Dell 745N manual

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    Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide Initial Configuration NAS Manager Disk and Volume Management Systems Management Backing Up the System Recovering and Restoring the System Configuring Systems in a Heterogeneous Environment Advanced Features Security Recommendations Troubleshooting  Notes, Notices, and [...]

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    Back to Contents Page  Recovering and Restoring the System Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Software - RAID Recovery and Restoration Procedures  Hardware - RAID Recovery and Restoration Procedures  External Storage Configuration Recovery and Restoration Procedures  Reinstallin[...]

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    l  Are you using a standard Ethernet cable to connect to the network?  Do not use a crossover cable. l  Have you allowed enough time for the NAS system to boot?  The NAS system typically takes several minutes to boot. l  Does the NAS system boot completely?  Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the NAS system, and observe the[...]

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    6.  Turn on the system, if it is not turned on already.     Recovering From a Software - RAID Operating System Failure  If the operating system fails, you can attempt to recover data by booting from the recovery mirror hard drives, and then reinstall the operating system using the procedure in " Reinstalling the Operating Sys[...]

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      This section provides instructions on how to recover the hardware - RAID NAS system if the operating system or a hard drive fails. Additionally, this section provides information for possible solutions that do not require restoring the operating system or hard drives.  Because your NAS system is designed to have redundancy, it can recove[...]

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     Hardware - RAID NAS System Software Failures  Reinstalling the operating system on a hardware - RAID NAS system does not delete the data volume; therefore, a data recovery volume, which is available on a software - RAID NAS system, is not necessary. RAID 5 redundancy protection is provided by its ability to recover data through parity matchi[...]

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    See your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for information about removing and replacing drives. 4.  Insert the new hard drives in the same location as the failed hard drives.  5.  Replace the front bezel. 6.  Recreate the virtual disks as explained in " Recreating Virtual Disks ."  Recreating Virtual Disks 1.  Turn [...]

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    5.  Right - click on the unknown/uninitialized Disk and click Initialize Disk . 6.  Convert the newly created disk to a dynamic disk by right - clicking the disk and selecting Convert to dynamic disk . 7.  Right - click on the disk and click New Volume .  Follow the instructions in the New Volume Wizard to create the Volume. Ensure that[...]

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    l  Does the NAS system boot completely?  Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the NAS system, and observe the boot process. l  Are the LEDs for all hard drives in the NAS system lit?  If the LEDs for the hard drives are not all lit, you may have a failed hard drive. See " Software - RAID NAS System Hard - Drive Failures ."[...]

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      Replacing External Storage Hard Drives  For information about replacing an external storage hard drive that has failed, see your external storage systems documentation.  Recreating an External Storage NAS System Data Volume  For information about recreating an external storage data volume, see your external storage systems document[...]

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     The Resource CD automatically starts. 2.  From the Resource CD menu, click Reinstallation Utilities. 3.  Click on Dell PowerVault NAS Reinstallation Console . 4.  When prompted to open the file or save it to your computer, click Open . 5.  Follow the prompts and accept the defaults to complete the installation. 6.  Click Start , [...]

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    1.  Shut down the NAS system.  See " Shutting Down the NAS System " in "NAS Manager." 2.  Ensure that the NAS system is using NIC 1 to connect to the same network as the client system.  3.  If this is an external storage NAS system, continue with step4 ; otherwise, go to step12 . 4.  Turn off any external[...]

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     26.  If this is an external storage NAS system, follow with step27 , otherwise go to step30 . 27.  From the logon screen, log in to the system and shut down your system.  28.  Reconnect to your NAS system any external enclosures that you may have disconnected. 29.  Restart your NAS system.  During POST, the PERC controll[...]

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    17.  Click Finish . 18.  When the Enter Backup File Name window displays, click OK .  19.  Click Start Restore . 20.  Whenamessagewarnsthatthesystemrestorewilloverwritethecurrentsystemstate,click OK . 21.  Click OK in the Confirm Restore window. 22.  Restart the NAS system after the [...]

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    Back to Contents Page  Troubleshooting Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Tools and Techniques  Troubleshooting  Tools and Techniques  This section provides suggestions for and information about alternative troubleshooting tools and techniques.  Ping Your NAS System  If you are [...]

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     Troubleshooting  Use the following tables to help you troubleshoot various conditions that might occur on your NAS system: l  Table10 - 1 , " General Troubleshooting " l  Table10 - 2 , " NAS Manager " l  Table10 - 3 , " Server for NFS " l  Table10 - 4 , " Macintosh and AppleTalk &quo[...]

  • Page 17

      Table 10 - 2.NASManager  The NAS system may not be booting properly.  You may not be allowing enough time for the NAS system to boot or a system alert may be occurring.  The NAS system requires at least 5 minutes to boot.  Connect a monitor to the NAS system or use console redirection to view the boot routine of the sys[...]

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      Table 10 - 3. Server for NFS   Table 10 - 4.MacintoshandAppleTalk seem to cancel the operation.  When I select the Check All box and then deselect one or more choices on some screens in the NAS Manager, the Check All box remains selected.  The Check All box is not automatically deselected. However, this does not mean[...]

  • Page 19

       Table 10 - 5. Hardware - RAIDNASSystemInternalRAIDControllerCard  Back to Contents Page   I am getting event errors for Services for Macintosh.  Services for Macintosh are bound to the onboard network adapter by default. If this network adapter has been disabled, binding errors occur.  Bind the AppleT[...]

  • Page 20

    Back to Contents Page  Initial Configuration Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Configuring Your NAS System for the First Time  Configuring Your NAS System Automatically on a Network (With DHCP/DNS)  Configuring Your System Using a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse  Other Documents Y[...]

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      6.  From a client system on the same network, open Microsoft ® Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, type the default system name in the Web address field, and press <Enter>.  The default system name is Dell xxxxxxx , where xxxxxxx is the system's service tag number. For example, if your service tag number is 1234567, enter h[...]

  • Page 22

     For more information, see " Configuring the Network Address for the NAS System " or your Windows online help.  Other Documents You May Need  Table1 - 1 lists the additional documentation included with your system.   Table 1 - 1.OtherDocuments Back to Contents Page  Document Type of Information  Getting St[...]

  • Page 23

    Back to Contents Page  NAS Manager Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Determining a NAS System's Configuration  Logging Into the NAS Manager  Basic Navigation  Changing the NAS Manager Language  How to Find Online Help  Configuring Network Properties  Crea[...]

  • Page 24

      Logging Into the NAS Manager  To use the NAS Manager, you must be logged in as an administrator. You can log in only if the NAS system is on the network or if you are connected directly to the NAS system with a keyboard, monitor, and mouse.  Logging Into the NAS Manager on the Network  To connect to the NAS Manager using a secure S[...]

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    When navigating the NAS Manager, use the buttons within the program instead of the navigation buttons on the Web browser (for example, Back and Forward ).  The top of each page of the Web user interface (UI) displays a status area, as well as primary and secondary menu bars, and the body of each page displays specific content related to each fun[...]

  • Page 26

    To start Windows Storage Server 2003 help, perform the following steps: 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Maintenance . 3.  Click Remote Desktop . 4.  Log in to the NAS system.  5.  From the Start menu, click Help and Support .  Configuring Network Properties  Use the Network tab in the NAS Manager to configure the NA[...]

  • Page 27

     To configure the IP address, perform the following steps: 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Network , and then click Interfaces . 3.  Select the radio button beside the network connection that you want to configure.  4.  Click IP , and select Use the following IP settings . 5.  Enter the desired IP address, subnet mask,[...]

  • Page 28

     The Home Directory text box specifies a new directory that will be created and to which the user will have exclusive access permission. The directory name is the same as the user name and is located in the path specified. 6.  Click OK .  Creating a Local Group  1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Users . 3.  Click Local G[...]

  • Page 29

     To add a share, perform the following steps: 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Shares . 3.  On the Shares page, click Shares . 4.  In the Tasks list on the Shared Folders page, click New . 5.  Type the share name and share path. 6.  If you entered a nonexistent folder in the Share path , click Create folder . 7.  Che[...]

  • Page 30

    Removing a Protocol From the Share  Because a share may have more than one protocol assigned, it is possible to remove a protocol from a share without removing the remaining protocols.  To remove one or more specific protocols from a share, perform the following steps: 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Shares . 3.  On the Shar[...]

  • Page 31

    Enabling, Disabling, or Setting Disk Quotas on a Volume 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Disks . 3.  Click Volumes . 4.  On the Volumes page, click the volume to manage. 5.  Click Set Default Quota . 6.  On the Default Quota for volume page, click the Use quota limits to manage use of the volume check box. 7.  Click the[...]

  • Page 32

    capacity limit. Use the drop - down box to select KB , MB , GB , TB , PB , or EB .  9.  Click OK .  Disabling Disk Quotas on a Volume 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Disks . 3.  Click Volumes . 4.  On the Volumes page, select the volume to manage. 5.  Click Set Default Quota . 6.  On the Default Quota for volume [...]

  • Page 33

    3.  Click Logs . 4.  On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to view. 5.  Click the radio button next to the log entry you want to view. 6.  In the Tasks list, click Event Details or View Log depending on the selected log type. 7.  On the Log Details page, click Up and Down to scroll through the log files. 8.  Click Back[...]

  • Page 34

    and then click Open .  Clearing Log Files 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Maintenance . 3.  Click Logs . 4.  On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to clear. 5.  Select the specific log you want to clear, and then click Clear Log in the Tasks list. 6.  On the Clear Log Confirmation page, click OK to clear th[...]

  • Page 35

     Shadow Copies  Shadow Copy service allows the creation of point - in - time copies of your NAS system's data volumes. Shadow Copy software can be configured using the NAS Manager.   Introduction to Shadow Copies  A shadow copy is a point - in - time copy of a shared file or folder. If you change a file on the active file system[...]

  • Page 36

    7.  Click OK .  Using Shadow Copies  In addition to scheduling shadow copies, you can make new copies on demand, delete existing copies, configure the shadow copies environment, and set shadow copy retention weights.  Making a Shadow Copy on Demand 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Disks . 3.  Click Shadow Copies . 4. ?[...]

  • Page 37

    1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Disks . 3.  Click Shadow Copies . 4.  Select the shadow copy schedule that you want to delete, and click Set Schedule in the Tasks list. 5.  Select the scheduled shadow copy you want to delete. 6.  In the Tasks list, click Delete . 7.  Click OK to delete the scheduled shadow copy.  Ed[...]

  • Page 38

    Defragmenting a Volume Containing Shadow Copies  Defragmenting the source volume causes the difference file to increase. If the difference file increases beyond the allocated space, you might lose previous versionsofsomefiles.Evenwitha16KBclustersize,theshadowcopydifferencefilewillincrease.If[...]

  • Page 39

    Back to Contents Page  Disk and Volume Management Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Drive Configurations  Using Array Manager to Manage Disk Arrays  Disk Management  Managing Volumes Using Disk Management  Enabling and Disabling Hard Disk Write Cache on Software RAID NAS [...]

  • Page 40

    partitions. Data can be stored on all four SATA hard drives in partitions that are configured as RAID 5 by default.   Table 3 - 1. Software RAID Default Hard - Drive Partitions Figure 3 - 1. Software RAID Default Hard - Drive Partitions   Each hard drive has front - panel LEDs that provide information about the drive and RAID volume(s).[...]

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      Each hard drive has front - panel LEDs that provide information about the drive and RAID volume(s). See "Front - Panel Indicators" in the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the location of the LEDs. Table3 - 4 provides the hard - drive LED codes.   Table 3 - 4. Front Panel Hard - Drive LED Codes  External Stora[...]

  • Page 42

     Each hard drive has front - panel LEDs that provide information about its RAID volume. See "Front - Panel Indicators" in the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the location of the LEDs.   Table3 - 6 provides the hard drive and RAID volume LED codes.   Table 3 - 6. Front - Panel RAID Volume LED Codes  Using Ar[...]

  • Page 43

    Creating Virtual Disks  The first step in configuring your system for improved system management is creating virtual disks.   To create a virtual disk, perform the following steps: 1.  Right - click an array group. 2.  Click Create Virtual Disk to display the Create Virtual Disk Express Mode window.  3.  Select the RAID level t[...]

  • Page 44

     The Virtual Disk Reconfiguration dialog box appears. The available disks are listed in the left pane. You can choose appropriate disks to add by selecting them and using Add Disk to move them to the right pane. 3.  Select the RAID level in the Type drop - down menu. 4.  Click OK to continue or Cancel to cancel the operation. 5.  To vie[...]

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    Blink Virtual Disk  This command allows you to locate the array disks included in a virtual disk by blinking the LEDs on the array disks. This command automatically cancels after a shortdurationsuchas30or60seconds.   Unblink Virtual Disk  This command allows you to cancel the Blink Virtual Disk command before the 30[...]

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    Assign Global Hot Spare   A hot spare is an unused backup disk that is part of the array group. Hot spares remain in standby mode. When an array disk in a virtual disk fails, the assigned hot spare will be activated to replace the failed array disk without interrupting the system or requiring your intervention.  You can change the hot - sp[...]

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    General Controller Commands  This section describes the general controller operations.  Rescan Controller  The Rescan Controller command can be used to check whether any new disks were attached after a configuration was set. To rescan the controller, perform the following steps: 1.  Right - click the controller you want to rescan. 2. ?[...]

  • Page 48

    Properties  The Properties command displays controller attributes.  To view properties, perform the following steps: 1.  Right - click the appropriate controller. 2.  Click Properties .  A Controller Properties dialog box appears displaying Name , Vendor , Status , Type , Firmware Version , and Cache Size of the controller.  Enclo[...]

  • Page 49

     The temperature probes that are installed in the enclosure are displayed under Temperature Probes in the tree view. You can select Temperature Probes to display the individual temperature probes and their status information in the right pane. The status information includes the current temperature in Celsius and the warning and error thresholds[...]

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     Accessing the Disk Management Tool 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager as an administrator. 2.  Click the Disks tab. 3.  Click Disks to manage disks. 4.  When the Remote Desktop session launches, log in as an administrator.  5.  When the Computer Management screen displays, click on Disk Management to manage disks.  Initializing [...]

  • Page 51

    Merging Foreign Disks  Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that have been moved from another system. You cannot reactivate a foreign disk; you must merge the disk to the system. To change the status of a foreign disk and enable it to be seen as a part of the current system, use the command Merge Foreign Disk .  Perform the following[...]

  • Page 52

    6.  Select the file system type and formatting options: l  Perform a quick format — This option formats the volume or partition without scanning for bad sectors in the volume or partition. Check this box to use this format method.  l  Enable file and folder compression — This option can be used only if you selected NTFS format. Chec[...]

  • Page 53

    You cannot extend a volume if any of the following are true: l  The volume is formatted as FAT or FAT32. l  The volume is using software RAID (striped, mirrored, or RAID 5 volume). l  Unallocated space is not available on a dynamic disk.  You can extend simple and spanned volumes on dynamic disks onto a maximum of 32 dynamic disks. Howe[...]

  • Page 54

    Back to Contents Page  Systems Management Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Dell OpenManage Server Administrator  Using Remote Access Controllers  Alert Log Messages From Server Administrator  Configuring SNMP Properties  Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutsys[...]

  • Page 55

     The Storage Management Service provides storage management information in an integrated graphical view. The Storage Management Service enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a monitored system. The Storage Management Service obtains logical and physical information about attached storage devices from the Dell Ope[...]

  • Page 56

     See the Dell OpenManage Remote RACADM User's Guide for information about running the Remote Access Service from the command line.  When using the Remote Access Service, you can click Help on the global navigation bar for more detailed information about the specific window you are viewing. Remote Access Service help is available for all [...]

  • Page 57

    Alert Log Messages From Server Administrator  Server Administrator generates alert messages that appear in the SNMP event log file. Alert log messages contain information, status, warning, and failure messages for drive, temperature, fan, and power conditions.  To see the trap logs, perform the following steps: 1.  Log into the NAS Manager[...]

  • Page 58

     3.  Right - click My Appliance , and click Manage . 4.  In the Computer Management window, double - click Services and Applications , and then double - click Services . 5.  In the right pane, double - click SNMP Service to display the SNMP Service Properties window. 6.  Click the Agent tab, select Contact , and then type the name of[...]

  • Page 59

    Back to Contents Page  Backing Up the System Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  System - State Backup  Backing Up Data Volumes  Windows Backup and Restore Tools  Third - Party Backup Software  Installing Tape Device Drivers for Windows Backup and Recovery Tools  This se[...]

  • Page 60

    The Backup Progress window displays the system state data being backed up.  Backing Up Data Volumes  To back up your volumes, you can use direct - attached local backups or network backups. In a direct - attached backup, the NAS system is backed up to an external tape device connected directly to the system. In a network backup, the NAS syste[...]

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    Installing and Using Third - Party Backup Software for Local Backups  VERITAS Backup Exec   Installing VERITAS Backup Exec on the NAS System  1.  Share the CD drive on a remote system, mount that remote CD drive on the NAS system, and then insert the VERITAS Backup Exec installation CD into the CD drive. 2.  Log in to the NAS Mana[...]

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    1.  Share the CD drive on a remote system, mount that remote CD drive on the NAS system, and then insert the TapeWare installation CD into the CD drive of the remote system. 2.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 3.  Click Maintenance . 4.  Click Remote Desktop . 5.  Log in to the NAS system. 6.  Map a network drive to the CD share, but d[...]

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    Back to Contents Page  Configuring Systems in a Heterogeneous Environment Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Server for Network File System (NFS)  Services for Macintosh  Services for the Novell NetWare Operating System  Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services  This sect[...]

  • Page 65

      Configuring User and Group Mappings  To provide security for server files accessed from a UNIX environment, Server for NFS requires the system administrator to map UNIX user and group accounts to Windows accounts either on the server or in a Windows Domain. Users then have equivalent access rights under UNIX as they have under Microsoft [...]

  • Page 66

    Explicit User Maps  User and group mapping also allows an administrator to create cross - platform maps among Microsoft Windows and UNIX users and groups, even when the user and group names in both environments are not identical. These maps are called explicit mappings .  User and group mapping allows you set up one - to - one or one - to - m[...]

  • Page 67

    6.  Click the UNIX Sharing tab. 7.  Select the machine or group from the list on the left, or type an NFS client computer name or IP address in the box on the right. 8.  Select the degree of control the specified client can exercise over files in the share from the Access Permissions list. 9.  Select the Allow root access check box to g[...]

  • Page 68

     The entry for a map from the UNIX character ":" to the Windows character " - " in the filename character translation text is as follows:  0x3a : 0x2d ; Map ':' (0x3a) to ' - ' (0x2d)  To map the character combination "()" to the character "^", add the following entry:  0x28 0x[...]

  • Page 69

    4.  Click AppleTalk Protocol , and then click Disable .  Configuring the AppleTalk Protocol  To configure the AppleTalk protocol, perform the following steps: 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Shares . 3.  Click Sharing Protocols. 4.  Click AppleTalk Protocol , and then click Properties . 5.  In the AppleTalk Service [...]

  • Page 70

    Installing User Authentication  Log in to the Microsoft UAM Volume on the system to access the MS UAM file, and then drag the file to the AppleShare Folder in your System folder.  To access the Microsoft authentication files on the system, perform the following steps: 1.  Create a user with a password of less than eight characters. a.  [...]

  • Page 71

    Services for the Novell NetWare Operating System  Services for NetWare (SFN) are compatible with Novell ® NetWare ® Bindery service for authentication and file access using the internetwork packet exchange/sequenced packet exchange (IPX/SPX) network protocol. Services for NetWare are disabled by default.  For information about enablin[...]

  • Page 72

     Configuring the IPX Protocol  By default, the Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol is configured on the NAS system to automatically detect frame types. To use the IPX protocol, you must change your NAS system's IPX properties to manually detect frame types.  To configure IPX to manually detect frame types, perform the following st[...]

  • Page 73

    MSDSS supports all major NetWare platforms and most Novell directories and binderies, and it includes support for IPX/SPX and TCP/IP network protocols.  Windows Server 2003 MSDSS Domain Controller  To implement MSDSS, you must install the Windows Server 2003 operating system and the MSDSS software (available on the Microsoft Services for NetW[...]

  • Page 74

    You must also run the File Migration utility. e.  Specify the path to the Active Directory container in which you want to copy items. f.  Accept the default domain controller in which to store the migration log. g.  Specify the NDS Container or Bindery Container from which to copy items. h.  Provide the name and password of the Novell a[...]

  • Page 75

    Medium - Sized or Large Environment  An organization large enough to have WAN links probably selects to synchronize its networks temporarily while performing a gradual migration over time (up to3monthsforalargenetwork),oritpreferstousesynchronizationtoestablishamixedNovell/Windowsnetworkon[...]

  • Page 76

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  • Page 77

    Back to Contents Page  Advanced Features Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Using the NAS Utilities  Installing Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) Support  Network Adapter Teaming  Telnet Server  FTP  Using Secure Sockets Layer  Using DFS  Thissectioni[...]

  • Page 78

    Multilingual Support CD.  1.  Insert the Multilingual Support CD into the NAS system's CD drive. 2.  On the client system, in the Sharing tab on the Compact Disk Properties page, click the radio button next to Share this folder to share the CD drive 3.  From a client system, log in to the NAS Manager. 4.  Click Maintenance , and[...]

  • Page 79

    Adaptive Load Balancing  Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a simple and efficient method for increasing the NAS system's network transmission throughput. The ALB software continuously analyzes transmission loading on each adapter and balances the load across the teamed ports as needed. Adapter teams configured for ALB also provide the benefi[...]

  • Page 80

    1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Maintenance . 3.  Click Remote Desktop . 4.  Log in to the system as an administrator.  5.  Double - click the network icon on the NAS system's system tray (near the time on the bottom right corner).  The Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II, displays. 6.  Click Action , clic[...]

  • Page 81

     Changing the Intel PROSet II Network Team Mode 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Maintenance , and then click Remote Desktop . 3.  Log in to the Remote Desktop session as an administrator.  4.  Double - click the network icon on the NAS system's taskbar.  The Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II, is displayed. [...]

  • Page 82

    The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is disabled on the NAS system by default. You must enable the FTP protocol for FTP client systems to access the NAS system.  To enable the FTP protocol, perform the following steps: 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Shares . 3.  Click Sharing Protocols . 4.  Click FTP and then click Enable . ?[...]

  • Page 83

     This section explains how secure sockets layer (SSL) are used in the NAS system. It also explains how to use your own certificate, if you have one, and how to regenerate your certificate.  Introduction to SSL Certificates  Certificates contain information used to establish system identities over a network. This identification process is c[...]

  • Page 84

     To obtain a server certificate, perform the following steps: 1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Maintenance , and then click Remote Desktop . 3.  Log in to the NAS system as an administrator.  4.  Double - click the NAS Utilities icon on the NAS system's desktop. 5.  In the NAS Utilities window, double - click Admin[...]

  • Page 85

    c.  On the NAS system desktop, double - click NAS Utilities to display the NAS Utilities window. d.  Double - click Administrative Tools to expand the list to show Distributed File System . 5.  Right - click Distributed File System and click New Root . 6.  Click Next in the New Root Wizard window. 7.  Click Stand - alone root and the[...]

  • Page 86

    c.  On the NAS system desktop, double - click NAS Utilities to display the NAS Utilities window. d.  Double - click Administrative Tools to expand the list, and then double - click Distributed File System to display the DFS root(s). 2.  Right click the DFS root to which you want to link and click New Link . 3.  For Link name enter a nam[...]

  • Page 87

    Back to Contents Page  Security Recommendations Dell™PowerVault™745NNASSystemsAdministrator'sGuide  Standard Security Recommendations  Additional Security Recommendations  Maximum Security Recommendations  Standard Security Recommendations  This section provides information about standard securi[...]

  • Page 88

    Apple Environments  If you are using your NAS system in an Apple environment, install the Microsoft ® User Authentication Module (UAM) on the NAS system. If AppleTalk is not installed on the NAS system, client access is not encrypted. See " Services for Macintosh " for more information.  Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificates ?[...]

  • Page 89

    1.  Log in to the NAS Manager. 2.  Click Shares . 3.  On the Shares page, click Sharing Protocols . 4.  Click HTTP and then click Properties . 5.  Click Security . 6.  Click Disable Web Sharing .    Back to Contents Page [...]