Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 User Guide - Page 4

Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server, Tips for BlackArmor® Users - & 420 network storage servers

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Contents 4. Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server 27 Introduction 27 Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator 28 Your BlackArmor Server's Default Settings 29 Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage 30 Understanding Volumes and Shares 30 Working with Volumes 31 Working with Shares 33 Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users 34 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 BlackArmor Files with Network Backups 37 Setting up Aggregation Failover 38 Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server 38 Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server 39 Monitoring Status with the Server's LCD Screen 39 Monitoring Status with the Server's LEDs 39 Using Email Alerts to Monitor Server Status 40 Checking Disk Drive Status Using SMART 41 Changing the BlackArmor Server's Advanced Settings 41 Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Settings 42 File Protocol Settings 42 Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings 42 Power Saving Settings 42 Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings 42 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Settings 43 Web Access Protocol Settings 43 Workgroup and Domain Settings 43 Maintaining Your BlackArmor Server 44 Basic Hardware Safety and Maintenance 44 Keeping the Server's Firmware Current 44 Resetting Your BlackArmor Server 45 5. Tips for BlackArmor® Users 47 Introduction 47 BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 4

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BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3)
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Contents
4. Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server
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Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Your BlackArmor Server’s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Understanding Volumes and Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Working with Shares
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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 BlackArmor Files with Network Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting up Aggregation Failover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitoring Status with the Server’s LCD Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitoring Status with the Server’s LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Email Alerts to Monitor Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Checking Disk Drive Status Using SMART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the BlackArmor Server’s Advanced Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
File Protocol Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Saving Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Web Access Protocol Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Workgroup and Domain Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Maintaining Your BlackArmor Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Basic Hardware Safety and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Keeping the Server’s Firmware Current
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Resetting Your BlackArmor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5. Tips for BlackArmor® Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47