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... on the market and has been granted the right to the use our telephone support service. Trademarks NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, ReadyNAS, X-RAID, FrontView, RAIDar, RAIDiator, Network Storage Processor, and NSP are registered trademarks or trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Certificate of radio interference. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function...
... on the market and has been granted the right to the use our telephone support service. Trademarks NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, ReadyNAS, X-RAID, FrontView, RAIDar, RAIDiator, Network Storage Processor, and NSP are registered trademarks or trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Certificate of radio interference. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function...
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Contents NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope x How to Use This Manual xi How to Print This Manual xi Revision History ...xii Chapter 1 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Specifying Your Ethernet Connection Settings 1-2 Global Network Settings 1-5 WINS ...1-6 DHCP ... Streaming Services 1-19 Discovery Services 1-21 Understanding Volume Management 1-21 Volume Management for Flex-RAID 1-22 Volume Management for X-RAID 1-26 Changing between X-RAID and Flex-RAID Modes 1-28 Snapshots ...1-28 USB Storage ...1-31 Managing Your Shares 1-33 Adding Shares ...1-...
Contents NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide About This Manual Conventions, Formats, and Scope x How to Use This Manual xi How to Print This Manual xi Revision History ...xii Chapter 1 Configuring Your ReadyNAS Specifying Your Ethernet Connection Settings 1-2 Global Network Settings 1-5 WINS ...1-6 DHCP ... Streaming Services 1-19 Discovery Services 1-21 Understanding Volume Management 1-21 Volume Management for Flex-RAID 1-22 Volume Management for X-RAID 1-26 Changing between X-RAID and Flex-RAID Modes 1-28 Snapshots ...1-28 USB Storage ...1-31 Managing Your Shares 1-33 Adding Shares ...1-...
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... the Volume 3-6 Resetting Your System (System Switch 3-6 Configuring RAID on the ReadyNAS 1100 and NV 3-7 Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive 3-9 ReadyNAS1100 Backup 3-10 ReadyNAS NV+ Backup 3-10 Removing the System Module from the ReadyNAS 1100 3-11 Changing User Passwords 3-11 Appendix A RAID Levels Simplified RAID Level 0 ...A-1 RAID Level 1 ...A-1 RAID Level 5 ...A-2 RAID Level X (X-RAID A-2 Appendix B Input Field Format Appendix C Glossary Index Contents...
... the Volume 3-6 Resetting Your System (System Switch 3-6 Configuring RAID on the ReadyNAS 1100 and NV 3-7 Backing Up the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive 3-9 ReadyNAS1100 Backup 3-10 ReadyNAS NV+ Backup 3-10 Removing the System Module from the ReadyNAS 1100 3-11 Changing User Passwords 3-11 Appendix A RAID Levels Simplified RAID Level 0 ...A-1 RAID Level 1 ...A-1 RAID Level 5 ...A-2 RAID Level X (X-RAID A-2 Appendix B Input Field Format Appendix C Glossary Index Contents...
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... proper procedure for your product and the ReadyNAS Setup Manual on the Installation CD. ix v1.0, October 2007 The ReadyNAS Setup Manual takes you need help in the FrontView Advanced Control mode. Chapter 2, "Accessing Shares from NETGEAR, Inc. Appendix B, "Input Field Format... C, "Glossary," provides definitions for hostname, workgroup, or password. Appendix A, "RAID Levels Simplified," explains the RAID levels that the ReadyNAS supports. If you have already configured the ReadyNAS and you have not already done so, please read the printed Installation Guide provided...
... proper procedure for your product and the ReadyNAS Setup Manual on the Installation CD. ix v1.0, October 2007 The ReadyNAS Setup Manual takes you need help in the FrontView Advanced Control mode. Chapter 2, "Accessing Shares from NETGEAR, Inc. Appendix B, "Input Field Format... C, "Glossary," provides definitions for hostname, workgroup, or password. Appendix A, "RAID Levels Simplified," explains the RAID levels that the ReadyNAS supports. If you have already configured the ReadyNAS and you have not already done so, please read the printed Installation Guide provided...
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Chapter 1 Configuring Your ReadyNAS The FrontView Advanced Control mode shows all screens. As you click the menu buttons, you first switch to this chapter. Figure 1-2 1-1 v1.0, October 2007 At ... the left that typically provides options to return to the Home screen, refresh the browser window, display Help where available, or to securely log out. ,. NETGEAR ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID] Figure 1-1 When you notice a similar theme across all of this session.
Chapter 1 Configuring Your ReadyNAS The FrontView Advanced Control mode shows all screens. As you click the menu buttons, you first switch to this chapter. Figure 1-2 1-1 v1.0, October 2007 At ... the left that typically provides options to return to the Home screen, refresh the browser window, display Help where available, or to securely log out. ,. NETGEAR ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID] Figure 1-1 When you notice a similar theme across all of this session.
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... players. Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, October 2007 1-21 Similar to UPnP AV, this service. and X-RAID, NETGEAR-patented expandable RAID technology. Discovery Services • Bonjour service provides a simple way of two RAID volume technologies: Flex-RAID, utilizing the industry-standard RAID levels 0, 1, and...Bonjour support, and you can specify a different share and folder path. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide • Home Media Streaming Server provides streaming of videos, music, and pictures to discover the ReadyNAS on your LAN. OS X has built-in "Resetting Your System (...
... players. Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, October 2007 1-21 Similar to UPnP AV, this service. and X-RAID, NETGEAR-patented expandable RAID technology. Discovery Services • Bonjour service provides a simple way of two RAID volume technologies: Flex-RAID, utilizing the industry-standard RAID levels 0, 1, and...Bonjour support, and you can specify a different share and folder path. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide • Home Media Streaming Server provides streaming of videos, music, and pictures to discover the ReadyNAS on your LAN. OS X has built-in "Resetting Your System (...
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... delete a disk from a volume, assign a hot spare, and so on. - Volume Management for Flex-RAID If you want to replace. 1-22 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS The first step is to delete the existing volume you need them or can afford them. - You can ...create a volume utilizing RAID level 0, 1, or 5, specify the size of an existing disk with larger capacity disks. - add a fourth, and your capacity triples-the expansion occurring while redundancy is automatic. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide There are supported, each one finish rebuilding and...
... delete a disk from a volume, assign a hot spare, and so on. - Volume Management for Flex-RAID If you want to replace. 1-22 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS The first step is to delete the existing volume you need them or can afford them. - You can ...create a volume utilizing RAID level 0, 1, or 5, specify the size of an existing disk with larger capacity disks. - add a fourth, and your capacity triples-the expansion occurring while redundancy is automatic. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide There are supported, each one finish rebuilding and...
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....0, October 2007 1-23 Warning: Make sure that volume will be deleted are asked to fulfill the required minimum plus one. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Deleting a Volume To delete a volume, select the Volume tab of the volume you wish. All shares, files, and snapshots residing on...by typing DELETE VOLUME. You can elect to keep before deleting a volume. A hot spare remains in this case only Volume C is available for RAID level 1 and RAID level 5 only if there are enough disks to confirm your intention by default. Figure 1-25 You are non-recoverable! A hot spare disk is ...
....0, October 2007 1-23 Warning: Make sure that volume will be deleted are asked to fulfill the required minimum plus one. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Deleting a Volume To delete a volume, select the Volume tab of the volume you wish. All shares, files, and snapshots residing on...by typing DELETE VOLUME. You can elect to keep before deleting a volume. A hot spare remains in this case only Volume C is available for RAID level 1 and RAID level 5 only if there are enough disks to confirm your intention by default. Figure 1-25 You are non-recoverable! A hot spare disk is ...
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... tab. 4. The resulting volume will be reserved for more disks, RAID level 5 is specified. 1-24 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS See Appendix A, "RAID Levels Simplified," for snapshots. Make sure to be approximately the size...RAID level 5 for a worst case as a hot spare. 2. Select the RAID level. Next, select the percentage of the volume to allocate enough space for the three selected disks. 3. Specify the desired volume size. RAID level determines how the redundancy, capacity utilization, and performance are implemented for a snapshot. NETGEAR ReadyNAS...
... tab. 4. The resulting volume will be reserved for more disks, RAID level 5 is specified. 1-24 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS See Appendix A, "RAID Levels Simplified," for snapshots. Make sure to be approximately the size...RAID level 5 for a worst case as a hot spare. 2. Select the RAID level. Next, select the percentage of the volume to allocate enough space for the three selected disks. 3. Specify the desired volume size. RAID level determines how the redundancy, capacity utilization, and performance are implemented for a snapshot. NETGEAR ReadyNAS...
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...failure. Notice that the disk on Channel 4 that we kept the maximum size that a disk is listed in the Available Disks section. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide In our example, we did not configure is correctly situated in the expected disk slot. Use RAIDar to reconnect to reboot .... It typically takes about 1 minute before you are notified to display the current RAID information and configuration options for the volume. Clicking Locate causes disk LED to blink for the instruction to the NAS device. After rebooting, you are notified by e-mail when the volume has been ...
...failure. Notice that the disk on Channel 4 that we kept the maximum size that a disk is listed in the Available Disks section. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide In our example, we did not configure is correctly situated in the expected disk slot. Use RAIDar to reconnect to reboot .... It typically takes about 1 minute before you are notified to display the current RAID information and configuration options for the volume. Clicking Locate causes disk LED to blink for the instruction to the NAS device. After rebooting, you are notified by e-mail when the volume has been ...
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... device, add a new disk with at least the capacity of the disk, 1-26 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Volume Management for X-RAID The X-RAID technology offers a simplified approach to do with their data volume over time is either adding redundancy or expanding it without the... headaches usually associated with a 250 GB or greater capacity disk. X-RAID works on . In a four-disk X-RAID volume, the usable capacity is two disks. X-RAID devices have only one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from a disk...
... device, add a new disk with at least the capacity of the disk, 1-26 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Volume Management for X-RAID The X-RAID technology offers a simplified approach to do with their data volume over time is either adding redundancy or expanding it without the... headaches usually associated with a 250 GB or greater capacity disk. X-RAID works on . In a four-disk X-RAID volume, the usable capacity is two disks. X-RAID devices have only one 80 GB disk and two 250 GB disks, only 80 GB from a disk...
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... down several times to the new RAID volume. The process occurs in the background. With typical RAID volumes, you receive your e-mail, the ReadyNAS will have to back up your data to the ReadyNAS is initialized and scanned for the first disk; The X-RAID device initializes and scans the newly...end of data on disk capacity. Simply add the third disk using the ReadyNAS hot-swap trays. repeat this time. Not so with the capacity from the start of initialization to several hours, depending on . NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide within a few hours, your data volume will be around 5...
... down several times to the new RAID volume. The process occurs in the background. With typical RAID volumes, you receive your e-mail, the ReadyNAS will have to back up your data to the ReadyNAS is initialized and scanned for the first disk; The X-RAID device initializes and scans the newly...end of data on disk capacity. Simply add the third disk using the ReadyNAS hot-swap trays. repeat this time. Not so with the capacity from the start of initialization to several hours, depending on . NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide within a few hours, your data volume will be around 5...
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...and the days that you receive a completion notification for snapshots when you will display. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide When you wish to schedule a snapshot: 1-28 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS For example, if a file on the expanded capacity, and you added the volume....The expansion process takes several hours depending on the NAS device becomes infected with the additional capacity from once every 4 hours to configure the volume during a 10-minute delay window during this time. Snapshots can switch between X-RAID and Flex-RAID Modes You can be taken.
...and the days that you receive a completion notification for snapshots when you will display. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide When you wish to schedule a snapshot: 1-28 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS For example, if a file on the expanded capacity, and you added the volume....The expansion process takes several hours depending on the NAS device becomes infected with the additional capacity from once every 4 hours to configure the volume during a 10-minute delay window during this time. Snapshots can switch between X-RAID and Flex-RAID Modes You can be taken.
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... temperature • Fan failure • UPS connected • UPS detected power failure • RAID disk sync started and finished • RAID disk added, removed, and failure • Snapshot invalidated 4. You can leave the Community field set up SNMP service: 1. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Figure 1-59 To set to public, or specify a private name if...
... temperature • Fan failure • UPS connected • UPS detected power failure • RAID disk sync started and finished • RAID disk added, removed, and failure • Snapshot invalidated 4. You can leave the Community field set up SNMP service: 1. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Figure 1-59 To set to public, or specify a private name if...
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If you select the Disable full data journaling only if the NAS has UPS protection. Note that blocks untrusted MTAs from the device. Without battery backup, there is common with the data disks if a power failure suddenly...increases substantially. 1-56 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide SMTP The ReadyNAS device has a built-in e-mail message transfer agent (MTA) that case, specify an appropriate SMTP server in this tab. If this is a small chance that parity written to a disk in a RAID set up to tweak the system performance, select Performance...
If you select the Disable full data journaling only if the NAS has UPS protection. Note that blocks untrusted MTAs from the device. Without battery backup, there is common with the data disks if a power failure suddenly...increases substantially. 1-56 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring Your ReadyNAS NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide SMTP The ReadyNAS device has a built-in e-mail message transfer agent (MTA) that case, specify an appropriate SMTP server in this tab. If this is a small chance that parity written to a disk in a RAID set up to tweak the system performance, select Performance...
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1. Figure 3-5 3. Make sure that the hard disk connectors are facing away from you when you do not need to the failed disk blinks ... the background, and notifies you by e-mail when synchronization is complete. Press disk tray button; the latch pops out. 2. Replacing the Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS 1100 The Disk Status LED corresponding to power down the device. To replace a failed disk: 1. Open the disk tray door. 2. you reassemble the disk. Press...
NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 1. Figure 3-5 3. Make sure that the hard disk connectors are facing away from you when you do not need to the failed disk blinks ... the background, and notifies you by e-mail when synchronization is complete. Press disk tray button; the latch pops out. 2. Replacing the Failed Disk on the ReadyNAS 1100 The Disk Status LED corresponding to power down the device. To replace a failed disk: 1. Open the disk tray door. 2. you reassemble the disk. Press...
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...you to perform three functions: 1. The Status LED in the background. The RAID volume automatically resynchronizes with the new disk in the front will occur that the command has been accepted. Reinstall the ReadyNAS firmware. 2. Continue to depress the reset switch while powering on the system... on the back of recovering your data. (see below : • To re-install the ReadyNAS firmware: Use a paper clip to depress the switch while the system is complete. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Resynchronizing the Volume If you had been working normally but a configuration change makes it ...
...you to perform three functions: 1. The Status LED in the background. The RAID volume automatically resynchronizes with the new disk in the front will occur that the command has been accepted. Reinstall the ReadyNAS firmware. 2. Continue to depress the reset switch while powering on the system... on the back of recovering your data. (see below : • To re-install the ReadyNAS firmware: Use a paper clip to depress the switch while the system is complete. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Resynchronizing the Volume If you had been working normally but a configuration change makes it ...
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Configuring RAID on the ReadyNAS 1100 and NV+ Your ReadyNAS comes in one of minutes for a second time to signify that the command has been accepted. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide • To set the ReadyNAS device to Factory Default: Use the same process, except you must hold ...8226; Diskless system with X-RAID (expandable volume). • System with pre-installed disks in X-RAID (expandable volume). • System with Setup in RAID 0/1/5 (flexible volume). During the boot process after powering on the NAS. • To change between X-RAID and Flex-RAID mode: Perform a Factory Default...
Configuring RAID on the ReadyNAS 1100 and NV+ Your ReadyNAS comes in one of minutes for a second time to signify that the command has been accepted. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide • To set the ReadyNAS device to Factory Default: Use the same process, except you must hold ...8226; Diskless system with X-RAID (expandable volume). • System with pre-installed disks in X-RAID (expandable volume). • System with Setup in RAID 0/1/5 (flexible volume). During the boot process after powering on the NAS. • To change between X-RAID and Flex-RAID mode: Perform a Factory Default...
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...ReadyNAS NV+. To reconfigure your data on the hard disks. When the LEDS are on the device. Warning: Performing a Factory Default will flash for 30 seconds while powering on , but not flashing, release the reset switch. 3-8 Maintenance and Administration v1.0, October 2007 Press the System Reset switch for approximately 30 seconds. 3. NETGEAR ReadyNAS... Figure 3-8 You can switch between the X-RAID Expandable Volume mode and the RAID 0/1/5 Flexible Volume mode only if you boot up the system. The four LEDs will erase all your RAID setup: 1. It is not necessary to ...
...ReadyNAS NV+. To reconfigure your data on the hard disks. When the LEDS are on the device. Warning: Performing a Factory Default will flash for 30 seconds while powering on , but not flashing, release the reset switch. 3-8 Maintenance and Administration v1.0, October 2007 Press the System Reset switch for approximately 30 seconds. 3. NETGEAR ReadyNAS... Figure 3-8 You can switch between the X-RAID Expandable Volume mode and the RAID 0/1/5 Flexible Volume mode only if you boot up the system. The four LEDs will erase all your RAID setup: 1. It is not necessary to ...
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...If no action is taken within 10 minutes, the system defaults to click Setup. RAIDar will prompt you to X-RAID with 5GB reserved for snapshots. The volume and initialization process begins. Warning: Before beginning any of these activities, make... the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive The following sections describe how to back up and remove disks from the ReadyNAS systems. Maintenance and Administration 3-9 v1.0, October 2007 The ReadyNAS Volume Setup screen displays. Figure 3-9 5. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 4. Select either the Expandable Volume (X-RAID) or the Volume (RAID 0,1,5) ...
...If no action is taken within 10 minutes, the system defaults to click Setup. RAIDar will prompt you to X-RAID with 5GB reserved for snapshots. The volume and initialization process begins. Warning: Before beginning any of these activities, make... the ReadyNAS to a USB Drive The following sections describe how to back up and remove disks from the ReadyNAS systems. Maintenance and Administration 3-9 v1.0, October 2007 The ReadyNAS Volume Setup screen displays. Figure 3-9 5. NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide 4. Select either the Expandable Volume (X-RAID) or the Volume (RAID 0,1,5) ...