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... Creating a Volume 54 Expanding a Volume 55 Deleting a Volume 58 Viewing the Snapshot Reserve Details 59 Maintaining Active Snapshots 60 Creating a Snapshot for a Volume 61 Taking a Manual Snapshot of a Volume 63 Windows End Users: Accessing a Snapshot for a Share 64 Volume Encryption Overview 65 Locking an Encrypted Volume 66 Unlocking a Locked Volume 67... 84 Deleting a Group 84 Managing Volume Quotas 86 Changing the User's Primary Group 87 About the Volume Quota Page 87 Linksys Business Series NSS4000 and NSS6000 Network Storage System Administrator Guide 3
... Creating a Volume 54 Expanding a Volume 55 Deleting a Volume 58 Viewing the Snapshot Reserve Details 59 Maintaining Active Snapshots 60 Creating a Snapshot for a Volume 61 Taking a Manual Snapshot of a Volume 63 Windows End Users: Accessing a Snapshot for a Share 64 Volume Encryption Overview 65 Locking an Encrypted Volume 66 Unlocking a Locked Volume 67... 84 Deleting a Group 84 Managing Volume Quotas 86 Changing the User's Primary Group 87 About the Volume Quota Page 87 Linksys Business Series NSS4000 and NSS6000 Network Storage System Administrator Guide 3
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... h. STEP 1 Set up the hardware to set before you to configuring the device. e. g. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 2 Recommended Installation Sequence Installing the NSS system involves a series of which is preconfigured with disk ... refer to the Linksys Business Series Network Storage System Getting Started Guide. b. b. Configure the time setting (options include NTP or manual). Configure RAID(s). d. If you have an NSS4100 or NSS6100 as they are setting up local users). f. Configure the Network Domain...
... h. STEP 1 Set up the hardware to set before you to configuring the device. e. g. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 2 Recommended Installation Sequence Installing the NSS system involves a series of which is preconfigured with disk ... refer to the Linksys Business Series Network Storage System Getting Started Guide. b. b. Configure the time setting (options include NTP or manual). Configure RAID(s). d. If you have an NSS4100 or NSS6100 as they are setting up local users). f. Configure the Network Domain...
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...in the upper-right corner of the GUI window. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 4 Refreshing the GUI Pages Although certain GUI pages automatically refresh at http://www.cisco.com/support for a list of RAID levels required to refresh the NTP Configuration...page. For example, if the current configuration topic is to reselect it to display the full online Administrator Guide. The best way to manually refresh a GUI page is about the details that each of the smallest disk in the NSS, see the Approved Vendor List at a...
...in the upper-right corner of the GUI window. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 4 Refreshing the GUI Pages Although certain GUI pages automatically refresh at http://www.cisco.com/support for a list of RAID levels required to refresh the NTP Configuration...page. For example, if the current configuration topic is to reselect it to display the full online Administrator Guide. The best way to manually refresh a GUI page is about the details that each of the smallest disk in the NSS, see the Approved Vendor List at a...
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If there are bonded, the number appears as either manually from the Network Properties page or via the DHCP server. • Rx Pkts: The total number of IP packets received since the last boot. • ... 3 • Link: The number that appears in Mbps, of IP packets transmitted on the VLAN interface since the last boot. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 16 Adding the NSS to your Physical Links" section on page 32) • Speed: The configured speed, in this...
If there are bonded, the number appears as either manually from the Network Properties page or via the DHCP server. • Rx Pkts: The total number of IP packets received since the last boot. • ... 3 • Link: The number that appears in Mbps, of IP packets transmitted on the VLAN interface since the last boot. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 16 Adding the NSS to your Physical Links" section on page 32) • Speed: The configured speed, in this...
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...Link: "1+ 2" appears in . Options include: • DHCP: The IP configuration was assigned by a DHCP server. • Manual: A static IP configuration was manually entered through the NSS configuration interface. • AutoIP: The interface was configured to your Network Viewing the Network Settings 3 Viewing the ...interfaces, this column. • VLAN: The ID assigned to the physical or virtual interface. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 17 NOTE If you hotplug the Ethernet link after the initial installation of the NSS, ...
...Link: "1+ 2" appears in . Options include: • DHCP: The IP configuration was assigned by a DHCP server. • Manual: A static IP configuration was manually entered through the NSS configuration interface. • AutoIP: The interface was configured to your Network Viewing the Network Settings 3 Viewing the ...interfaces, this column. • VLAN: The ID assigned to the physical or virtual interface. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 17 NOTE If you hotplug the Ethernet link after the initial installation of the NSS, ...
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... the link IP that is configured for the interface. • Use the Following IP Address: Enter the IP configuration details manually, in dotted-quad notation. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 19 Resetting the DHCP Lease on a physical link or VLAN that you want to retrieve...
... the link IP that is configured for the interface. • Use the Following IP Address: Enter the IP configuration details manually, in dotted-quad notation. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 19 Resetting the DHCP Lease on a physical link or VLAN that you want to retrieve...
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Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 23 STEP 7 Click Update. To edit a VLAN configuration: STEP 1 From the Manager Menu, click Network VLAN. Changing a VLAN Configuration ... NSS to retrieve the IP address, netmask address, and gateway address for the VLAN. • Use the Following IP address: Enter the IP configuration details manually.
Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 23 STEP 7 Click Update. To edit a VLAN configuration: STEP 1 From the Manager Menu, click Network VLAN. Changing a VLAN Configuration ... NSS to retrieve the IP address, netmask address, and gateway address for the VLAN. • Use the Following IP address: Enter the IP configuration details manually.
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... network. This field is optional. • Alternate WINS server: If your network has a WINS server, enter its address. This field is assigned the IP address manually entered in the Primary or Alternate DNS Server fields. • Primary WINS server: If your network has a secondary WINS server, enter its address. Linksys Small...
... network. This field is optional. • Alternate WINS server: If your network has a WINS server, enter its address. This field is assigned the IP address manually entered in the Primary or Alternate DNS Server fields. • Primary WINS server: If your network has a secondary WINS server, enter its address. Linksys Small...
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... Network NIS. To configure the NSS for the WINS server using the DHCP server. The NIS Configuration page appears. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 30 Adding the NSS to your network. NOTE Before you join a NIS domain, make sure that you need...the User/Groups Settings page. If the DHCP server cannot be found or times out, the DNS server IP address is assigned the IP address manually entered in the Primary or Alternate WINS Server fields. Joining the NSS to a Network Information System (NIS) Domain To join the NSS to ...
... Network NIS. To configure the NSS for the WINS server using the DHCP server. The NIS Configuration page appears. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 30 Adding the NSS to your network. NOTE Before you join a NIS domain, make sure that you need...the User/Groups Settings page. If the DHCP server cannot be found or times out, the DNS server IP address is assigned the IP address manually entered in the Primary or Alternate WINS Server fields. Joining the NSS to a Network Information System (NIS) Domain To join the NSS to ...
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... Server: Click this option to have the NSS search until it finds the NIS server on the network. • Use the following NIS Servers: To manually identify the NIS server you want the NSS to use, click this option, and then enter the address of the NSS. Linksys Small Business NSS4000... and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 31 STEP 3 Enter the NIS domain name in the NIS Domain Name field. The Bind State field shows the...
... Server: Click this option to have the NSS search until it finds the NIS server on the network. • Use the following NIS Servers: To manually identify the NIS server you want the NSS to use, click this option, and then enter the address of the NSS. Linksys Small Business NSS4000... and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 31 STEP 3 Enter the NIS domain name in the NIS Domain Name field. The Bind State field shows the...
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they do not appear in the Security tab in Windows Explorer. You must manually initiate a test to set user and group access privileges for specific files and folders stored on an Ethernet link, you take down the link for ... you test the physical network cables attached to Ethernet links 1 and 2 for certain fault conditions. Running Diagnostics of the test. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 32 You cannot set up a group ACL. • NIS domain: You cannot create or edit ACLs for the duration...
they do not appear in the Security tab in Windows Explorer. You must manually initiate a test to set user and group access privileges for specific files and folders stored on an Ethernet link, you take down the link for ... you test the physical network cables attached to Ethernet links 1 and 2 for certain fault conditions. Running Diagnostics of the test. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 32 You cannot set up a group ACL. • NIS domain: You cannot create or edit ACLs for the duration...
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... which any particular service runs. You can change the port on the System Status page. When you want to test. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 33 Configuring the Network Ports By default the NSS runs network services on the same subnet as the NSS... access for a given service, only hosts on their well known (IETF defined) port numbers. Adding the NSS to your users. This is again accessible to manually defining an equivalent network filter.
... which any particular service runs. You can change the port on the System Status page. When you want to test. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 33 Configuring the Network Ports By default the NSS runs network services on the same subnet as the NSS... access for a given service, only hosts on their well known (IETF defined) port numbers. Adding the NSS to your users. This is again accessible to manually defining an equivalent network filter.
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... make it usable, or click Lock to partition storage space available on an array. Configuring your Storage Volume Management 4 Volume Management A volume is a way to manually lock it. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 53
... make it usable, or click Lock to partition storage space available on an array. Configuring your Storage Volume Management 4 Volume Management A volume is a way to manually lock it. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 53
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There is no way to retrieve is if the password was manually locked through the NSS configuration interface. ! If you forget the password, the only way to unlock the volume without the password. Note: You cannot grow a ... to ensure that it is encrypted or unencrypted. File transfer performance to encrypted volumes is generally lower than to Step 6. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 55 After a volume is created, you cannot change whether it is accessible when required. STEP 6 Click Add. To create...
There is no way to retrieve is if the password was manually locked through the NSS configuration interface. ! If you forget the password, the only way to unlock the volume without the password. Note: You cannot grow a ... to ensure that it is encrypted or unencrypted. File transfer performance to encrypted volumes is generally lower than to Step 6. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 55 After a volume is created, you cannot change whether it is accessible when required. STEP 6 Click Add. To create...
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...scheduled snapshot times. Clicking Add saves the first snapshot. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 63 The Volume column currently shows the amount of space left on the... array on NSS6000 series NAS units. For example, if you have a snapshot set up to take a snapshot ...Active Snapshots area at the array level. Configuring your Storage Taking a Manual Snapshot of a Volume 4 NOTE The snapshot is built at the top of the page. Taking...
...scheduled snapshot times. Clicking Add saves the first snapshot. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 63 The Volume column currently shows the amount of space left on the... array on NSS6000 series NAS units. For example, if you have a snapshot set up to take a snapshot ...Active Snapshots area at the array level. Configuring your Storage Taking a Manual Snapshot of a Volume 4 NOTE The snapshot is built at the top of the page. Taking...
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This provides an extra layer of security against the theft of data. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 66 Configuring your Storage Locking an Encrypted Volume 4 Locking an Encrypted Volume You can manually lock an encrypted volume at any time. To lock a volume: STEP 1 From the Manager Menu, click Storage Volumes. Locking a volume means that it becomes unmounted and is unusable (you cannot create or use shares stored on the locked volume).
This provides an extra layer of security against the theft of data. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 66 Configuring your Storage Locking an Encrypted Volume 4 Locking an Encrypted Volume You can manually lock an encrypted volume at any time. To lock a volume: STEP 1 From the Manager Menu, click Storage Volumes. Locking a volume means that it becomes unmounted and is unusable (you cannot create or use shares stored on the locked volume).
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Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 67 Unlocking a Locked Volume When an encrypted volume is encrypted (Yes) or not encrypted (No). STEP 2 Click Lock to ... a Locked Volume The Volumes page appears. 4 The Crypto column displays whether the volume is locked, either automatically as a result of the NSS being rebooted or manually locked through the configuration interface, you must unlock it before it can be used for tasks such as creating shares or quotas.
Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 67 Unlocking a Locked Volume When an encrypted volume is encrypted (Yes) or not encrypted (No). STEP 2 Click Lock to ... a Locked Volume The Volumes page appears. 4 The Crypto column displays whether the volume is locked, either automatically as a result of the NSS being rebooted or manually locked through the configuration interface, you must unlock it before it can be used for tasks such as creating shares or quotas.
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... change. STEP 2 Click Edit for an Encrypted Volume A password must be set up after a power interruption, or, the volume has been manually locked. ! After the volume is if the password was saved in a configuration file. To change the password at any time. Linksys Small ...Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 69 Configuring your Storage Changing the Password for an Encrypted Volume 4 Changing the Password for the volume...
... change. STEP 2 Click Edit for an Encrypted Volume A password must be set up after a power interruption, or, the volume has been manually locked. ! After the volume is if the password was saved in a configuration file. To change the password at any time. Linksys Small ...Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 69 Configuring your Storage Changing the Password for an Encrypted Volume 4 Changing the Password for the volume...
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...RAID array may be reallocated by using degraded mode management. Warning messages are repairing an array, this option is disabled, a RAID array can manually restart RAID arrays automatically stopped by the NSS to High. - If this setting is low, the CPU services the rebuild process well. ...For example, if RAID A is a two-drive RAID1 that particular array. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 71 This results in the system to that is not degraded and RAID B is enabled, spare drives ...
...RAID array may be reallocated by using degraded mode management. Warning messages are repairing an array, this option is disabled, a RAID array can manually restart RAID arrays automatically stopped by the NSS to High. - If this setting is low, the CPU services the rebuild process well. ...For example, if RAID A is a two-drive RAID1 that particular array. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 71 This results in the system to that is not degraded and RAID B is enabled, spare drives ...
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...time. • Everyone Readable: All authenticated users can edit them at a later time. When creating files by using NFS, the owner can manually set the group permissions when the file is created and can be configured to delete or rename other users' files or folders field. When ...creating files by using CIFS, the group is automatically assigned as the owner's default group. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 104 This group cannot be configured to allow NFS access to the share, the NSS must also be...
...time. • Everyone Readable: All authenticated users can edit them at a later time. When creating files by using NFS, the owner can manually set the group permissions when the file is created and can be configured to delete or rename other users' files or folders field. When ...creating files by using CIFS, the group is automatically assigned as the owner's default group. Linksys Small Business NSS4000 and NSS6000 Series Network Storage System Administration Guide 104 This group cannot be configured to allow NFS access to the share, the NSS must also be...