User Guide For Network Attached Storage Ver.1.0.0.0909 (For ADM 2.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 5 2. Pre-Installed Apps ................................................................................................. 6 2.1. Settings.......................................................................................................... 6 2.1.1. General .................................................................................
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.3. Storage Manager ........................................................................................... 17 2.3.1. Volume ..................................................................................................... 17 2.3.2. Disk ......................................................................................................... 19 2.3.3. iSCSI ....................................................................................................... 19 2.4.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 3. 4. 2.8.3. Log .......................................................................................................... 31 2.8.4. Online Users ............................................................................................. 31 2.8.5. Dr. ASUSTOR ............................................................................................ 32 2.9. Activity Monitor .............................................................................................
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing ASUSTOR network attached storage (NAS). From cross-platform file sharing to multimedia server applications to App Central, ASUSTOR NAS provides you with a rich assortment of features, allowing you to explore the unlimited potential of NAS. Your NAS comes preloaded with ASUSTOR Data Master (ADM), an operating system developed by ASUSTOR. ADM provides you with an intuitive and user friendly interface.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2. Pre-Installed Apps Pre-installed Apps include the configuration of function and service settings for hard disks and hardware. You can configure everything from system related settings to user access rights. 2.1 Settings 2.1.1. General Here you can manage the system HTTP port and auto logout settings. Auto logout will logout users if they remain idle past the specified period of time.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.1.3. VPN Here you can let your ASUSTOR NAS become a VPN client, and via PPTP or Open VPN, connect to a VPN server to access a virtual private network. ASUSTOR NAS supports the use of different connection settings files, allowing you to connect to the VPN server of your choice. The ASUSTOR VPN client currently supports the two most common connection protocols: PPTP and OpenVPN. 2.1.4.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Reset Button If for some reason you cannot connect to your NAS, this button can be used to return a portion of the settings to their default values. The system administrator account (admin) password will be reset back to “admin”. The system HTTP and HTTPS ports will be reset back to 8000 and 8001 respectively. The system will revert to automatically obtaining an IP address. You can then use ASUSTOR Control Center to search for your NAS.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Supports iOS 5.0 and onwards Supports Android 2.2 and onwards Downloading AiMaster In order to download AiMaster please open the App Store (for Apple devices) or Google Play (for Android devices) on your mobile device and search for the keywords “asustor” and “AiMaster”. Warning: Push notifications are transmitted to your device from Apple/Google’s push notification servers.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.1.8. ADM Update Here you can obtain the latest version of ADM to ensure system stability and to upgrade software features. Live Update: After enabling Live Update, the system will notify you of any available updates when you log in to ADM. Manual Update: You can go to ASUSTOR’s official website (http://www.asustor.com) to download the latest version of ADM. 2.1.9.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.1.11. Ease of Access Here you can configure all the necessary settings for remote access. Cloud Connect: Here you can obtain a Cloud ID for your NAS. By entering the Cloud ID into ASUSTOR client applications, you can access your NAS without having to enter the host/IP information. EZ-Router: Here you can set up your network router automatically for direct NAS access from any device with Internet access. Reminder: Your router must support UPnP/NAT-PMP.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.2 Services Here you can configure network related services such as FTP server, Web server and MySQL server. 2.2.1. Windows After enabling Windows File Service, you can access your NAS via any Windows operating system (i.e., Windows 7). Windows File Service is also known as CIFS or SAMBA. If you are using Windows Active Directory (hereafter referred to as “AD”), you can add your NAS to your AD domain.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Bonjour Service Name: Your NAS will be identified by this name in the Finder. Time Machine Support: Here you can enable Time Machine support and select the shared folder that you wish to back up to. If multiple Mac users wish to access this feature simultaneously, please see NAS 159 – Time Machine: Best Practice for guidance. About Bonjour Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, has been widely used in Apple related products.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Unicode support: Please enable this option if your FTP client program supports Unicode. Enable anonymous: Enabling this option will allow FTP client programs to access your NAS anonymously, without the need for a username or password. For security reasons, this is not recommended. Enable SSL/TLS: Enable encryption for FTP connections. Maximum number of all FTP connections: The maximum number of simultaneous FTP connections allowed.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.2.6. Web Server ADM comes built-in with an independent web server (apache) that you can use to host your own website. After enabling this feature, the system will create a shared folder called “Web” that will serve as the web server’s root directory. PHP register_globals: This feature is not enabled, by default. Enable this if a website program specifically requests you to. Otherwise, it is recommended that you leave this feature disabled for system security reasons.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Note: For security reasons, SSH only allows the “admin” account or the “root” account to log in. The passwords for both these accounts are identical. 2.2.9. Rsync Server After enabling Rsync server, your NAS will become a backup server and will allow remote backup from another ASUSTOR NAS or any other Rsync-compatible servers. Enable Rsync server: If you wish to permit encrypted backup for clients, please enable support for encrypted transmission via SSH.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.3 Storage Manager 2.3.1. Volume Note: This function may differ depending on the NAS model in use. Storage space on your NAS consists of logical volumes which are made up of a single disk or multiple disks combined together. Here you can set up new storage space for your NAS and, according to your data protection needs, select the most suitable RAID level. In order to maintain data integrity, you may only use internal disks when creating storage space for your NAS.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide at all times. RAID 1 protects your data from loss should one of your disks fail. RAID 1’s advantage is that it offers protection for your data by providing data redundancy. The downside of this configuration is that when combining two disks of differing sizes, the total storage space will be equal to the size of the smaller disk. Therefore, you will be unable to use a portion of the larger disk.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide NAS 352 – Online RAID Level Migration and Capacity Expansion 2.3.2. Disk Here you can check on the status of all your disks. You can also inspect their S.M.A.R.T. information and conduct tests on your disks. S.M.A.R.T. Info: S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Report Technology. It is a type of self-monitoring mechanism for disks that detects and reports on various indicators of reliability, with the hope of anticipating failures.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.4 Access Control 2.4.1. Local Users Here you can manage (add, edit or remove) the local users in the system and assign their access rights to shared folders. Reminder: If you only have a few users on the system, you can set up the access rights for each of them one by one. Within ADM, a single user’s access rights with regards to shared folders will depend on the user’s existing access rights and on the access rights of the group that the user belongs to.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide About Local Groups After initialization, the system will automatically create two user groups, “administrators” and “users”. “administrators” is the default administrator group. If a user is added to this group, they will possess a majority of the administrator access rights. The “admin” account belongs to the “administrators” group by default and cannot be removed from it. See More Appendix 4.1 – Permission Mapping Table 2.4.3.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.4.5. Shared Folders Here you can manage your shared folders and set up their access rights in relation to users and user groups. Shared folders allow your NAS to become a file server. They are fundamental in sharing files with the outside world. Consequently, correctly setting up their access rights is very important in the management of your data. Invisible in “Network” or “My Network Places”: This setting only applies if you are using Microsoft Windows.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide in, he/she will not be able to see the Surveillance Center app icon on their ADM home screen. The user will have no way of opening or accessing the app. Web applications may be public in nature (i.e., WordPress) or have their own account management systems (i.e., Joomla). Therefore, there is no way to restrict access to them through ADM. With regards to domain users, the system only offers the option of setting their File Explorer access rights.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.5 Backup & Restore 2.5.1. Remote Sync Remote Sync (Rsync) can allow your NAS to be used as a backup destination or backup source. When using your NAS as a backup source, you can choose to back up the data from your NAS onto another remote ASUSTOR NAS or Rsync compatible server. When your NAS acts as a backup destination, you can back up the data from another remote ASUSTOR NAS or Rsync compatible server onto your NAS.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide This also gives IT administrators a significant amount of flexibility when configuring backup jobs. See More NAS 259 – Using Remote Sync (Rsync) to Protect Your Data NAS 351 – Remote Sync (Rsync): Best Practice 2.5.2. FTP Backup FTP backup can allow for your NAS to be used as a backup destination or backup source. When using your NAS as a backup source, you can choose to back up the data from your NAS onto another remote ASUSTOR NAS or FTP server.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide Mission Mode: Sometimes backup jobs may be stopped because of various connection problems with a busy server on the other end. ASUSTOR’s Mission Mode option allows you to configure the number of connection attempts and time interval for connection attempts, ensuring for the successful completion of your backup job. 2.5.4. External Backup Here you can choose to backup data from USB or eSATA external hard disks to your NAS or backup data from your NAS to these external hard disks.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide to have regularly scheduled backups of your NAS’s data so you always keep a USB drive plugged into your NAS for this purpose. Save in new folder: After selecting this method, you will then have to specify a naming format for the new folder. Every time you run a backup job the system will create a new folder according to this format and then proceed to back up your data into the folder.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.6 App Central Note: This function may differ depending on the NAS model in use. You can use App Central to download apps that are suitable for use with your NAS. App Central provides you with a rich variety of applications, allowing you to install software that is uniquely suited to your needs. Whether your interests lie in digital entertainment, e-commerce, blogging or website construction, App Central has it all.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.7 External Devices 2.7.1. Disk Here you can view and format all USB or eSATA external hard disks that are connected to your NAS. Supported file systems are as follows: FAT32: for use with Windows and Mac OS X NTFS: for use with Windows HFS+: for use with Mac OS X EXT4: for use with Linux Reminder: If your device cannot be detected, please try connecting again using another cable or port. 2.7.2.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.7.4. UPS A UPS can provide backup power to your NAS in the event of a power outage. Using a UPS can protect your data and NAS from sudden shutdown or service interruptions. Network UPS: Here you can setup your NAS to be the network UPS server (Master mode) and set its IP address, when the UPS’s USB cable is connected to your NAS. Other devices that are in the same local area network will be then set to slave mode.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.8 System Information 2.8.1. About This NAS Here you can view general information about your NAS such as the hardware model number, software version, and present state of the system. 2.8.2. Network Here you can review information about your network settings (i.e., IP address and MAC address). 2.8.3. Log Here you can review logs of all system events. These logs include the system log, connection log and file access log. ASUSTOR NAS also supports Syslog.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Secure Shell (SSH) iSCSI WebDAV 2.8.5. Dr. ASUSTOR Dr. ASUSTOR performs checkups based the current state of your system, settings and connectivity. After performing these checkups, Dr. ASUSTOR will diagnose any problems and provide you with appropriate recommendations.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.9 Activity Monitor Note: This function may differ depending on the NAS model in use. Activity Monitor dynamically monitors your NAS.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.10 File Explorer File Explorer comes pre-installed with ADM and can be used to browse and manage the files on your NAS. File Explorer displays accessible directories to users based on the access rights that are assigned to them. Additionally, ADM supports three simultaneously open File Explorer windows. You can easily make copies of files by dragging and dropping them into a different File Explorer window.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 2.1 1 FTP Explorer FTP Explorer is ADM’s built-in FTP client. It can be used to connect to different FTP servers and execute direct file transfers. This increases transfer efficiency as the file transfer process does not require the use of any computers.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 3. From App Central In addition to the built-in apps that come with ADM, every ASUSTOR NAS comes with several pre-installed apps. You can choose whether you want to keep or remove these apps. At your convenience, you can also browse through and download any additional apps that peak your interest from App Central. 3.1 Download Center Download Center allows you to easily download and save files to your NAS.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 3.2 Surveillance Center Surveillance Center allows you to manage an array of IP cameras and features Live View and Playback functions. All video recorded from IP cameras can be directly and safely stored on the NAS. Using Surveillance Center’s exclusive playback interface you can review previously recorded video at any time. Surveillance Center also supports several different recording modes such as schedule, motion detection and alarm trigger.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 3.3 UPnP AV Media Server The UPnP AV Media Server app can turn your NAS into your home’s multimedia streaming server. As long as you have devices that support UPnP or DLNA (for example, SONY BRAVIA TV or PlayStation3® ), you can directly browse and stream the pictures, music and videos stored on your NAS. Additionally, you can use UPnP/DLNA compatible applications on your mobile device (for example, a notebook, iPhone or iPad) to stream multimedia files from your NAS.
ASUSTOR NAS User Guide 3.4 iTunes Server The iTunes Server app can turn your NAS into your home’s audio and video streaming center. It allows you to share music and movies from your NAS with computers in the same network environment. After enabling the iTunes server app and adding music files to the “Music” shared folder, open iTunes on your PC or MAC. You will see your NAS under the “Shared” heading in the left hand panel of the iTunes window. Click on it to begin browsing and streaming your music.
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