Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 User Guide - Page 4

Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server, Tips for BlackArmor® Users - firmware

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Contents 4. Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server 29 Introduction 29 Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator 30 Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server's Default Settings 31 Managing Volumes, Shares and Storage 32 Understanding Volumes and Shares 32 Working with Volumes 33 Working with Shares 33 Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users 35 Setting Grace Time for Exceeded Quotas 35 Controlling Web File Downloads to the BlackArmor Server 35 Managing BlackArmor Users 36 Working with User Accounts 36 Creating and Modifying User Groups 36 Protecting Your Files with Network Backups 37 Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server 38 Monitoring Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server 39 Monitoring Status with the Server's LEDs 39 Using Email Alerts to Monitor Server Status 40 Checking Disk Drive Status Using SMART 40 Changing the Server's Advanced Settings 40 Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Settings 41 File Protocol Settings 41 Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings 41 Power Saving Settings 41 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings 42 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Settings 42 Web Access Protocol Settings 42 Workgroup and Domain Settings 42 Maintaining Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server 43 Basic Hardware Safety and Maintenance 43 Keeping the Server's Firmware Current 44 Resetting Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server 44 5. Tips for BlackArmor® Users 45 Introduction 45 Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account 45 Access Limitations 45 Storage Space Limitations 46 BlackArmor® NAS 110 User Guide 4

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BlackArmor® NAS 110 User Guide
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Contents
4. Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server’s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Managing Volumes, Shares and Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Understanding Volumes and Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Working with Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Working with Shares
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting Grace Time for Exceeded Quotas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Controlling Web File Downloads to the BlackArmor Server
. . . . . . . . . 35
Managing BlackArmor Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Working with User Accounts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating and Modifying User Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Protecting Your Files with Network Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Monitoring Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitoring Status with the Server’s LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Email Alerts to Monitor Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Checking Disk Drive Status Using SMART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing the Server’s Advanced Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
File Protocol Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Saving Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Web Access Protocol Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Workgroup and Domain Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Maintaining Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Basic Hardware Safety and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Keeping the Server’s Firmware Current
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Resetting Your BlackArmor NAS 110 Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5. Tips for BlackArmor® Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Access Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Storage Space Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46