D-Link DNS-1250-04 User manual

User Manual
DNS-1250-04 and DNS-1250-06
NAS Systems
© 2011 D-Link, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..........................................................................1
1.1About This Manual ........................................................................ 1
1.2Protocol Support ........................................................................... 2
1.3Hardware Specifications ............................................................... 2
1.4Client Utility OS Support ............................................................... 3
1.5Browser Support ........................................................................... 3
Chapter 2: Quick Setup..........................................................................5
2.1Verifying Package Contents.......................................................... 5
2.2Installing Physical Drives .............................................................. 8
2.3Connecting the Ethernet Cable................................................... 10
2.4Connecting the Power ................................................................ 10
2.5Network Configuration with the LCD Screen .............................. 11
2.6Configuration............................................................................... 12
2.6.1Connecting to ShareCenter Pro..................................... 12
2.6.2Choosing a Display Language....................................... 13
2.7Setup Wizard .............................................................................. 13
2.7.1Using the One-Click Setup Wizard ................................ 13
2.7.2Using Advanced Configuration Wizard .......................... 14
2.8Shutting Down the NAS System ................................................. 15
Chapter 3: ShareCenter Pro Configuration Manager .......................16
3.1Browser Support ......................................................................... 16
3.2Connecting to ShareCenter Pro.................................................. 16
3.3Choosing a Display Language.................................................... 17
3.4Navigating in ShareCenter Pro ................................................... 17
3.5Dashboard Tab............................................................................ 18
3.5.1System Status ................................................................ 18
3.5.2Event Information........................................................... 19
3.5.3Storage Overview........................................................... 19
3.6Device Tab .................................................................................. 19
3.6.1Front View ...................................................................... 19

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Identifying Unconfigured Physical Drives ........................... 20
Identifying Physical Drives Assigned to a Disk Array ......... 20
3.6.2Back View ...................................................................... 20
3.6.3Component List.............................................................. 21
Enclosure ............................................................................ 21
Controller ............................................................................ 21
Buzzer................................................................................. 23
LED ..................................................................................... 24
3.6.4Physical Drives............................................................... 24
View List of Physical Drives................................................ 24
View Physical Drive Information ......................................... 25
Global Physical Drive Settings ........................................... 25
Individual Physical Drive Settings....................................... 26
Physical Drive Problems..................................................... 26
3.6.5iSCSI .............................................................................. 27
View iSCSI Information....................................................... 27
Setting up a CHAP.............................................................. 27
3.6.6Network .......................................................................... 28
Basic Network Settings....................................................... 28
Changing Networking Configuration................................... 28
Advanced Networking Configuration .................................. 29
Setting up a DHCP Server.................................................. 29
Setting up DDNS ................................................................ 29
3.6.7UPS................................................................................ 30
View UPS Information......................................................... 30
Setting up a UPS ................................................................ 30
3.6.8External USB Drive ........................................................ 31
External Drive Information .................................................. 31
Configuring an External Drive............................................. 31
Formatting an External Drive.............................................. 31
Removing an External Drive ............................................... 33
3.7Storage Tab................................................................................. 33
3.7.1Creating a Disk Array ..................................................... 33

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3.7.2Creating a Logical Drive................................................. 35
Initializing a Disk Array........................................................ 36
3.7.3Disk Array Problems ...................................................... 36
Disk Array Degraded........................................................... 37
Disk Array Offline ................................................................ 37
3.7.4Disk Array Management................................................. 37
Locating a Disk Array.......................................................... 39
Deleting a Disk Array .......................................................... 39
3.7.5Logical Drive Management ............................................ 40
Logical Drive Information.................................................... 40
Logical Drive Settings ......................................................... 41
Logical Drive Check Tables ................................................ 41
Locating a Logical Drive ..................................................... 42
Deleting a Logical Drive...................................................... 44
Redundancy Check ............................................................ 44
Synchronization Settings .................................................... 45
3.7.6Logical Drive Problems .................................................. 45
3.7.7Spare Drive Management .............................................. 46
Spare Drive Information ...................................................... 46
Assigning a Spare Drive ..................................................... 47
3.8AdminTool Tab ............................................................................ 47
3.8.1NAS Subsystem Management....................................... 48
Viewing NAS System Information....................................... 48
Making NAS System Settings............................................. 48
3.8.2NAS System Shutdown and Restart .............................. 49
3.8.3Clearing Subsystem Statistics........................................ 49
3.8.4Software Service Management...................................... 49
Starting a Software Service ................................................ 49
Making Software Service Settings...................................... 50
3.8.5Runtime and NVRAM Event Logs.................................. 50
Viewing Runtime Events..................................................... 50
Viewing NVRAM Events ..................................................... 51
Clearing Events................................................................... 51

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Saving Events..................................................................... 52
3.8.6Background Activity........................................................ 52
Media Patrol........................................................................ 52
Redundancy Check ............................................................ 53
Rebuild................................................................................ 53
Migration ............................................................................. 53
PDM .................................................................................... 54
Transition ............................................................................ 55
Running a Background Activity........................................... 55
Scheduling a Background Activity ...................................... 56
Viewing a List of Scheduled Background Activities ............ 57
Changing a Scheduled Background Activity....................... 57
3.8.8Firmware Updates.......................................................... 58
3.8.9Performance Monitor ..................................................... 59
Monitored Components ...................................................... 59
Viewing Logical Drive Performance.................................... 59
Viewing Physical Drive Performance.................................. 59
Viewing Port Performance .................................................. 60
3.8.10Restore Factory Default Settings................................... 60
3.8.11System Configuration Files ............................................ 61
Importing a System Configuration File ............................... 61
Exporting a System Configuration File ............................... 61
3.8.12LUNMap Management................................................... 61
Adding an Initiator............................................................... 61
Defining LUN Mapping........................................................ 62
3.8.13Power Option ................................................................. 62
3.8.14Message Alerts............................................................... 63
Setting-up Email Alert Service ............................................ 63
Adding an E-Mail Account................................................... 64
Editing an E-Mail Account................................................... 64
Deleting an E-Mail Account................................................. 64
3.8.15Network Security............................................................ 65
Setting-up a Security Policy................................................ 65

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Setting-up Access Protection.............................................. 65
Setting-up an SSL Certificate ............................................. 66
3.9NAS Tab ...................................................................................... 66
3.9.1Setup Wizard.................................................................. 66
Using the Automatic Configuration Wizard ......................... 66
Using the Advanced Configuration Wizard ......................... 67
3.9.2User Account Management............................................ 68
Adding Users ...................................................................... 68
Editing User Information ..................................................... 68
Deleting Users .................................................................... 69
Adding a Group of Users .................................................... 69
Adding and Removing Users from a Group........................ 70
Making User and Group Permission Settings..................... 70
Deleting a Group of Users .................................................. 70
3.9.3Protocol Control and Setting .......................................... 71
3.9.4File System Management .............................................. 71
Viewing File System Information ........................................ 71
Setting a File System Quota ............................................... 72
Deleting a File System........................................................ 72
3.9.5File Sharing Management.............................................. 72
Creating an ISO Folder....................................................... 72
Making ISO Folder Settings................................................ 73
Creating a Folder ................................................................ 73
Changing Folder Settings ................................................... 74
Setting up Folder Sharing................................................... 74
3.9.6Backup Management ..................................................... 77
Choosing a Backup Solution .............................................. 77
Setting up Snapshot Backup .............................................. 78
Changing Snapshot Backup Schedule Settings ................. 78
Deleting a Snapshot Backup Schedule .............................. 79
Performing a Remote Backup............................................. 79
Local Backup ...................................................................... 81
Enabling One-Touch Backup .............................................. 81

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Amazon S3 Backup ............................................................ 82
3.9.7Plug-in Management...................................................... 84
3.9.8iSCSI Initiator Management ........................................... 85
Chapter 4: ShareCenterNAVI...............................................................86
4.1Working with ShareCenterNAVI.................................................. 86
4.1.1Opening the Main Window............................................. 86
4.1.2Choosing a Display Language....................................... 87
4.1.3Starting ShareCenter Pro............................................... 88
Main Window ...................................................................... 88
4.1.4ShareCenterNAVI Information ....................................... 88
Viewing ShareCenterNAVI on Windows ............................. 88
Viewing ShareCenterNAVI on Mac..................................... 89
4.1.5Closing ShareCenterNAVI ............................................. 89
Alternative Method for Windows......................................... 90
4.2Managing Backups ..................................................................... 90
4.2.1Doing a Backup Now ..................................................... 90
Main Window ...................................................................... 91
Device List .......................................................................... 91
Tray Icon ............................................................................. 92
4.2.2Scheduling a Backup ..................................................... 93
4.2.3Viewing Backup Schedules............................................ 94
4.2.4Changing a Scheduled Backup...................................... 94
4.2.5Deleting a Scheduled Backup........................................ 95
4.2.6Restoring Backed-up Files............................................. 96
4.2.7Viewing the Backup Event Log ...................................... 97
4.2.8Saving the Event Log..................................................... 98
Saving the Backup Event Log ............................................ 98
4.2.9Clearing the Event Log .................................................. 99
4.2.10Setting the Port .............................................................. 99
4.3Managing Share Folders ..........................................................100
4.3.1Opening a Share Folder............................................... 100
Device List ........................................................................ 100

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Main Window .................................................................... 100
Tray Icon ...........................................................................100
4.3.2Viewing a List of Share Folders ................................... 101
4.3.3Mounting a Share Folder / Creating a Network Drive..101
4.3.4Un-mounting a Share Folder / Disconnecting a Network
Drive.............................................................................101
4.3.5Setting up a Share Folder for Time Machine ...............102
In ShareCenterNAVI ......................................................... 102
On the Mac, Time Machine NOT configured ....................103
On the Mac, Time Machine Configured ............................103
4.4Making Management Settings .................................................. 104
4.4.1Configuring a NAS System .......................................... 104
One Click Setup................................................................104
Advanced Setup ...............................................................105
4.4.2Locating the NAS system.............................................106
4.4.3Wake-on-LAN............................................................... 108
4.4.4Choosing a Default NAS System.................................108
Setting the default NAS .................................................... 108
4.4.5Viewing the System Event Log .................................... 109
4.4.6Installing Plug-ins......................................................... 110
4.4.7Viewing a List of Plug-ins............................................. 110
4.4.8Viewing Plug-in Version Numbers................................ 110
4.4.9Enabling and Disabling Plug-ins .................................. 111
Enabling Plug-ins.............................................................. 111
Disabling Plug-ins ............................................................. 112
4.4.10Removing Plug-ins....................................................... 112
Removing Plug-ins............................................................ 112
4.4.11Rebooting the NAS System ......................................... 113
4.4.12Shutting Down the NAS system................................... 114
Chapter 5: Licensing and Support ................................................... 116
GNU General Public License ............................................................. 116
Technical Support............................................................................... 116

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 About This Manual
This User Manual describes how to setup, use, and maintain the
DNS-1250-04 and DNS-1250-06 NAS systems. It also describes how to
use:
ShareCenterNAVI software that you install and run on your PC
ShareCenter Pro configuration manager software that runs on the NAS
systems by browser.
This manual includes a full table of contents, chapter task lists, and
numerous cross-references to help you find the specific information you
are looking for.
Also included are four levels of notices:
Note
A Note provides helpful information such as hints or
alternative ways of doing a task.
Important
An Important calls attention to an essential step or point
required to complete a task. Important items include
things often missed.
Caution
A Caution informs you of possible equipment damage or
loss of data and how to avoid them.
Warning
A Warning notifies you of probable equipment damage
or loss of data, or the possibility of physical injury, and
how to avoid them.
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1.2 Protocol Support
DNS-1250-04 and DNS-1250-06 NAS systems support:
SMB/CIFS for Microsoft Windows
NFS for Linux/Unix
AFP for Mac OS
FTP
WebDAV for the file transform over the Internet
iSCSI Target model and Initiator model
1.3 Hardware Specifications
CPU 1.8 GHz
FLASH 256 MB
SDRAM 2GB DDRII
Smart Fan Yes
Gigabit Ethernet port 2
USB 2.0 Host port 5 (Front x 1/ Back x 4)
LCD Display Yes
Internal HDD Support 3.5" 3-Gb/s SATAII
Hot Plug Yes
# of Bays 4 (DNS-1250-04)/ 6 (DNS-1250-06)
Power Supply 250W (80 PLUS)
DNS-1250-06 243(L)*188(W) *251(H) mm
9.56(L)*7.40(W)*9.88(H) in
Dimensions
DNS-1250-04 243(L)*188(W) *191(H) mm
9.56(L)*7.40(W)*7.52H) in
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