Netgear RNDP6310 ReadyNAS Pro User Manual - Page 94

Power Timer, UPS Configuration, Wake-On-LAN, Enable power timer, Power

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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide Note: Enabling disk spin-down disables journal mode. Once enabled, if you decide to disable disk spin-down, you need to manually re-enable journal mode if desired. NETGEAR recommends UPS if you utilize this option. Power Timer The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can be scheduled to power off and power back on (on certain models) automatically (see Figure 5-3). Select the Enable power timer check box and enter the action and time. (The Power ON option is available on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition NV through an add-on package.)1 The Power ON option does not appear if the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition hardware does not support this feature. Note: When the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition is powered off, any file transfers and backup jobs are interrupted, and backup jobs scheduled during the power off state do not run. UPS Configuration If this device is not connected to a UPS device, you may elect to enable a UPS connection to another NAS device. Select the Enable monitoring of UPS physically attached to a remote ReadyNAS check box and enter the IP Address in the Remote IP field. NETGEAR recommends that you enable this feature if you have enabled the Disk Spin-Down option. If you use this option, the ReadyNAS is shut down automatically when a battery-low condition is detected on a UPS connected to another ReadyNAS. This is useful when a UPS is shared by multiple ReadyNAS units, even though only one ReadyNAS is monitoring the battery status. As an option, the ReadyNAS can remotely monitor the UPS when connected to a PC running Network UPS Tools (NUT). For more information about NUT, see http://www.networkupstools.org. Wake-On-LAN You can power-on this device remotely by sending it a "WOL Magic Packet" if the WOL service is enabled. 1. Please refer to the Release Notes for RAIDiator 4 on the NETGEAR Support site for more information. 5-4 Optimizing Performance v1.2, October 2008

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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide
5-4
Optimizing Performance
v1.2, October 2008
Power Timer
The ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition can be scheduled to power off and power back on (on certain
models) automatically (see
Figure 5-3
). Select the
Enable power timer
check box and enter the
action and time. (The
Power ON
option is available on the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition NV
through an add-on package.)
1
The
Power ON
option does not appear if the ReadyNAS Pro
Business Edition hardware does not support this feature.
UPS Configuration
If this device is not connected to a UPS device, you may elect to enable a UPS connection to
another NAS device. Select the
Enable monitoring of UPS physically attached to a remote
ReadyNAS
check box and enter the IP Address in the
Remote IP
field. NETGEAR recommends
that you enable this feature if you have enabled the Disk Spin-Down option.
If you use this option, the ReadyNAS is shut down automatically when a battery-low condition is
detected on a UPS connected to another ReadyNAS. This is useful when a UPS is shared by
multiple ReadyNAS units, even though only one ReadyNAS is monitoring the battery status.
As an option, the ReadyNAS can remotely monitor the UPS when connected to a PC running
Network UPS Tools (NUT). For more information about NUT, see
Wake-On-LAN
You can power-on this device remotely by sending it a "WOL Magic Packet" if the WOL service is
enabled.
Note:
Enabling disk spin-down disables journal mode. Once enabled, if you decide to
disable disk spin-down, you need to manually re-enable journal mode if desired.
NETGEAR recommends UPS if you utilize this option.
1. Please refer to the Release Notes for RAIDiator 4 on the NETGEAR Support site for more information.
Note:
When the ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition is powered off, any file transfers and
backup jobs are interrupted, and backup jobs scheduled during the power off state
do not run.