 5
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Connecting the ix4-300d Initial Setup If you have purchased more than one ix4-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices. 1. Use the included network cable to connect the ix4-300d to your network router, switch or directly to a computer. 2. Connect the included power adapter to the back of the ix4-300d and a power socket or Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). 3. Your ix4-300d should power on aut
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your ix4-300d by expanding the Information section for a NIC and entering a jumbo frame size in the Jumbo Frame field. If you do not want jumbo frame support, leave the field blank. Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files, such as multimedia files, over a network. Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets.
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage VLAN: For information on adding a NIC to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), refer to VLAN Settings. Bonding NICs: For information on bonding multiple network interface cards (NICs), refer to Bonding NICs. Bonding NICs Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your ix4-300d on the network. If one NIC should fail, your ix4-300d will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others. Depending on the bonding mode selec
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage 5. Click Apply to save your changes. Deleting a VLAN In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN. Connecting 9 the ix4-300d
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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Naming Your ix4-300d Network Storage You can provide a meaningful name for your ix4-300d using the Device Identification page. This page in the ix4300d Management Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage Device Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name. Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes. ● Device Name: Enter a name for the ix4-300d device. Use a name that will help you identify it o
