PowerBay ™ 4- Bay DataBank NAS Array User Guide Version 2.
Contents Product Overview USB/eSATA Backup - Page 3 Schedule LAN Backup - Page About this User Guide 3 Introduction 3 Package g Contents 3 System y Requirements q 3 Features and Benefits 3 Hardware Overview 4 Real Time LAN Backup - Page Maintenance - Section 18 Password - Page System - Page Firmware - Page E-Mail Settings - Page E-Mail Alerts - Page System y Status - Section Installation 4 Before You Begin g 4 Default Settings g 4 Factoryy Reset Button 5 Basic Installation 5 20 I
Product Overview Features and Benefits The Verbatim PowerBay NAS array supports 4 hard drive cartridges and includes the product features listed below: About this User Guide • Equipped two 10/100/1000 Mbps Full/half-duplex auto-MDIX Gigabit Ethernet ports • Embedded four internal SATA II 3.5” HDD interface • Two access modes supported: Open mode and Account mode, no setup necessary in open mode.
Rear Panel (Connections) Hardware Overview Front View COMPONENT DESCRIPTION 9. eSATA connector • One SATA-II (eSATA) connector for connecting external storage device. • Supports eSATA backup (copy files from attached eSATA drive to NAS array) COMPONENT 1. Power Button DESCRIPTION • Provides additional storage as a shared volume on the LAN (default name “eSATA_1”) • Press to power on.
• LAN IP Address is 192.168.0.32 • LAN Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 more advanced users may choose to configure name servers (such as WIN servers or DNS servers) in order to access the PowerBay NAS array from a different subnet.
Wizard Pages 1. When initiating the Wizard, the user will always be prompted to re-enter the login user name and password as a security measure. Do so and click the next button. 3. After clicking the IP Setup Button you’ll be prompted to enter the password (The default password is blank) and click OK. 2. In this window the user can change the time zone configuration of the device. 4. Here you can change: Device Name - Network name of the PowerBay NAS array. Workgroup - Workgroup name of your network.
• DHCP Client - Allows an IP to be assigned to the device automatically (this option requires a DHCP Server in your network). • Static IP - Allows you to assign an IP address to the device manually. Home - Section Device Information - Page 5. In this window you can configure the Workgroup settings for your device. If you have Active Directory configured in your network you can choose the Active Directory option to setup those settings.
LAN Port - Page DHCP Client: Selecting DHCP Client will cause the device to obtain an IP address from the local DHCP server. Date and Time - Page Static IP: Selecting Static IP requires you to assign the IP information for the device manually. MTU: The default MTU (maximum transmission unit) is 1500 bytes. If your network supports Jumbo Frames you can specify larger frame sizes (in the range of 3000-9000) by first selecting Enable in the MTU Settings dialogue.
time, the device will connect to the 2008 AD Server and attempt to authenticate the given user with the given password. Language Settings - Page The web based configuration tool for the PowerBay NAS array is configured at the factory to use English as its user interface language. The language settings page allows you to select a different user interface language. Workgroup: The Workgroup is used by Microsoft Windows Network to organize available network groups within the same network.
Users - Page User/Groups: Select the users or groups and assign Read Only or Read/Write permissions to them. User Creation: This section contains required attributes for a new user, including group, user name and password. Select User and enter a user name, password and then click Add. User List: Displays the list of users that you may assign to the selected group. Folder: Select the folder to assign to the nominated users/ groups and click on the Add a Shared Folder button.
Rsync Server - Page This section allows you to set up your Rsync Server. FTP Server: This option allows the user to enable and disable the use of FTP Server on the device. Max User: Sets the maximum number of users that can connect to the FTP Server at once. Idle Time: Sets the amount of time a user can remain idle before being disconnected. Port: Sets the FTP port number. The default is port 21.
Time Machine: Enable or disable the Time Machine service. If it is enabled, you must enter a login password and the amount of storage (in gigabytes) that you want to allocate for this service. AppleTalk: Enable or disable AppleTalk. AppleTalk allows the PowerBay NAS array to be discovered by Net Browser on Mac OS 9. LLTD - Page Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) allows the PowerBay NAS array to be discovered by Windows Vista’s network map. (Note: Enabling LLTD may cause decreased network performance.
1. Select “RAID 5” to build a 4-disk array. Available capacity will be equal to that of three disk cartridges. 2. Select “RAID 5 with Spare” to build a 3-disk array. The fourth disk is used as a spare. The spare drive will automatically rebuild to complete a healthy 3-disk array whenever a failure of one of the other three drives is detected. Available capacity is equal to that of two disk cartridges.
Enable / Disable Encryption: During disk configuration, select Enable or Disable. If Enable is selected, you will be prompted to enter a password key string. Also you may optionally select one of two additional encryption options. Password Key: Enter a password key string of 6-10 characters. Auto Unlock During System Reboot: Check the Auto Unlock box if you want the NAS always to power up in the UNLOCKED state.
Disk Configuration – Page (Steps) Here are the steps to configure all the hard drives (including an attached eSATA mirroring disk) to run on RAID 6. Step 4: You will be warned that doing this configuration will erase all the data from your hard drives. Click OK (if you want to proceed). Step 5: The RAID configuration will start. Please wait for it to complete fully before proceeding. Step 1: Select the desired RAID configuration. In the example we chose RAID 6.
Power Management - Page Download/Backup - Section Enabling this feature will cause the hard disk drives to hibernate after the specified time of inactivity. The hard disk drives will wake-up when new activity is detected. Download files from a FTP server or web server or Backup shared files and folders from computer or NAS. Power Management: Enable or Disable power management. Turn Off Hard Drives: Select the amount of idle time allowed before the hard drives are shut down.
Schedule List: Pending or completed download events will be listed here. Current status is displayed for each event and there is an option to delete a download event at any time. Schedule Status - Page View the progress and status of currently scheduled downloads. Pending or completed download events will be listed here. Current download statistics, such as % completed and download speed, are displayed for each event. A refresh button is also provided to produce updated listings at any time.
Destination Role: In order to configure this PowerBay NAS array in the Destination Role, Rsync needs to be enabled on this PowerBay NAS array. Rsync Server Ready: When enabling the Destination Role the PowerBay NAS array will only check if the Rsync Server is enabled and then reply if it is ready or not. Maintenance - Section The Password menu allows you to set a password for the admin account. It is recommended to set an admin account password when first configuring the device.
System - Page The System menu provides options for system restarts, saving and loading configuration settings, and setting idle times. Schedule Power On/Off: You can set what time you want to shutdown the PowerBay NAS array or to power on the PowerBay NAS array. Use ‘Mode’ to disable it or en¬able it. When ‘Schedule Power On/Off Mode’ is set to ‘Days of Week’, you can fill in the table presented to define on/off times for each day independently. Click ‘Apply’ when finished.
User Name: If ‘Account’ is selected, enter the user name of your e-mail account. Password: If ‘Account’ is selected, enter the password for your e-mail account. Help Menu - Section The PowerBay NAS array help page provides a menu of help topics explaining the features of the device. SMTP Server: Enter the SMTP Server address. This will be your outgoing mail server address. If you are not sure what this is, contact the company that provides e-mail services for you.
Browse Network Neighborhood Open the File Browserr and double-click on Network Neighborhood or My Network Places. Browse to Workgroup to find the PowerBay NAS array shared folders. Now the folder powerbay will be mounted to the directory /mnt/ nas in the Linux system. Linux users with access privileges can now access files in this directory. USB Print Server Installation Search Dialogue Select Start in the system tray and select Search. Use the Search dialogue to search for Computers.
individual HDD LEDs. If the HDD is functioning normally its LED will be solid blue. When you slide the HDD locking button to the right to prepare to swap the HDD, the HDD LED will go off. As soon as you insert the new HDD into the slot and slide the HDD locking button to the left, the blue light will appear again indicating that the HDD status is ready.
RAID 5 allows the array to continue operating even if one of the disks fails. The diagram below indicates the operation of RAID 5: Technical Specifications Physical & Environmental Feature Detailed Description Power Supply • SANSHIN ATX Power Supply (SU-082RW) • AC Input: 100~240Vac/1.8~0.7A; 50~60Hz • DC Output:12/5/3.3/5Vdc/4.5/10/4.
Limited Warranty Terms Rights Verbatim Limited warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 2 years from date of purchase. This warranty excludes batteries. If this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, it will be replaced at no cost to you. You may return it with your original cash register receipt to the place of purchase or contact Verbatim. Copyright © 2007 Verbatim Limited.
