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    GETTING STAR TED GUIDE Linksys Business Series Network Storage System Models NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Linksys Business Series Network Storage System Getting Star ted Guide ...

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    © 2007-2008 Copy right 2007-2008, Cis co Systems, Inc. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Linksys, the Cisco Syst ems logo, the Linksys Logo, and th e Linksys One logo are regist ered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. All other trad emarks mentioned in this document are th e property of their respective owners. ...

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    1 Contents Linksys Business Series Network Storage System Administrator Guide Contents Contents Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Benefits 3 About this Guide... 3 Recommended Installation Sequence 4 Chapter 2: Part A: Set up the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Step 1: Install the Disk Drives 7 Approved Vendor List for ...

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    2 Contents Linksys Business Series Network Storage System Administrator Guide Contents Mac Users: Accessing Storage through CIFS/SMB 47 Mac Users: Accessing Storage through FTP 48 Chapter 5: LEDs & Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Power LED (Front Panel) 49 System LED (Front Panel) 50 Reset Button (Front Panel) 50 LAN LEDs (Front Pa ...

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    3 Chapter 1: Introduction Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the Linksys Business Series Network Stor age System (NSS). Administering a network can be a difficult job. Finding low-cost ways to simplif y your data- management tasks means that you have more re sources to dedicate elsewhere. The NSS is a Network Attac ...

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    4 Chapter 1: Introduction Recommended Installation Sequence Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 1 Recommended Installation Sequence Follow the NSS installation steps to set up and co nfigure the device. They provide out-of-the-box instructions. Y ou ca n find detailed instructions for each step in the remaining sec tions of this guide. • Part A: Set up ...

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    5 Chapter 1: Introduction Recommended Installation Sequence Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 1 - Step 13: Go through the rest of the configurat ion options to set up quotas, edit groups, set up email and S NMP aler ts, and so on. For mo re detailed infor mation, refer to the O nline Help from the Configuration Manager , or the Linksys Business Series ...

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    6 Chapter 1: Introduction Recommended Installation Sequence Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 1 ...

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    7 Chapter 2: Setting up the Hardware Step 1: Install the Disk Drives Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 2 Par t A: Set up the Hardware This chapter provides d etails for installing the NS S hardware. The installa tion is broken down into the following steps: 1. Step 1: Install the Disk Drives: If your NSS does not have disk drives already in stalled, f ...

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    8 Chapter 2: Setting up the Hardware Step 1: Install the Disk Drives Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 2 T o install the disk drives into the NSS: 1. Remove a disk tray from the front of the NSS ch assis by push ing in the tab on the front of the tray . (There is no recommended order of which tray to remove first.) The disk drives are numbered from 1 t ...

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    9 Chapter 2: Setting up the Hardware Step 2: Install the Ethernet Links Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 2 7. If the NSS is rack mounted, attach the mounting ears to both sides of the NSS. Attach the mounting ears to either side of the rack. 8. Continue with Step 2 to install the Ether net cable(s). Approved V endor List for Drives If you are purchas ...

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    10 Chapter 2: Setting up the Hardware Step 3: Install the Power Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 2 T o connect the Ether net cable(s) to the NSS: 1. Install the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet por t at the back of the NSS chassis. If you have a second Ethernet cable , connect it to the second Ethernet port. 2. Connect the Ethernet cable to your network ...

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    11 Chapter 2: Setting up the Hardware Step 3: Install the Power Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 2 NSS-suppor ted UPS Product Families The NSS supports the follow ing UPS product families: • APC Back-UPS Pro USB • APC Back-UPS RS USB •A P C B a c k - U P S U S B • APC Back-UPS LS USB • APC Back-UPS ES/CyberFor t 350 • APC Smart-UPS USB ...

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    12 Chapter 2: Setting up the Hardware Step 3: Install the Power Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 2 ...

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    13 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 Par t B: Configure the Network Storage System (NSS) There are a variety of ways to configure the NSS, depending on your specific storage needs and your unique networking environment. This section covers the steps you need to follow to get the NSS configured ...

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    14 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 1: Access the NSS when there is no DHCP Server Present on your Network Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 • Step 9 – Add any Locally Defined Users and Groups: Y ou can crea te and maintain a list of users and groups from the NSS. • Step 10 – Create Shar es: After you create a volu ...

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    15 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 T o set up your computer to communicate with the NSS: 1. Set your computer’ s networ k settings to the following: • IP Address: 169.254.x.y (where x an d y can be any number between 1 and 254). For example, 169.254.1.2. • Subnet Mast (Netmask): 255.255 ...

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    16 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 2: Log into the Configuration Interface Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 A new tab appears with the hostname of the NSS. 4. Click the NSS tab. The NSS device is automatically assigned an IP address from the DHCP ser ver in the SVR series router . The NSS device configur at ion interface ...

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    17 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 Option B: Standalone Environment Login Steps T o log into the configura tion interf ace: 1. If you are logging into the NSS for the first time, write down the MAC address located on the sticker attached to the bottom of the chassis. Y ou ne ed the MAC addres ...

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    18 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 3: Configure the Timing Settings Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 The NSS configuration interface appears, with the Sy stem Status page open: 5. It is a good idea to do a quick chec k of the information on th e System Status page to ensure that your hardware installation was su ccessful ...

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    19 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 T o configure the time settings for the NSS: 1. From the Manager Menu , click Admin  Time. The NTP Configuration page appears. 2. T o use an NTP ser ver to maintain the NS S time, click Automatically (via NT P) . T o assign the time manually , skip to ste ...

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    20 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 4: Create a RAID Array Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 T o create an array: 1. From the Manager Menu , click Storage  RAID. The RAID page appears: 2. The available disks appear in the New RAID Device table. Select each disk that you want to include in the arra y . NOTE: When adding ...

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    21 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 3. From the RAID Level drop-down menu, click the RAID level of the RAID array you want to create. 4. Click Add . The RAID creation can take some time to comple te (depending on the size of the disks and the selected RAID level). Y ou can monitor th e progres ...

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    22 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 5: Cr eate a Vo lume Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 • Size: Enter the size for the volume, and then se lect the unit from the drop-down menu. The final size of the shared volume is less than the size you enter in this field due to filesystem overhead. The minimum volume size is 32 M ...

  • Cisco Systems NSS6000 - page 25

    23 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 Step 6: Vir tualize Storage within your Network The NSS virtualization feature lets you create stor age physically located on other network NSS units into one logical storage unit. The recommended network co nfiguration for using vir tualization is to use an ...

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    24 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 6: Virtualize Storage within your Network Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 The Storage Virtualization page ap pears. 3. From the Expor t a device area, select each device that you want to export from the list of available devices. 4. From the Link field, select the physical link that yo ...

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    25 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 The RAID page appears. Expor ted disks from other NSS un its in the network ap pear in the New RAID De vice table. 3. From the New RAID Device table, click the disks or arrays th at you want to include in the JBOD. 4. Select JBOD as the RAID level. 5. Click ...

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    26 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 7: Configure the NSS Net work Identification Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 The Network Identification page appears. 2. In the Hostname field, enter the name you want to us e for the NSS. Note any special naming restrictions or conventions en forced by the domain(s) into whi ch the NS ...

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    27 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 5. Select the type of network into which you ar e making the NSS a member from the following options: • Wo r k g r o u p : Make the NSS par t of a peer-to-peer network. • NTv4 Domain: M ake the NSS a par t of a pre-Windows 20 00 domain. If you selec t th ...

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    28 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 8: Configure the User/Group Ranges and Home Directory Location Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 Step 8: Configure the User/Group Ranges and Home Direc - tor y Location T o avoid conflicts between your user and group IDs, it is important to set up the ranges for the various types of user ...

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    29 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 Step 9: Create any Locally Defined Users and Groups Y ou can create, view , and maintain the li st of users who can access the NSS. The Configured Users page displays the Configured Users table. This table lists each defined user whether the user was created ...

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    30 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 9: Create any Locally Defined Users and Groups Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 The New User page appears. 3. In the Username field, type the username. The name must be made up of alphanumeric characters (that is, a-z, 0-9) , any case, to a ma ximum of 32 charac ters. This field is requ ...

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    31 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 7. T o record the user’ s email address, e nter it in the Email Address field. This field is optional. 8. Click OK to create the user and exit the New User page. Click Apply to create the user an d then add another new u ser . Creating a Group Groups let y ...

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    32 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 10: Create a Share Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 The New Group page appears. 3. In the Group Name field, type the name you want to a ssign to the group. The n ame can only contain lower-case a lphanumeric characters a nd un derscores (i.e., a-z, 0-9, _) to a maximum of 32 characters. ...

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    33 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 The New Share page ap pears. 3. In the Share field, enter a name for the share. 4. From the Location field, select the volume on wh ich you want to configure the share. 5. Add a description or comment about the shar e in the Comment field. This comment ap pe ...

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    34 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 10: Create a Share Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 • DFS Root: Set the share to be a Microsoft DFS root. 7. Set the Allow users to delete or rename other users’ files and folders field as required. This field determines whether use rs who are assigned to a share can delete or renam ...

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    35 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 • Ever yone Readable: All authenticated user s can view the file. • Ever yone Writable: All authenticated users have write pe rmission to the file. 9. From the Protocol field, click the checkboxes to select the protocols that can be used to access the sh ...

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    36 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 10: Create a Share Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 The File Shares page appear s. 2. Click Edit for the share to which you want to add a folder . The Edit Share page appears. 3. Click Add Shared Folder . ...

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    37 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 The Add Folder page appears. 4. Select one of the following: • Add a Folder to DFS: Select this option to create a si ngle DFS shared folder . Fill in the following fields from the Add DFS Shared Folder table: - Link Name: This is the name of the link that ...

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    38 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 11: Create a Snapshot for a Volume Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 Restrictions using Micr osoft DFS from the NSS T o use DFS folders from the NSS, it is important to understand the limitations or restrictions involved and how to best configure your system: • User Credentials must be ...

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    39 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 snapshots is greater , the amount of the reser ve shou ld be gre ater . Or , if there is a he avy amount of activity on the volume, set a higher reser ve. T o create a snapshot for a volume: 1. From the Manager Menu , click Storage  Snapshots. The Storage ...

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    40 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 12: Create a Scheduled Bac kup for a Share Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 5. In the Reser ve Size field, enter the amount of space that you want to allocate to the snapshot, and then select the unit from the drop-down menu. This space becomes unavailable for any other storage on the a ...

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    41 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 The Scheduled Backups page appears. 3. Move the shares you want to include in the backup from the Available Shares list to the Share s to Backup list. (The single angled bracket “<“ or “>” moves the selection in the direction of the bracket. Th ...

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    42 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 13: Complete the Configuration Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 The Select Backup Schedule page app ears. 7. Select the backup frequency as one of the following: • Daily: Select each day on which you want the backup to occu r . • We e k l y : Select the day of the week on which you ...

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    43 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 3 Step 14: Save the Current Configuration Y ou can save a copy of the NSS configuration that ca n be used should you need to restore the settings at a later time. When you save the configuration fi le, it saves a date-stamped version of the current configurati ...

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    44 Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System (NSS) Step 14: Save the Current Configuration Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 3 6. If you saved the file to th e USB flash device, display the Storage Status page. 7. Click Unmount . 8. When the AUX-1 LED on the front of the chassis is of f, you can safely remove the unmounted USB flash device from ...

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    45 Chapter 4: Accessing Network Storage Windows Users: Accessing the NSS Storage using Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 4 Par t C: Instr uct Y our Users How to Access the NSS Storage End users, using a Windows, UNIX, Linux, or Mac computer can easily access NSS storage. Once the end user logs into the NSS using their username and password, the shares ...

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    46 Chapter 4: Accessing Network Storage Windows Users: Accessing the NSS Storage through FTP Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 4 Windows Users: Accessing the NSS Storage through F TP Windows users who have a user profile set up can access any shares to which they have privileges on the NSS storage using CIFS/SMB or FTP . T o access the NSS storage usin ...

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    47 Chapter 4: Accessing Network Storage UNIX/Linux Users: Accessing Storage through FTP Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 4 UNIX/Linux Users: Accessi ng Storage through F TP UNIX and Linux users who have a user profi le set up can access any shares to which they hav e privileges on the NSS storag e using NFS or F TP . T o access the NSS storage using ...

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    48 Chapter 4: Accessing Network Storage Mac Users: Accessing Storage through FTP Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 4 Mac Users: Accessing Storage through F TP Mac users who have a user profile can access any sh ares to which they have privileges on the NSS storage using FTP . T o access the NSS storage using FTP: 1. Open your F TP client application. 2 ...

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    49 Chapter 5: LEDs Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 5 LEDs & Buttons The LEDs on the front and back of the NSS chassis help you troubleshoot a variety of conditions on the NSS---from normal operating conditions , alerts, to serious error conditions. The Reset button lets you restore the network defaults in situations wh ere you can no longer log ...

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    50 Chapter 5: LEDs Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 5 System LED (Front Panel) The System LED can be in any of the following cond itions, d epending on the current type of system error on the NSS: • Solid Y ellow: The administrator needs to look into the exact error condition through the configuration inter face as one of the followi ng has occurred ...

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    51 Chapter 5: LEDs Getting Star ted Guide Chapter 5 LAN LEDs (Front Panel) Solid Green: The LAN link is up and running at 1000 link speed, but is currently idle. Blinking Green: The LAN link is up and running at 1000 link speed and is curre ntly active. The LED flickers off with activity . Solid Y ellow: The LAN link is up and running at 10/100 lin ...

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    52 Chapter 5: LEDs Getting Sar ted Guide Chapter 5 USB LED (Front Panel) Solid Green: The USB hard/flash drive is conne c ted and is not safe to re move. Blinking Green: The USB hard/flash drive is connected and is being mounted or unmounted. Off: There is either no USB hard/flash drive co nnected to the NSS, or , if connected, the USB hard/flash d ...

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    53 Appendix A Linksys One Contact Information Network Storage Sys tem (NSS) G etting Star ted Guide Appendix A Suppor t Contact Information Linksys One Contact Information Visit Linksys online for information on th e latest products and product updates at: http://www .linksys.com Can't find information about a pr oduct you want to buy on the w ...

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