Storageflex 3945N Portable Media Storage User Manual


 
Administrator Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE.........................................................................................................................4
ABOUT THIS GUIDE..................................................................................................... 4
WHO SHOULD USE THIS GUIDE............................................................................... 4
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION ............................................................................4
WARRANTY & LIABILITY LIMITATIONS ............................................................. 4
ABOUT STORAGEFLEX 3945N NAS RAID............................................................... 8
CONNECTING APPLIANCES TO THE NETWORK.............................................. 10
CONNECTING THE APPLIANCE TO YOUR NETWORK ................................... 10
CONFIGURING THE APPLIANCE FOR YOUR NETWORK...............................10
LOCATING THE APPLIANCE ON YOUR NETWORK......................................... 11
CONFIGURING NEW APPLIANCES........................................................................13
SEARCHING YOUR NETWORK FOR LOCAL APPLIANCES............................ 14
SEARCHING FOR REMOTE APPLIANCES ...........................................................15
LOGGING ON TO A NEWLY INSTALLED APPLIANCE..................................... 16
ENTERING THE SERIAL NUMBER......................................................................... 17
NAMING THE APPLIANCE ....................................................................................... 18
CONFIGURING NETWORK (OPTIONAL).............................................................. 19
VERIFYING THE DATE AND TIME ........................................................................ 20
ASSIGNING A PASSWORD ........................................................................................21
MANAGING APPLIANCE SETTINGS......................................................................23
MANAGING GROUPS LOCALLY............................................................................. 27
MANAGING SHARES..................................................................................................29
MANAGING FOLDERS............................................................................................... 32
CHECKING THE STATUS OF THE APPLIANCE..................................................34
CHECKING USER CONNECTIONS TO THE APPLIANCE .................................35
VIEWING SETTINGS OF THE APPLIANCE ..........................................................36
VIEWING LOGS OF THE APPLIANCE .................................................................. 37
MONITORING HARDWARE STATUS OF THE APPLIANCE.............................38
CHANGING ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORD FOR THE APPLIANCE ...........40
CHANGING THE DATE AND TIME.........................................................................41
SHUTTING DOWN APPLIANCE ..............................................................................42
CONFIGURING ADVANCED SETTINGS................................................................ 43
APPLIANCE NAME ..................................................................................................... 44
NETWORK DOMAIN................................................................................................... 44
DNS SEARCH ORDER................................................................................................. 44