Storageflex 3945N manuel d'utilisation

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Tout d'abord, le manuel d’utilisation Storageflex 3945N devrait contenir:
- informations sur les caractéristiques techniques du dispositif Storageflex 3945N
- nom du fabricant et année de fabrication Storageflex 3945N
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- signes de sécurité et attestations confirmant la conformité avec les normes pertinentes

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Habituellement, cela est dû au manque de temps et de certitude quant à la fonctionnalité spécifique de l'équipement acheté. Malheureusement, la connexion et le démarrage Storageflex 3945N ne suffisent pas. Le manuel d’utilisation contient un certain nombre de lignes directrices concernant les fonctionnalités spécifiques, la sécurité, les méthodes d'entretien (même les moyens qui doivent être utilisés), les défauts possibles Storageflex 3945N et les moyens de résoudre des problèmes communs lors de l'utilisation. Enfin, le manuel contient les coordonnées du service Storageflex en l'absence de l'efficacité des solutions proposées. Actuellement, les manuels d’utilisation sous la forme d'animations intéressantes et de vidéos pédagogiques qui sont meilleurs que la brochure, sont très populaires. Ce type de manuel permet à l'utilisateur de voir toute la vidéo d'instruction sans sauter les spécifications et les descriptions techniques compliquées Storageflex 3945N, comme c’est le cas pour la version papier.

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Tout d'abord, il contient la réponse sur la structure, les possibilités du dispositif Storageflex 3945N, l'utilisation de divers accessoires et une gamme d'informations pour profiter pleinement de toutes les fonctionnalités et commodités.

Après un achat réussi de l’équipement/dispositif, prenez un moment pour vous familiariser avec toutes les parties du manuel d'utilisation Storageflex 3945N. À l'heure actuelle, ils sont soigneusement préparés et traduits pour qu'ils soient non seulement compréhensibles pour les utilisateurs, mais pour qu’ils remplissent leur fonction de base de l'information et d’aide.

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    Storageflex 3945N NAS RAID Manual Version 5.3 www.Storage fl ex.com ©2004, Storag e flex Inc. All Rights Re served[...]

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    Administrator Guide 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ........................................................................................................................ .4 ABOUT THIS GUIDE ..................................................................................................... 4 WHO SHOULD USE THIS GUIDE................................[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 3 OBTAINING AN IP ADDRESS FROM A DHCP SERVER ..................................... 45 SETTING A STATIC IP ADDRESS ............................................................................ 46 CONFIGURING NIC TEAMING................................................................................ 47 THE WAYS TO AUTHENTICATE USE[...]

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    Administrator Guide 4 Preface About this Guide This Administrator Gu ide, with respect to the user in terface, is focused on the JAVA bas ed managem ent tool, A pplian ceView. Who should use this g uide Thi s Administrator Gu ide is written for the Administrator of a Storage fl ex-enabled NAS Appliance. This guide assume s that you have some knowle[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 5 Ownership The Softw are is owned a nd copyright ed by Stora ge fl ex I nc. or its third party suppliers. Your licen se confers no title o r ownership in t he Softw are and is not a sale of any rights in the S oftware. Storage fl ex Inc.'s third party suppliers may protect their rights in the event of any violation of the[...]

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    Administrator Guide 6 Export Require ments You acknowledge that the licensed Software is subject to the ex port control laws and regulations of the U.S.A., and any amendments thereof. You confirm that you m ay not export or re-export the Soft ware or any copy or adaptation to any countries th at are subject to U.S.A. export restrictions . To do so [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 7 5. THE REM EDIES IN THI S WARRANTY STA TEMENT AR E YOUR SOLE AND EXC LUSIV E REM EDIES. EXCEPT AS INDICA TED ABOVE, IN NO EVENT WILL S TORAGEF LEX INC. BE LIAB LE FOR LO SS OF DATA OR FOR DIRECT, S PECIAL, INC IDENTAL, CO NSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING LOS T PROFIT), OR OTHER DAM AGE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRAC T, TORT, OR OTHERWIS E. [...]

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    Administrator Guide 8 1 About Storagefle x 3945N NAS RAID Over vi ew Storage fl ex Software A St or ag e fl ex NAS Appliance enables cross-platform file sharing for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX us ers. Storage fl ex serv er software is the engine th at drives your ne t work at tac hed sto rage ap plia nce. Setup, conf igur atio n, a nd ma nage ment [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 9 Storage fl ex 3945N NA S RA ID Softw are Feature s • XFS Journalin g File System • The Linux 2.4.21 kernel • Supports the fol lowing n etwork prot ocols: NF S (Un ix), SMB/CIFS (Windows ) and AFP (A pple), and F TP • Available in English, Japanese, French, Tr aditional Chinese, and German versions • Hardware an d So[...]

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    Administrator Guide 10 2 Connecting Appliances to the Network Installation This section explains ho w to add ne w Appliances to your network. The Appliance installs i n three si mple step s. 1. Co nnect t he a ppl iance t o yo ur net wor k and to p ower 2. Co nfigur e t he ap plia nce for your net wor k 3. Locate the appliance on your network Conne[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 11 Locating the Appliance on your network The default name of a new App liance is AW xxxxxx , w here xxxxxx is the last six digits of the MAC (Media Ac cess Control) addr ess of the network card installed in the appliance. Note DHCP server may a ssi gn ot her names t o a ne wly-i nsta lled Ap plia nce. To locate the appliance, [...]

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    Administrator Guide 12 - From Terminal console, ch ange directory to th e place where ApplianceView is in stalled: cd ~/Applications/Appliance Vie w - La unch the macrouter.sh script: ./macrouter.sh - Type in y our OS X passw ord (the same one that y ou use to log onto you r Mac), if prom pted. Please note that you should have the right to adminis [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 13 3 Configuring New App liances About A pplianceVi ew With ApplianceView, you can access all the Storage fl ex NAS A ppliances on your network through a single manag ement t ool. Applian ceView ins talls on any Window s, Linux, or Mac OS X based com puter. Installing Ap plianceVie w on Client PCs Instal l Applian ceView on any[...]

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    Administrator Guide 14 Launching ApplianceView Launc h Ap pli anceV ie w whe neve r you want to c han ge the c o nfig urati on o r chec k the st atus of an Appl iance on y our network. To launch ApplianceView: • On Linux, laun ch the X terminal console, change directory to the one where ApplianceView is in stalled, and type ./ApplianceView . • [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 15 Searching for remote appliances You can locate rem ote Storage fl ex appliances by their IP address or their URL . A search f or a remote appliance will succeed only if your network is properly configured to reach th e subnet that the appliance is on. To locate a remote appliance by the IP address: 1. From th e ApplianceView[...]

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    Administrator Guide 16 Locating Appliances that do not show up initially On Windows systems, route a ddition is done b y Route Helper application located under the sa me p rogr am group in Sta rt Me nu as t he N AS Ma nager itse lf. On Linux and Mac OS X, you will be prom pted f or you r passw ord in order to perform changes in route t ables. Pleas[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 17 Configuri ng a New Appliance with Setup Wizard The Applia nce Setup Wi zard guides y ou through f ive conf iguration s teps for the Appliance: 1. Serial num ber registration 2. Naming the Appliance 3. Co nfi guri ng Ne twor k (op tio nal) 4. Verifying the date and t ime 5. Assi gning a n ad ministrat ive p asswor d • After[...]

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    Administrator Guide 18 2 Naming the appliance • Give the appliance a name of 15 characters or less so th at all clients on the network can locate the appliance. The applian ce name may not con tain any no n-E ngli sh characters. • Click Next to proceed to the next s tep.[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 19 3 Configuring Network (optional) • Specify an IP address, s ubnet mask, an d default gateway for your Appliance if needed, oth erwise leave everything unchang ed. Please refer to chapter 5, “Configuri ng Network S ettings” f or details on how t o configure ot her netwo rk se tti ngs of your Ap pli ance. • Click Next [...]

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    Administrator Guide 20 4 Veri fying the date an d time • Verify the date, the time, and the time zone f or your appliance. • Click Next to proceed to the next s tep.[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 21 5 Assigning a passwo rd and Administrative SMTP Configuration • Assign an admin istrative password for th e appliance. The appliance i s sh ipped with a default passw ord setting ( “ADMIN” ). Choose a secure password that you will remember easily. You will use this password in the future to view or change configuration[...]

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    Administrator Guide 22 Logging On a Configur ed Appliance Log on a n ap plia nce to chec k i ts stat us or c hange its c onfi gur atio n. Yo ur connection is auto matically terminated after 15 minutes of inactivity. To log on to an appliance using ApplianceVie w: 1. Launch ApplianceView. ApplianceView Starts. 2. Double-click the appliance you want [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 23 4 Managin g Applia nce Setti ngs Configuri ng the Appliance to Use a UPS If a su pported UPS is con nected to the s erver via s erial cable, UPS m onitoring can be turned on. When UPS monitoring is on, the server will auto matically perform a safe shutdown in case the UPS batter y level becomes critical in a po w er outage. [...]

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    Administrator Guide 24 Managing Users Locally If users are au thenticated locally on the applian ce, add, delete, or edit user informat ion through Users & Groups on the Main Menu . To a dd a new use r: 1. Clic k Security o n th e m ain men u . 2. Clic k Us ers tab. The User M anage me nt scre en o pens. 3. Clic k Add on the User Management scr[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 25 To edit user information: 1. Clic k Security . 2. Clic k Users tab. 3. Select the user: 4. Left click on the n ame of the user and then click Edit . 5. Change th e user's des cription and/ or passw ord. 6. Clic k Accept . The information for the s elected user is modified. To create NFS mappings for an ex isting user 1.[...]

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    Administrator Guide 26 To create SMB mappings for an existing user 1. Clic k Security on the ma in me nu . 2. Click on the SM B M appings tab. The Mappings window opens. 3. Select user i con f rom the combo box. 4. Pick Loca l or NIS user from a combo box , and th en corresponding Samba user. 5. P ress the Add button. 6. If you'd like to delet[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 27 To r emove a user: 1. Clic k Security , located on the Main Menu. 2. Clic k Users tab. • Select the user • Left click on the n ame of the user. 3. Clic k Remove . A conf irmation dialog opens . 4. Clic k OK to remove the user. The user is remov ed from the list of users who can access this applian ce. Managing Groups Loc[...]

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    Administrator Guide 28 The Group Maint enance win do w opens. 3. Enter th e name and descri ption f or the grou p. 4. In the Network Users list, select each user you want to add to the grou p. 5. Clic k >> to ad d the users to the Group Me mbers list. 6. Clic k Accept . T he users are added to the grou p. To edit group infor mation: 1. Clic k[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 29 5. P ress the Add button. If you'd like to delete host entr ies then select them a nd click on the R emove button . The mappi ng is fi nished. To r emove a gro up: 1. Clic k Security , located on the Main Menu. 2. Clic k Gr oups tab . 3. Select the grou p 4. Left cli ck on the name of the group. 5. Clic k Remove . A con[...]

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    Administrator Guide 30 5. Delete the name, type in a new name for th e share, and press the <Enter> key. 6. Right-click newly- created folder, and pick Share this folder from popup menu. The new share h as been created. To change permission s for a share or folder us ing ApplianceView: 1. Clic k Folders & S haring , located on the Main Me[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 31 5. Modify the permissions for the sh are as desired. 6. To add users an d grou ps to th e Authorized Us ers list click Add button . Select Users or Croups w indow opens. Note At the screenshot abov e, the term “OTHERS” means all other users and g roups on A ppliance. T hus , permitting full access to OTHERS, you are actu[...]

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    Administrator Guide 32 To rename a sh are using ApplianceView: 1. Clic k Folders & S haring , located on the Main Menu. 2. Ri ght cl ick o n the name of the shar e yo u want t o c hange . 3. Select Rename current folder . 4. A cursor appears at the end of the current share name. 5. D elete the c urre nt na me, t ype in t he ne w na me and pr e[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 33 To r ena me a fold er usi n g App lianc eVie w: 1. Clic k Folders & S haring , located on the Main Menu. 2. Browse to the desi red folder. 3. Right click on the sh are that you want to create a f older under. 4. Select Rename current folder . 5. A cursor appears at the end of the current folder name. 6. D elete the c urr[...]

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    Administrator Guide 34 Monitori ng the A ppli ance In the Status screen you can view the space available on each drive partition and check which users are currently connected. Checking the Status of the A ppliance To view the disk space inf ormation in ApplianceView: 1. Clic k St atus , located on the Main Menu. Select the Usage tab at the top of t[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 35 Checking User Connections to the A ppliance Use the Refresh button to get the most recent list of user connections to th e appliance. The administrator is not included in this list. To view the us er connections in ApplianceView: 1. Clic k St atus , located on the left side of the screen. 2. Click the Active User s tab at th[...]

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    Administrator Guide 36 Viewing Settings of the Appliance The appliance’s cu rrent settings are display ed on this screen. To chan ge these settings, click Setting s on the main menu. To view the appliance’s settings in ApplianceView: 1. Clic k St atus , located on the left side of the screen. 2. Click the Sett ings tab at the to p of the s cree[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 37 Viewing Logs of the Appliance To view event logs of the a pp liance 's ma nage me nt en gine: 1. From th e ApplianceView menu, click Status . 2. Select the Log Viewer tab at the t op of th e screen.[...]

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    Administrator Guide 38 Monitori ng Hardware Status of the Appliance It is possible to m onitor the status of ha rdware sensors of an Appliance if they’re available (for ex ample, system temperature, voltage, fan speed, etc.). To check status 1. Click M aintena nce . 2. Click M onito ring tab. 3. Pick the desired s ensor from the tree on the left.[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 39 Monitoring for th e appropriate s ensor i s turned on . To disable m onit oring 1. Click M aintena nce . 2. Click M onito ring tab. 3. Pick the desired s ensor from the tree on the left. 4. Uncheck the Enable monitoring checkbox. 5. Click Set . Monitoring for th e appropriate s ensor i s turned off . To set specific descript[...]

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    Administrator Guide 40 Changing the administrative pass word Note Non-English characters are not allowed as part of an administrative passw ord To change the administrative passw ord: 1. Clic k M ainte nance , located on th e Main Menu. 2. Click the Admini st rati on tab. 3. Enter the current password and the new administrative informatio n: 4. Ent[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 41 8. Enter a name of administrative SNMP server to send SNMP messag es through it. 9. Clic k Accept to co mmit the changes . Note If you want to keep yo ur admini strator and root pass words in s ync, check the Synchronize wit h root passw ord checkbox bef ore apply ing changes . Note You may te st if your SMT P/SNMP servers s[...]

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    Administrator Guide 42 Shutting Down an Appliance Important You are admin istering a server that is des igned to remain on m ost of the time. If y ou really want to turn the appliance off, be sure no users are conn ected. To shut down an appliance: • Click Shut down Applia nce , located on the Main Menu. • If you want to turn the appliance of f[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 43 5 Configuring Advance d Settings Changes to Advanced Settings Incorrectly changing advanced settings described belo w may negatively affect the perform ance of your appl iance or m ay compromis e the security of your ne twork. Be sure you know how to properly change thes e settings before proceeding . Name and DNS You can ch[...]

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    Administrator Guide 44 Applia nce N ame To change the name of the Appliance: 1. Clic k Netw orking , located on the Main Menu. 2. Click the Na me/DNS tab. 3. Change the Appliance Name as desired. Give the appliance a nam e of 15 characters or less . 4. Clic k Accept to update the configuration. Network Domain If your net wor k uses d o main mode , [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 45 More Netw orking Each Applia nce on the n etwork needs an IP (Intern et Protoc ol) address. Appliances con taining tw o or more NICs (network interf aces cards), can hav e multiple IP addr esses There are two methods of assig ning an IP address to an appliance: using a DHCP server to autom atically assign the appliance an IP[...]

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    Administrator Guide 46 To have the Appliance automatically obtain an IP address : 1. Clic k Netw orking , located on the Main Menu. 2. Click the NICs tab. 3. Select the interface eth0: 4. Click the eth0 tab. 5. Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server . 6. Clic k Accept . Your appliance is n ow configured to receive its IP address a utomatica[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 47 Configuring NI C Teaming (IP Failover) You can include sev eral network interface cards into on e with NIC Teaming (the so-called IP Failover). T his should increase network connection stabilit y since the idea of IP Failover is to h ave an array of network interf ace cards with the same IP address, and w hen on e card fails[...]

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    Administrator Guide 48 The Wa y s To Authenticate Users And Groups (Security Modes) By de faul t, user sec urit y is manage d lo call y on t he Appl ianc e. E ver yone on your network has access to th e appliance immediately after installation. The Security tab allows you to change from this local mode to native mode (authenticate Users and Groups [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 49 Authenticate Users and Groups against your Active Directory Services (Native Mode) If the Appliance au thenticates users and groups against your Active Directory Services , users and g roups must be added, m odified, an d deleted on Activ e Directory server, not through ApplianceView. In addition, you will not be able to vie[...]

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    Administrator Guide 50 The meth od of security is chang ed. Make chang es to users and groups through the Active Directory Services. Do not m anage user s and group s through ApplianceView, except for the UID/GID mapping information whic h is NFS- related, an d, thus , cannot be man aged through Active Directory Services. Authenticate Users and Gro[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 51 To authent icate users and g roups agains t primary dom ain control ler: 1. Clic k Security , located on the Main Menu. 2. Select Securi ty Mode: 3. Click the Mode s tab. 4. Select Mixed mode . 5. Enter the names of your NT Do main Name (but not DN S d omain na me) , Primary Domain Controller and y our WINS Server in the app[...]

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    Administrator Guide 52 Authenticate Users and Groups against LDAP server (LDAP Mode) In LDA P mode, you are able to m anage users and g roups via Applian ceView. Please note that you can configure your Appliance to act as LDAP server itself. To authenticate users against LDAP server: 1. Clic k Security , located on the Main Menu. 2. Clic k Mode s t[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 53 If you are us ing external LDAP server, y ou should create Samba schema for it first. In case you’re using the Appliance itself to act as LDAP server, this s chema will be created automatically after you enable LDA P server function of the Appliance (please see “Configuring LDAP s erver” below). Schema fi les for v ari[...]

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    Administrator Guide 54 To manage us ers and g roups with ApplianceView : 1. Clic k Security , located on the Main Menu. 2. Select Securi ty Mode: 3. Click the Mode s tab. 4. Select Local mode . 5. Enter the name of your Workgroup in the appropriate field. 6. Config ure WINS Support: 7. Clic k Neither to turn off WINS s upport 8. Clic k WINS Server [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 55 Macintosh/UNI X/FTP Support The Applian ce can be conf igured to support file s haring with Macintos h and UNIX /Lin ux user s on your ne twor k. Ma cinto sh a nd UNI X/L inux users share file s on th e appliance th rough AFP (A ppleTalk Fi ling Protocol ), NFS (Network F ile Syst em), and FTP, (F ile Trans fer Protocol ) re[...]

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    Administrator Guide 56 Enabling UNIX Support To enable UNIX s upport: 1. Clic k Netw orking , located on the Main Menu. 2. Select Mac/Unix. 3. Click the Mac/ U ni x tab. 4. Select Enable UNIX Networking (NFS) . 5. Clic k Accept . Unix users an d other NFS users can now conn ect to the appliance. Enabling FTP Support To enable F TP support : 1. Clic[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 57 Large Network Settings You can conf igure your Appliance to acces s other subn ets of the netw ork. Large Network s ettings can on ly be us ed when the applia nce has a stati c IP address. If the appliance obtains its IP address from a DHCP server, th e Large Network settings are automatically con figured with no entries. To[...]

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    Administrator Guide 58 Configuri ng LDAP Server It is possible to set up your Appliance to act as LDAP server. This w ill allo w to store information about users in a LDAP database and connec t to it from miscellaneous clie nts, including the Appliance itsel f. To set up LDAP server 1. Clic k Security . 2. Clic k LDAP Server tab. 3. Enter Na me of [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 59 To star t LDAP se rver Note You sh ould configure LDA P server properly before s tarting it u p. 1. Clic k Security . 2. Clic k LDAP Server tab. 3. Clic k St art . Light color change s to green. LDAP serv er is started. To sto p LDAP serve r 1. Clic k Security . 2. Clic k LDAP Server tab. 3. Clic k St op . Light color ch ang[...]

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    Administrator Guide 60 Configuri ng NIS To start NIS service on A ppliance and locate master servers autom atically 1. Clic k Security . 2. Click the Mode s tab. 3. Clic k NIS mode radio button. 4. Type in N IS Domain name into the appropriate field. 5. Check the Broadcast m od e checkbox in order to enable bro adcast m ode. 6. Clic k Apply . NIS s[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 61 4. Type in N IS Domain name into the appropriate field. 5. Clic k Add . 6. Type in IP address of master serv er, and cli ck OK . 7. If you need to delete master server entry, click Remove . 8. Clic k Apply . NIS service is res tarted using the param eters supplied. Polic y Management Po licy Ma nage ment i s used to simpli f[...]

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    Administrator Guide 62 Availabl e Conditions Conditions are u sed to specify when a rule should be executed. Cu rrently, th e following conditions are available. • Fan Speed is us ed to specify the s peed of a CPU fan, in R PM. • Snapshot Fill is u sed to specify snapshot fill percentage. • Time Period is used to specify a period of tim e, st[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 63 • RAID Status is used to specify a RAID which ma y fail. • Disk Inserte d is used to sp ecify the new HDD insertion. • Disk Lost is used to specify the disk cras h. • Voltage is us ed to specify CPU and I/O Voltage value s.[...]

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    Administrator Guide 64 Availabl e Actions Actions are u sed to perform specific actions at certain time. Below is a list of available actions. • Send Email is us ed to send e-mail messages when actio n is activated.[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 65 • Send Event is used to send messages when action is activated. • Send SNMP is u sed to send SNMP messages when action is activated. • Snapshot Incr ease is u sed to increase snapshot in size when action is activated. You shou ld also select temporary disk that will be u sed at the time of operation .[...]

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    Administrator Guide 66 • Sync Snapshot is used to synchronize snapshot when action is activated. • Sync System is used to sync hroni ze vol ume s of two syste ms on the network when action is activated. You shou ld select the desired volume on each applian ce. To specify Appliances located on rem ote network, you should click the Search for Rem[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 67 Available Roles Role is like some kind of description. Currently , there are two roles: Monitor ing and Stor age . They are used only to describe to which class one would like a new rule to assign. Managing Policy Rules To add new rule: 1. Clic k Policy , located on the main menu. 2. Clic k New rule wizard button at the t op[...]

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    Administrator Guide 68 13. C lick to move conditions from t he list of available ones. Click up and down buttons to arrange the list of selected conditio ns. 14. Fill in required fields for sp ecific condition. 15. Select ru le list ty pe using appropriate radio but ton at bot tom of t he list. 16. C lick Next to proceed to the next step, or pick m[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 69 To edit existing conditio n: 1. Clic k Policy , located on the main menu. 2. Click desired co ndition from the tree view on the right. 3. Clic k Edit condition w izard bu tton from toolbar at th e top of th e screen. 4. Wizard w indow opens . 5. Adjust conditio ns list. 6. Click Ok. Condition is edited . To edit existing act[...]

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    Administrator Guide 70 Updating Applia nce via Web There is a possibilit y to update server software of your Appliance using the remote repository on the Web. This sh ould work in m ost cases even if you are behind firewall. Updating Appliance via Web is the most easy way to install recent security fixes, for example. Your applian ce vendor s hould[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 71 To update y our Appli ance using direct Internet conn ection: 1. Clic k M ainte nance . 2. Clic k Upda te tab. 3. Type in Repository address on the web. 4. Type in repository Login an d Passw ord . 5. Clic k Upda te . Update w as starte d. To up dat e your Appli ance usi ng Pr oxy se rver : 1. Clic k M ainte nance . 2. Clic [...]

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    Administrator Guide 72 Troubleshooti ng the Appliance When y ou observe s trange behavi our of y our appliance, or y ou see th at some add- on cards do n ot work properly, y ou shou ld use th e Troubleshooti ng feat ure of ApplianceView. Note: If you believe that e-mailing any appliance con figuration files co mpromises your security , please read [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 73 To disable debug logs o f the app lianc e's manage ment en gine : 1. From th e ApplianceView menu, click Status . 2. Select the Trouble shooting tab at the bottom of the screen. 3. Click the Di sable button, the light color (green) on the left should change to red. It means that logs are disabled. To enable or disable d[...]

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    Administrator Guide 74 What is inside the configu ration snapshot: 1. Netw ork configu ration (host and dom ain names , gat eway, gateway device and IP address es of an appliance). 2. Inform ation about applian ce shares and UID/ GID mapping s. 3. M anage me nt engi ne s tatu s an d de bug lo g file s. 4. Kern el m odules conf iguration file. 5. A [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 75 6 Configuring Storage Settings Managi ng RA ID Thr ough Appli ance Vie w, yo u can c reat e, ed it, deco nstruc t, a nd vie w a R AID. Availabl e RAID levels Three types of RAID configurations are available for the data partition. T hese RAID levels can be us ed on a multi-drive applian ce, whether or not a hardw are RAID ca[...]

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    Administrator Guide 76 Volume Management This chapter explains how to control your Appliance Volume settings. As you can see above, there are s everal RAID levels pos sible to use. But Volume Management is not limited to RAID creation only. Belo w you may learn about other w ays to conf igure storage s ettings of y our Applian ce. Click Storage on [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 77 RAIDs Creating RAIDs You can create RAIDs from disks or p artitions. 1. Click the right mouse button on the Storage icon. 2. Select Create RAID f rom the popup m enu . 3. Select disks or partitions you would like to add into R AID. 4. Pick RAID leve l from a combo box. 5. Click the Acce pt button. Note that there is no possi[...]

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    Administrator Guide 78 Deleting RAIDs You can easily delete any of the RAIDs by selecting Delete popup m enu item. If there is an LVM that is built on the RAID being deleted , it will be deleted along wit h R AID . RAID Propert ies To find out what partitions and disks a RAID is based on se e the Components tab of its properties dialo g. Double-cli[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 79 Please note that you can also si mply drag and drop disks, partitions or RAIDs to the LVM icon in order to edit LVM contents. Deleting LVMs You can easily delete any of the LVMS by selecting Delete menu item in its popup m enu. LVMs Properti es Another way to control what an LVM consists of is to use its pr operties dialog. [...]

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    Administrator Guide 80 In addition, there is an ability to merg e regions (just drag & dr op regions to merge them) or: 1. Click the right mouse button on the Regi on icon. 2. Select Merge... f rom th e popup m enu. 3. P ick r egions you would like t o merge. 4. Click the Acce pt button. Note It is poss ible to m erge only non-occupied reg ions[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 81 Logical Volumes (LVs) Creating Logical Volumes (LVs) LVs can be created from disks, partitions, RAIDs, or regions. 1. Click th e right mouse bu tton on t he desired object n ame or ic on. 2. Select Create L V from th e popup me nu. Deleting LVs You can easily delete any of the LVs by selecting the Delete popup m enu it em. L[...]

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    Administrator Guide 82 Snapshots Creating Snapshots Snapshots can be created from disks, partitions, RAIDs, or regions. 1. Click th e right mouse bu tton on t he desired object i con. 2. Select Create Snapshot from the popu p menu. 3. Select disks, pa rtitions, or RAIDs you would like to place sn apshot onto. 4. Click the Acce p t button. Snaps hot[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 83 Clustering Clustering is used to increase sto rage stability and/or increase to tal available storage si ze. Clustering requires at least tw o servers to be pres ent on the network . Three ty pes of clusteri ng are support ed in St orage fl ex s oftware. • Multihost Failover is used to increase storage stability on t he ne[...]

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    Administrator Guide 84 Note For clustering, it is required to have at least two NICs in each server that is participating in the cluster. One NIC will be used for data transfer, anoth er one will be used for in ter-server communication (“heartbeating”). It is requ ired that data NICs should be connected to one subnet while heartbeating NIC s sh[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 85 7. Clic k OK . 8. Type in administ rator passw ords for each Appliance when prompted, an d click OK . The cluster is built. At this mome nt, all the slave servers should disappear from the ApplianceView . They all are now part of one cluster.[...]

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    Administrator Guide 86 7 Using the Appliance Naming Folder s Use th e following conv entions when naming folders that w ill be shared w i th users of Win dows 95/98/ NT/2000/ XP or Macintos h: • Use any combination of num bers, letters, spaces, dash es, underscores, and apostrophes . • Limit folder nam es to 255 characters or less f or Window s[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 87 Finding appliances w ith Find Computer To locate the Appliance using Find Computer: 1. From the Windows Start menu, choos e Find , and then click Co mputer . The Find C omputer dialog box opens : 2. Type the name or IP addres s of th e Appliance in the entry field. The defaul t name of an appliance i s AWxxxxxx , where xxxxx[...]

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    Administrator Guide 88 Working fr om a Macintosh Computer Note This version of Storage fl ex software supports Mac OS X 10. 1.2, 10.1.5, and better based com puters, as well as Mac OS 9 on es. The Appliance is ready for use as soon as it is installed on your netw ork. If necessary, the adminis trator may limit access to files to particular us ers o[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 89 Connecting through the Finder (Mac OS X) To connect to the Applian ce: 1. Select Go , and then Connect to server… from th e Finder menu, or press the Apple+K on the keyboard. 2. Pick Appliance from the list. 3. Log on the appliance, either as a guest (with out password) or w ith your user n ame and passw ord. 4. Select th [...]

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    Administrator Guide 90 Working fr om a Linux Computer The Appliance is ready for use fro m clients using NFS as so on as it is installed o n your netw ork. Use the Appliance as y ou would any other driv e or server on the net work: • Connect to th e appliance by IP address an d directory path to a local mount poin t. • Create and save shared f [...]

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    Administr ator Guide 91 To view the shares available for NFS mounting 1. From a Linu x console, ty pe: show mount [appliance IP ad dress] –-expo rts <Enter > For exam ple, if th e applian ce’s IP address is 192.168.0. 230, y ou would type: showm ount 192.168.0.2 30 –- exports And th en press <Enter> Decide which share path y ou wa[...]

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    Administrator Guide 92 Appendix A: Using the On line Help Online H elp The online users guide is included with this release of Storage fl ex . Additionally, the online help is installed locall y to all computers with ApplianceVie w. View ing Onl ine Help There are two ways of accessing online help in Applian ceView • Context sens itive help : The[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 93 Appendix B: Glossary A A ctive Directory Services Activ e Directory , which is an es sentia l component of the Windows 2000 architecture, presents organizations with a directory services designed f or distr ibute d co mputer e nviro nme nts. Acti ve Dir ecto ry all ow s orga nizat ions t o centrally manage an d share informa[...]

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    Administrator Guide 94 D Default G ateway See Gateway Address Disk Segment The analogy for a disk segme nt is to a traditional disk partit ion, such as DOS, Windows, etc. Domain Na me Service ( DNS) S erver Since the Internet, as well as most Local Area Netw orks use TCP /IP, they do not unders tand domain n ames. Rath er, these n etworks on ly und[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 95 Domain A Domain is a g roup of com puters that are connected by both hardware an d software so that f iles can easily be shared betw ee n users. The key differen ce between a workgroup and a do main is that in the latter, the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) m aintains database reg arding which users and groups hav e acces s [...]

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    Administrator Guide 96 EVMS EVMS stands f or Enterprise Volum e Management System. F Folder Tree The Folder Tree is a list of all of th e folders and sh ares on the Appliance that is displayed in ApplianceVie w. The Administrator may have to double click the icon of the driv e, share, or folder to v iew other shares and f olders that are lowe r in [...]

  • Page 97

    Administr ator Guide 97 and automatically detects new Appliances as they are added to the Local Area Network (LAN). In addition, ApplianceView can be configured to view and manage Appliances outside o f the LAN, provided that they have do main names or Intern et Protocol (I P) addres ses. K Kernel The kernel is the low level fundamental part of Lin[...]

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    Administrator Guide 98 Logical Volume Manager (LV M) It is a g roup of mu ltiple physical v olumes th at are pooled int o logical v olume. M Media A ccess Control (M A C) Address The unique 12-digit alphanu meric identification number assigned to the Net work Interface Card (NIC) in the Appliance. MAC addresses are written as six sets of two number[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 99 NIS NIS stands for the Network Information Service. It allows multiple co mputers in a local area network to sh are administrative data. The data itself is stored in a cen tral database, an d then i t is distri buted over th e network. P Patch Cable See LAN cable Partition A partition is a subdivision of the physical hard dr[...]

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    Administrator Guide 100 through the hardware RAID controller. T here are several diff erent levels of RAID, each offering a different set of adv antages and dis advantages. Region An or dere d set of logi call y conti guo us sec tor s. (No te tha t in ge neral the y are not supposed t o be phys ically contigu ous). Reiser File Sy stem Reiser File S[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 101 advantages when several peripherals need to be conn ected to the bus. One advantage is that SCSI allows for up to 15 peripherals to be conn ected to each channe l, a nd sinc e mo st SCSI co ntro llers ha ve t wo cha nnel s, up to 3 0 p eriphe rals can be attach ed. Convers ely, with most motherboards , IDE only supports up [...]

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    Administrator Guide 102 TCP/IP is the protocol that m o st computers use for commun ication on the Intern et and Local Area Networks (LA Ns). TCP/IP is com prised of tw o distinct parts. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) es tablishes a conn ection with both the server and clien t e nds, an d passes data to the con nectionless Internet Protoco[...]

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    Administr ator Guide 103 created and m aintained through the Active Directory Services. User and g roup inf ormation cann ot be changed w ith ApplianceView, as well as in the Mixed Mode. Us er access rights are verified by Active Directory Services. See also: Active Directory Services. 4 Users Authenticated on the LDAP Server (LDAP Mo de) In this m[...]

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    Administrator Guide 104 Appendi x C Frequentl y Asked Questions ( FAQ)[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 1 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. Applianc eWar e 5.3 Complete FAQ[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 2 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. TA BLE OF CONTENTS What's In This Document 5 Changes Since Previous FA Q Version 6 1 Questions and A nsw ers 8 1.1 General Questions 8 1.1. 1 Wha t operati ng systems are supported by Appliance View? 8 1.1. 2 Installe r reports that [...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 3 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.3. 8 I a lready ha ve a ve rsion of Java ma chine insta lled unde r Linux. Can I avoid install ation of a dditional Java machine within Appliance View? 17 1.3. 9 I c annot vie w online help files using the Applianc eView. Browser jus t [...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 4 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. clie nt? 1.5. 3.3 My Appliance had static IP addre ss, and t hen I have cha nged it to DHC P setting. Afte r reboot, an Applianc e obta ined other host nam e. What is the reas on for this? 30 1.5. 3.4 What ranges of IP addre sses cannot b[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 5 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. What' s I n This Document? This docume nt contains ans wers on Ap plianceW are 5. 3 frequent ly aske d q uestions. H ere you can fi nd information on ho w to run A pplianceV iew 5.3, and l ocate and mana ge your Applia nces. This doc[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 6 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. Changes Since Previous FA Q Version February 24, 2004 • New ite m, 1. 5.2. 11, is a dded (Dis playing primary groups in NIS sec urity mode). • Item 1. 1.3 (The list of supported locale s) is updated . • New ite m, 1. 5.3. 4, is a dd[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 7 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. April 11, 2003 • A compl ete re-design of FAQ struct ure. • New quest ions and ans wers are included, and some obsole te ones are removed due to changes done to Applianc eView installe r. • Applianc eView questions are n ow organize[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 8 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1 Questions and A nsw ers 1.1 Gener al Questions 1.1.1 What operating systems ar e s upported by ApplianceView ? Windows 98 and 98SE, ME, NT4.0SP5 and SP6, 2000, and XP s hould be fine f or Appliance View. It also ca n be la unched on var[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb r uary 24, 2004 – Page 9 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.1.5 I have configured m y Appliance, and r ebooted it. How ever, Appliance had not disappeared f rom the list of Appliances, and subsequent logins do not wor k f or it. What should I do? • Please restart Applianc eView, and you will b[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 10 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.2 ApplianceVie w f or W indows 1.2.1 I have a Windows-based c lient c omputer. H ow do I pr oceed w ith ApplianceV iew installation? Below are the steps you sho uld w alk t hrough in order to ins tall A ppliance View unde r Windows. •[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 11 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.2.3 I have launched ApplianceView f or the fi rst time, and I cannot see my newly- installed ApplianceW are server on the list. What should I do? There can be t wo rea sons for this be haviour. • You have no D HCP s erver on the ne t.[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 12 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. cd Program FilesAp plianceView • Pass two extra c ommand-line paramet ers to Appli ance View e xecuta ble. Their values depend on the loca le t hat you wa nt to run Applia nceVie w with. Bel ow is an e xample for t he Japanes e langua[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 13 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.3 ApplianceVie w f or L inux (x86/PPC) 1.3.1 Can I install and run ApplianceView w ithout an X-Window s ystem? If not, w hat are minim al video subsystem require ments for ApplianceView ? Unfortuna tely, Applia nceVie w as well a s its [...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 14 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. NOTES a) System-wide instal lation (i.e. performed f rom root user) is no t re comme nded since it may cause misc. ac cess problems which are describe d in questi on 1.1. 6. b) A c opy of J ava Runtim e En vironment is included within the[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 15 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. perform changes in route tabl es. • Your server is on the other s ubnet. Pleas e us e the Sear ch f or Remote func tion of Appliance View in this c ase, and supply IP a ddress or the name of the unit . Your A pplianc e should appe ar on[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 16 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. • Open ter minal window. • Change d irectory to t he one where Applianc eView is installed, f or exam ple: cd ~/ApplianceVi ew • Pass two extra c ommand-line paramet ers to Appli ance View e xecuta ble. Their values depend on the lo[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 17 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.3.8 I already have a ve rsion of Java m achine ins talled under L inux. Can I avoid installation of additional Java machine within ApplianceVie w? The things below can be only recom mende d for a dvanced use rs, and they may not work wi[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 18 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.4 ApplianceVie w f or M ac OS X 1.4.1 I h ave a Macintosh with M ac OS X ins talled. How do I proce ed with ApplianceView installation? Please fol low the steps b elow. • Open CD -ROM using the Finder. • Drag the setup.zip file onto[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 19 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. Being l ogged in as user, open t he T erminal whic h is l ocated under Applications/Utilities in Finder. Assuming t hat you ha ve insta lled Ap plianceVie w i nto your home Applications directory , ple ase launch the mac router. sh script[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 20 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.4.3 Route a ddition does not w ork. W hat should I do? First of all, ple ase che ck if you can administer your computer. This can be done through the System Pref erenc es , t he Us ers icon, on Passwor d tab. If that does not help, ple [...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 21 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.5 ApplianceWar e Settings 1.5.1 ApplianceWar e and Ac tive Dir ector y 1.5.1.1 How c an I join my Appliance into the Active Director y? First of a ll, you shoul d exa mine your ADS se rver settings. On ADS server, find Ac tive Direc tor[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 22 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. in again, cl ick the Advanced Settings, and s witch to the Security ta b. Choose Native mod e . a) Enter the pre-W indows 2000 dom ain name int o the Domain name fie ld, just like you did it b efore at the Name/DNS tab. b) Enter the Ac ti[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 23 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. • examine your DNS c onfiguration (both for Applian ce a nd ADS se rver); • be sure tha t Appl iance a dministra tor is not connec ted to ADS directly or t hrough terminal service. 1.5.2 Acc essing ApplianceWare-based A ppliance Over [...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 24 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.5.2.4 I am trying to mount a NFS share f rom A IX-based machine but mount f ails. What should I do? The link below m ay he lp you to solve the problem : http://nfs.sourceforge. net/nfs-howto/interop. html#AIX 1.5.2.5 I am trying t o acc[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 25 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.5.2.8 I cannot connect to a share over Samba or Windows networ king although I can see i ts name on the list. Why that happens? There can be several re asons for that. For e xample, you ca nnot conne ct to a non-publ ic sha re without a[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 26 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. is not possible to offe r entirel y seamless integration. The most signifi cant di fferenc es betwe en the se two kinds of A CLs are: • Windows ACLs support ove r ten diff erent permissions for eac h entry in an ACL, i ncluding things s[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 27 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. but do not allow these pseudo g roups for ent ries that define access . When an object inherits permissions, those abs tract e ntries are converted t o ent ries for a specif ic us er and group. Despite t he sem antic m ismatc h betwe en t[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 28 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. named entries for the cu rrent owner and ow ning group, res pective ly. • POSIX a cce ss ACL and de fault ACL entries that def ine the same permissi ons are ma pped to a Windows A CL entry that is flagged as def ining both acce ss an d [...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 29 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. 1.5.3 ApplianceWar e Netw ork Sett ings 1.5.3.1 What is the meaning of the L arge Networ k Settings option? This option allows you to set up an Appliance to periodically announce itself to arbitrary IP addresses with an a rbitrary workgro[...]

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    App lianceWar e v.5.3 Complete FAQ – Feb ruary 24, 2004 – Page 30 of 30 Optifacio Sof tware Serv ices, Inc. exce pt for the c ase that i s des cribed below, you cannot set Applianc e na me manually in this cas e. If DH CP server does not return a name, the sta ndard “HOS Txxxxxx” (wit hout quotes ) name will be ge nerated, and it can be ch [...]