ioSafe® R4 : Disaster-proof NAS/RAID User’s Guide, ioSafe R4 /N: 900-10004-00 REV 02
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 10About This Guide Congratulations and thank you for purchasing an ioSafe disaster proof backup a
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 100Networked DVE Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters Networked DVD players and UPnP AV Media adapt
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 101Replacing a Failed Disk Locate the Failed Disk When a disk fails in your ioSafe R4 device, you
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 102On the ioSafe R4 system open up the front vent door using the four thumbscrews on the front of
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 103Fire Damage: Moderate –Deformation of plastic parts due to heat. Minor areas of discoloration
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 10410) Connect the AC power cable (P/N: 455-10370-00) to the recovery core, then connect the othe
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 105System Reset Switch The System Reset switch on the front of the ioSafe R4 next to the power bu
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 106Setup in the Info column. It may take a couple of minutes for RAIDar to display this. At this
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 107Changing User Passwords There are two ways in which user passwords can be changed in the User
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 108RAID Levels Simplified RAID can be somewhat daunting; this appendix will help simplify RAID fo
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 109RAID Level “X” (X-RAID) RAID level “X”, or X-RAID, is similar to RAID level 5, is optimized fo
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 11FrontView Advanced Control The Advanced Control mode offers the all settings available in the S
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 110Input Field Format Domain/Workgroup Name A valid domain or workgroup name must conform to the
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 111Host Expression A valid host expression is either a valid host or the common IP expression for
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 112Glossary AFP: AppleTalk Filing Protocol, is the standard way Mac OS 9 and earlier share files
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 113If You Need Help… If you have questions or you encounter problems with the setup, you can visi
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 12 At the furthest bottom is the status bar with the date button which doubles its duty as a cloc
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 13Move the mouse cursor over the LED to display more information on the device, or click on it to
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 14Network Ethernet The Ethernet tab allows you to specify network interface-specific settings. In
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 15Note If you elect to assign the IP address using DHCP, it is advisable to set the lease time on
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 16Warning Do not enable VLAN support unless you are sure your clients also support VLAN. Otherwi
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 17Global Network Settings ► HOSTNAME The Hostname you specify is used to advertise the ioSafe R
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 18If you had selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet tab, the domain name server fields will be
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 19DHCP The DHCP tab allows this device to act as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) ser
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 2CONGRATULATIONS! This product represents the latest in disaster proof computer equipment. This s
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 20Route The Route tab is available if you have two or more network interfaces (Ethernet or Wirele
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 21Security Admin Password The Admin Password tab allows you to change the admin user password. T
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 22Security Mode Selection The ioSafe R4 device offers three security options for your network env
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 23Note The FrontView management system will slow down in proportion to the number of users in the
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 24Note Private user shares are only accessible by users using CIFS (Windows) or AppleTalk file pr
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 25► MANAGING GROUPS To add a new group, click on the Add Group tab if it is not already selected.
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 26After adding your groups, you can view or change your groups by clicking on the alphabetical in
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 27Here, you can upload a CSV (Comma Separated Value) formatted file containing the group account
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 28► MANAGING USERS To manage user accounts, select the Manage users option in the drop-down box.
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 29 Here, you can upload a CSV (Comma Separated Value) formatted file containing the user account
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 3 Appendix A Limited Warranty Statement Warranty Services End User Limited Product Warranty ioS
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 30In this example, user barney will have password set to 23stone, belongs to the default group, w
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 31Domain Security Mode ► DOMAIN/ADS AUTHENTICATION If you choose the Domain security mode option,
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 32If you have a large number of users in your domain, you may need to deselect the Display users
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 33Services The Services menu allows you to manage various services for share access. This in eff
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 34 CIFS (Common Internet File Service). Sometimes referred to as SMB. This protocol is used mai
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 35 SquezeCenter (SlimServer) provides music streaming to the popular Squeezebox music players
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 36 Home Media Streaming Server provides streaming of videos, music, and pictures to popular netw
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 37Volumes Volume Management The ioSafe R4 consists of two RAID volume technologies – Flex-RAID, u
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 38► DELETING A VOLUME To delete a volume, click on the volume tab of the volume you wish to delet
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 39► ADDING A VOLUME You will then be presented with the Add Volume tab listing the available conf
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 4 LIMITATION OF REMEDIES YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IS LIMITED TO THE REPAIR
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 40allocate enough space for worse case as the snapshot becomes unusable when its reserved space r
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 41 We can also remove a disk from the volume by clicking on the Remove button. The volume will s
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 42► X-RAID HAS ONE DATA VOLUME X-RAID devices only have one data volume. This volume encompasses
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 43Once you get the completion notification for the 4th disk, reboot the ioSafe R4. During boot,
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 44Specify the frequency and the days that you wish to schedule a snapshot. A start and end-time
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 45 You can also specify how long a snapshot should last. If you will be using snapshots for back
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 46You can traverse a snapshot share just as you would a normal share except that the snapshot sha
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 47 The process of resizing the snapshot space can take awhile depending on your data volume size
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 48 Partitions on the storage devices must be one of the following file system formats: FAT32
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 49can be retained using this format whereas this capability is not there with FAT32. Although no
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 5 ioSafe Disaster Recovery Service Terms and Conditions As applicable during the warranty period
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 50Shares The Shares menu provides all the options pertaining to share services for the ioSafe R4
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 51 In either case, you can add up to five shares at a time. Once you finish adding the shares, y
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 52 If you want to delete a share, click on the checkbox to the far right of the share listing and
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 53that are granted read/write permission, or (3) access is disabled except for one or more users
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 54In this tab, you can select the default access at the top and optionally specify the host(s) th
► SETTING SHARE ACCESS IN USER AND DOMAIN MODES In User or Domain modes, the same tab would look as follows (note the addition of read-only and write-
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 56Share Access Restriction If you wish to limit share access to particular users and/or groups, y
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 57 You can specify how long to keep the files in the Recycle Bin and how large the Recycle Bin ca
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 58► ADVANCED OPTIONS The Advanced Options tab offers advanced low-level file manipulation options
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 59USB Shares USB storage devices are shared using the name of the device appended by the partitio
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 6Contents About This Guide 10 1 FrontView Advanced Control 11 Network 14 Ethernet 14 ► Speed/D
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 60Printers The ioSafe R4 device supports automatic recognition of USB printers. If you have not
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 61Double-click the printer icon to assign a Windows driver. IPP Printing The ioSafe R4 also suppo
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 62Backup The Backup manager integrated with the ioSafe R4 allows the ioSafe R4 to act as a backup
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 63 ► STEP 1 – SELECT BACKUP SOURCE The backup source can be located remotely or it can be a pub
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 64 Windows/NAS (Archive Bit) – select this if you wish to backup a share from a Windows PC. Inc
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 65With a remote source, you may need to enter a login and password to access the share. If you a
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 66 Schedule full backup First, select when you want full backups to be performed. You can elect
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 67Change ownership of backup files The Backup Manager attempts to maintain original file ownershi
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 68Click View Logs to check a detailed status of the backup. Click Clear Logs to clear the cur
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 69System To set up and manage your ioSafe R4 system effectively, review the settings in the foll
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 7Services 33 Standard File Protocols 33 Streaming Services 34 Discovery Services 36 Volumes 37
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 70Alerts ► ALERTS CONTACTS The Contacts tab allows you to specify up to three email addresses whe
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 71► ALERTS SETTINGS This ioSafe R4 device has been pre-configured with mandatory and optional ale
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 72► SNMP If you utilize a SNMP management system such as HP OpenView or CA UniCenter to monitor d
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 73► SMTP The ioSafe R4 system has a built-in email message transfer agent (MTA) that is set up to
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 74Performance If you wish to tweak the system performance, select the Performance tab in the Syst
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 75The Optimize for OS X option provides the best performance in Mac OS X environments when connec
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 76Language The Language tab offers the option of setting the ioSafe R4 device to the appropriate
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 77It is best to select the appropriate language based on the region that this device will operate
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 78 Simply click Check for Update to check for updates on the ioSafe update server. If you wish t
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 79► LOCAL UPDATE When the ioSafe R4 device is not connected to the Internet, or Internet access i
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 8Viewing the Backup Schedule 67 Programming the Backup Button 68 Viewing the Backup Log 68 Edi
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 80► SETTINGS If you do have reliable Internet connection, you can enable the automatic update che
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 81 Warning Resetting to Factory Default will erase everything, including data shares, volume(s),
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 82Power Management The ioSafe R4 offers a couple of power management options to reduce the system
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 83Note Enabling disk spin-down will disable journal mode. Once enabled, if you decide to disable
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 84Shutdown The Shutdown tab offers the option to power-off or reboot the ioSafe R4 device. You h
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 85Status The Status page consists of the Health and Logs tabs providing system status information
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 86 Logs The Logs tab provides status information of management tasks along with a timestamp. The
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 87Accessing Shares This chapter presents examples of how shares on the ioSafe R4 device can be ac
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 88Windows To see a share listing under Windows, either click Browse in RAIDar or enter \\hostname
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 89MAC OS X To access the same share over AFP with OS X, select Network from the Finder Go menu.
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 9FTP / FTPS 98 Rsync 99 Networked DVE Players and UPnP AV Media Adapters 100 3 Replacing a Fai
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 90 Double-click on the hostname icon to display the share listing. In Share security mode, simpl
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 91Select the Share you would like to view. AFP over AppleTalk If you had chosen to advertise your
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 92Select Guest and then the share you wish to connect to, and click OK. In Share security mode,
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 93MAC OS 9 To access the same share under Mac OS 9, select Connect to Server from the Finder menu
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 94You should see the same files in the share that you do under Windows Explorer.
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 95Linux/Unix To access this share from a Linux or Unix client, you will need to mount the share o
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 96Web Browser To access the same share using a web browser, enter http://ipaddr in the browser ad
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 97If the share access is read-only, the file manager will only display: If the share is also wri
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 98FTP / FTPS To access the share via FTP in Share security mode, use “anonymous” as the login and
P/N: 900-10004-00 REV 02 USER GUIDE, IOSAFE R4 99Rsync Access to the share via rsync is identical regardless of the security mode. If you had s
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