D-Link DNS-1560-04 User manual

D-Link 1U 4-bay rackmount unified storage
User Manual
DNS-1560-04
Version 1.00
May 2014

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Copyright
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Trademarks
All products and trade names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
Login information
User name: admin
Password: 1234

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Preface
About this manual
This manual is the introduction of a D-Link unified storage system and it aims to help users know
the operations of the disk array system easily. Information contained in this manual has been
reviewed for accuracy, but not for product warranty because of the various environments / OS /
settings. Information and specification will be changed without further notice.
Before reading this manual, it is assumed that you are familiar with computer skills such as
hardware, storage concepts and network technology. It is also assumed that you have a basic
knowledge of Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), Storage Area Network (SAN),
Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Internet SCSI (iSCSI), Serial-attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA
(SATA), technology.
CAUTION:
Do not attempt to service, change, disassemble or upgrade the equipment’s
components by yourself. Doing so may violate your warranty and expose you to
electric shock. Refer all servicing to authorized service personnel. Please always
follow the instructions in this user manual.
Tips and Cautions
This manual uses the following symbols to draw attention to important safety and operational
information.
Symbol
Meaning
Description
TIP
Tips provide helpful information, guidelines, or suggestions for
performing tasks more effectively.
CAUTION
Cautions indicate that failure to take a specified action could
result in damage to the software or hardware.

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Conventions
The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this manual.
Conventions
Description
Bold
Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including menus,
menu options, buttons, fields, and labels.
Example: Click OK button.
<Italic>
Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the
user or system.
Example: copy <source-file> <target-file>.
[ ] square
brackets
Indicates optional values.
Example: [ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a, b, or nothing.
{ } braces
Indicates required or expected values.
Example: { a | b } indicates that you must choose either a or b.
| vertical bar
Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or
arguments.
/ Slash
Indicates all options or arguments.
underline
Indicates the default value.
Example: [ a | b ]
FCC and CE statements
FCC statement
This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the
measurement procedures specified in the Standards and Specifications listed below and as
indicated in the measurement report number: xxxxxxxx-F
Technical Standard: FCC Part 15 Class A (Verification)
IC ICES-003
CE statement
This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the
measurement procedures specified in the Standards and Specifications listed below and as
indicated in the measurement report number: xxxxxxxx-E
Technical Standard: EMC DIRECTIVE 2004/108/EC
(EN55022 / EN55024)
UL statement
Rack Mount Instructions - The following or similar rack-mount instructions are included with the
installation instructions:

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1. Elevated Operating Ambient - If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the
operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient.
Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment
compatible with the maximum ambient temperature (Tma) specified by the manufacturer.
2. Reduced Air Flow - Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the amount of
air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised.
3. Mechanical Loading - Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a
hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading.
4. Circuit Overloading - Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to
the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on overcurrent
protection and supply wiring. Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings
should be used when addressing this concern.
5. Reliable Grounding - Reliable grounding of rack-mounted equipment should be maintained.
Particular attention should be given to supply connections other than direct connections to
the branch circuit (e.g. use of power strips).
CAUTION:
The main purpose of the handles is for rack mount use only. Do not use the
handles to carry or transport the systems.
The ITE is not intended to be installed and used in a home, school or public area accessible to the
general population, and the thumbscrews should be tightened with a tool after both initial
installation and subsequent access to the panel.
Warning: Remove all power supply cords before service
This equipment intended for installation in restricted access location.
Access can only be gained by SERVICE PERSONS or by USERS who have been instructed
about the reasons for the restrictions applied to the location and about any precautions that
shall be taken.
Access is through the use of a TOOL or lock and key, or other means of security, and is
controlled by the authority responsible for the location.
CAUTION: (English)
Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by incorrect type. Please replace the
same or equivalent type battery use and dispose of used batteries according to
the instructions.

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ATTENTION: (French)
IL Y A RISQUE D'EXPLOSION SI LA BATTERIE EST REMPLACÉE PAR UNE BATTERIE
DE TYPE INCORRECT. METTRE AU REBUT LES BATTERIES USAGÉES
CONFORMÉMENT AUX INSTRUCTIONS.
VORSICHT: (German)
Explosionsgefahr bei unsachgemaßem Austausch der Batterie. Entsorgung
gebrauchter Batterien nach Anleitung.
ADVERTENCIA: (Spanish)
Las baterías pueden explotar si no se manipulan de forma apropiada. No
desmonte ni tire las baterías al fuego. Siga las normativas locales al desechar las
baterías agotadas.
警告
: (Simplified Chinese)
本电池如果更换不正确会有爆炸的危险，请依制造商说明处理用过之电
池。

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Contents
Chapter 0 PREFACE............................................................................................................................................... 3
ABOUT THIS MANUAL ....................................................................................................................................... 3
TIPS AND CAUTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 3
CONVENTIONS................................................................................................................................................. 4
FCC AND CE STATEMENTS................................................................................................................................. 4
Chapter 1 OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................11
PRODUCT OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................................... 11
Package Contents.............................................................................................................................. 11
HARDWARE .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Front View......................................................................................................................................... 12
Disk Drive Assembly .......................................................................................................................... 12
Rear View .......................................................................................................................................... 13
RAID CONCEPTS ........................................................................................................................................... 13
RAID Levels........................................................................................................................................ 13
NAS CONCEPTS............................................................................................................................................. 14
ISCSI CONCEPTS............................................................................................................................................ 15
Chapter 2 INSTALLATION.....................................................................................................................................16
INSTALLATION OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 16
Drive Slot Numbering........................................................................................................................ 16
System Installation and Deployment................................................................................................ 16
POWER ON /OFF......................................................................................................................................... 17
Power on the System ........................................................................................................................ 17
Power off the System........................................................................................................................ 17
Chapter 3 QUICK SETUP.......................................................................................................................................18
MANAGEMENT INTERFACES ............................................................................................................................. 18
Web UI .............................................................................................................................................. 18
HOW TO USE THE GUIDED CONFIGURATIONS ...................................................................................................... 21
Setup Wizard Tool............................................................................................................................. 21
Chapter 4 BASIC CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................................23
INTERFACE HIERARCHY.................................................................................................................................... 23
DASHBOARD ................................................................................................................................................. 23
MONITOR..................................................................................................................................................... 24

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S.M.A.R.T........................................................................................................................................... 24
Physical disk ...................................................................................................................................... 25
Snapshot ........................................................................................................................................... 26
Hardware monitor ............................................................................................................................ 27
Event log ........................................................................................................................................... 27
UPS.................................................................................................................................................... 28
Connection........................................................................................................................................ 28
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................ 29
System............................................................................................................................................... 29
Time .................................................................................................................................................. 30
Account ............................................................................................................................................. 30
Mail Setting ....................................................................................................................................... 35
Messenger......................................................................................................................................... 35
SNMP ................................................................................................................................................ 36
System Log Server............................................................................................................................. 36
NETWORK CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................................. 37
Network Setting ................................................................................................................................ 37
DNS Setting ....................................................................................................................................... 39
STORAGE CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................................................. 40
Physical Disk...................................................................................................................................... 40
Pool ................................................................................................................................................... 42
ZFS..................................................................................................................................................... 45
Thin provisioning............................................................................................................................... 47
Compression ..................................................................................................................................... 48
Share ................................................................................................................................................. 49
Explorer............................................................................................................................................. 50
Shares................................................................................................................................................ 54
LUN.................................................................................................................................................... 55
Snapshot ........................................................................................................................................... 56
Snapshot Schedule............................................................................................................................ 57
APPLICATION CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................................... 57
Directory Services ............................................................................................................................. 58
CIFS Service ....................................................................................................................................... 60
NFS Service........................................................................................................................................ 60
AFP Service........................................................................................................................................ 61
FTP Service ........................................................................................................................................ 61
WebDAV Service ............................................................................................................................... 62
iSCSI................................................................................................................................................... 62

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iSCSI Entity ........................................................................................................................................ 63
iSCSI Node ......................................................................................................................................... 63
Backup............................................................................................................................................... 64
Replication ........................................................................................................................................ 64
Amazon S3 ........................................................................................................................................ 65
AntiVirus ........................................................................................................................................... 66
AntiVirus Service ............................................................................................................................... 67
AntiVirus Scan Filter.......................................................................................................................... 67
AntiVirus Task ................................................................................................................................... 67
AntiVirus Update............................................................................................................................... 68
AntiVirus Report................................................................................................................................ 68
MAINTENANCE CONFIGURATION....................................................................................................................... 69
Download.......................................................................................................................................... 69
Download MIB File............................................................................................................................ 69
Download System Information ......................................................................................................... 69
Reset to Factory Default ................................................................................................................... 69
Firmware Upgrade ............................................................................................................................ 70
Firmware Upgrade via USB ............................................................................................................... 70
Reboot............................................................................................................................................... 71
Shutdown.......................................................................................................................................... 71
Chapter 5 ACCESS SHARES FROM YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM .............................................................................72
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................. 72
CIFS AND WINDOWS ..................................................................................................................................... 72
Method 1: The Address Input in Explorer......................................................................................... 72
Method 2: The Command Line Input from Start Button................................................................... 73
Method 3: Map a Network Drive in Explorer.................................................................................... 74
NFS AND LINUX............................................................................................................................................. 75
Redhat Linux 5 .................................................................................................................................. 75
Redhat Linux 6 .................................................................................................................................. 76
Open Solaris 10/11............................................................................................................................ 76
NFS AND VSHPERE5....................................................................................................................................... 76
AFP AND MAC OS X...................................................................................................................................... 77
Apple Time Machine Support ........................................................................................................... 78
FTP ............................................................................................................................................................ 79
Method 1: Using Command Line Shell.............................................................................................. 79
Method 2: Using FTP Client Application ........................................................................................... 80
WEBDAV .................................................................................................................................................... 81

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Method 1: Windows 7 Using Map Network Drive Wizard................................................................ 81
Method 2: Using 3rd Party WebDAV Client Appplication .................................................................. 85
Chapter 6 SOFTWARE APPLICATION....................................................................................................................86
MICROSOFT ISCSI INITIATOR............................................................................................................................ 86
Connect to iSCSI Target..................................................................................................................... 86
Disconnect ........................................................................................................................................ 87
Chapter 7 ADVANCED OPERATIONS ....................................................................................................................88
TERMINAL OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 88
Serial Console.................................................................................................................................... 88
Secure Shell Remote Access.............................................................................................................. 88
Console UI ......................................................................................................................................... 89
Chapter 8 GLOSSARY AND ACRONYM LIST ..........................................................................................................91
Chapter 9 INDEX..................................................................................................................................................93

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Overview
Product Overview
This user manual describes how to set up and use the storage systems.
DNS-1560-04:
1U4bays
Package Contents
DNS-1560-04:
The package contains the following items:
D-Link storage system (x1)
HDD trays (x4)
Power cords (x2)
Rail kit (x1 set)
Keys, screws for drives and rail kit (x1 packet)
CD-ROM with Manual and Software
Quick Installation Guide
Hardware
This section provides basic information about the hardware components.
DNS-1560-04:
(1U4bays)

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Front View
There are three LEDs and one button on DNS-1560-04
This table provides details about the button and LEDs.
Number
Description
1
LAN1(Management port) LED:

Blinking amber: Accessing data.
2
LAN2 LED:

Blinking amber: Accessing data.
3
Status LED:

Blinking amber: System error.
4
Power button.

Blue: Power on.
Disk Drive Assembly
Remove a drive tray. Then install a HDD.
The front of each disk tray has four components:
This table provides details about the front components of a disk tray.
Number
Description
1
Status LED:
Green: The hard drive is inserted and working normally.
Amber: The hard drive has failed.
Blinking amber: The hard drive data is being rebuilt.

Off: There is no hard drive in the tray or the power is off.
2
Access LED:
Blinking green: The hard drive is being accessed.

Off: The hard drive is not being accessed or there is no hard drive in
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4

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the tray.
3
Tray removal handle.
4
Latch to release the tray and tray handle.
Rear View
DNS-1560-04 (2 x GbE ports):
This table describes the rear components.
Number
Description
1
Power Connecto.
2
LAN1 (GbE) and management port.
3
LAN2 (GbE) port.
4
USB ports.
5
VGA port.
6
Hardware Reboot.
LED
GbE Activity LED:
Blinking green: The system is transmitting or receiving to/from an
Ethernet device through the 1G port.
Off: The system is not transmitting or receiving to/from an Ethernet
device through the 1G port.
GbE Connection/Speed LED:
Green: The GbE port is connected at 100 Mbps.
Yellow: The GbE port is connected at 1 Gbps.

Off: The GbE port is connected at 10 Mbps or there is no connection.
RAID Concepts
RAID is the abbreviation of Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The basic idea of RAID is to
combine multiple drives together to form one large logical drive. This RAID drive obtains more
performance, capacity and reliability than a single drive. The operating system detects the RAID
drive as a single storage device.
RAID Levels
There are various RAID levels with different degrees of data protection, data availability, and
performance. A description of supported RAID levels follow:
4
5
1
2
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Type
Description
Min. No. of Drives
RAID 0
Disk striping.
1
RAID 1
Disk mirroring over two disks.
2
RAID 5
Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks.
3
RAID 6
2-dimensional parity protection over the member disks.
4
RAID 50
Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes.
6
RAID 60
Striping over the member RAID 6 volumes.
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NAS Concepts
NAS (Network-Attached Storage) is file-level computer data storage connected to a computer
network providing data access to heterogeneous clients. NAS uses file-based protocols such as NFS
(popular on UNIX systems), SMB/CIFS (Server Message Block/Common Internet File System) (used
with MS Windows systems), or AFP (used with Apple Macintosh computers). NAS units rarely limit
clients to a single protocol.
NAS provides both storage and a file system. This is often contrasted with SAN (Storage Area
Network), which provides only block-based storage and leaves file system concerns on the "client"
side. SAN protocols are SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, ATA over Ethernet (AoE), or HyperSCSI.
One way to loosely conceptualize the difference between a NAS and a SAN is that a NAS appears
to the client OS (operating system) as a file server (the client can map network drives to shares on
that server) whereas a disk available through a SAN still appears to the client OS as a disk, visible in
disk and volume management utilities (along with client's local disks), and available to be
formatted with a file system and mounted.

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iSCSI Concepts
iSCSI (Internet SCSI) is a protocol which encapsulates SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
commands and data in TCP/IP packets for linking storage devices with servers over common IP
infrastructures. iSCSI provides high performance SANs over standard IP networks like LAN, WAN or
the Internet.
IP SANs are true SANs (Storage Area Networks) which allow several servers to attach to an infinite
number of storage volumes by using iSCSI over TCP/IP networks. IP SANs can scale the storage
capacity with any type and brand of storage system. In addition, it can be used by any type of
network (Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet) and combination of
operating systems (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac, etc.) within the SAN network. IP-SANs
also include mechanisms for security, data replication, multi-path and high availability.
Storage protocol, such as iSCSI, has “two ends” in the connection. These ends are initiator and
target. In iSCSI, we call them iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target. The iSCSI initiator requests or initiates
any iSCSI communication. It requests all SCSI operations like read or write. An initiator is usually
located on the host side (either an iSCSI HBA or iSCSI SW initiator).
The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual
volumes. The target is the device which performs SCSI command or bridge to an attached storage
device.
iSCSI device 1 (target)
Host 1
(initiator)
NIC
IP SAN
Host 2
(initiator)
iSCSI
HBA
iSCSI device 2 (target)

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Installation
Installation Overview
Before starting, prepare the following items:
A management computer with a Gigabit Ethernet NIC (recommend) on the same network.
Connection cables:
。CAT 5e, or CAT 6 (recommend) network cables.
Prepare a storage system configuration plan by the network administrator. The plan should
include network information for all network ports. If using static IP addresses, please
prepare a list of the static IP addresses, the subnet mask, and the default gateway.
Switches
。:Gigabit switches (recommended). Or Gigabit switches with VLAN / LCAP / Trunking
(optional).
CHAP security information, including CHAP username and password (optional).
Drive Slot Numbering
The drives can be installed into any slot in the enclosure. Slot numbering is reflected in Web UI.
Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4
System Installation and Deployment
Using the following instructions to install and deploy the storage system.
Install the Rail Kit onto the unit and insert it into the rack.
CAUTION:
The system is very heavy. It’s recommend that a mechanical lifter or at least
two persons be used to raise and align the system to prevent injury during
installation. Use care when inserting or removing a system into or out of a rack
to prevent the accidental tipping or the rack causing damage or personal injury.
Install the disk drives.

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Connect the management port cable and data port cables on the network plan, the topology
examples are on the following.
Power ON / OFF
Power on the System
The power button is located at the front of the panel. To turn the system ON, press power button.
After you turn the power ON, the system performs a booting process which takes a few minutes.
Power off the System
It can shutdown via Web UI or management software.
Shutdown using Web UI
Using the Web UI:
Select Maintenance -> Shutdown.
Click the Shutdown button.
The power LED will display blue blinking, and then power off.

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Quick Setup
Management Interfaces
There are several management methods to manage the storage system, described below.
Web UI
For remote management, the unified storage system uses a web graphic user interface for
operation. It supports most common web browsers. Be sure to connect the LAN cable to the
management port (LAN 1) of the system.
The web UI can be accessed via every network interface, but D-Link still defines a management
port, the default IP setting is a static IP address (unless changed by the user to another IP or DHCP
setting).
Enter the default IP address into your browser to display the authentication screen.
Default IP address : http://192.168.0.32

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To access the Web UI, you have to enter a user name and password. The initial defaults for
administrator login are:
User name: admin
Password: 1234
When the password has been verified, the home page is displayed.

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Choose the functions from the Menu Bar on the top side of the window to make any configuration
changes.
Menu Bar
Options
Display and
Operation Area
Logout Button