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ESS3016X- Internet Intelligent Storage User’s Manual

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Table of Contents
1FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS .......................................................................... 7
1.1 Specifications .........................................................................................................................................7
1.1.1 ESS3016X Specifications................................................................................................................7
1.1.2 ESS3015A Specifications................................................................................................................7
1.2 Installation...............................................................................................................................................8
1.2.1 Preparation........................................................................................................................................8
1.2.2 Set Device..........................................................................................................................................8
1.2.3 HDD Installation................................................................................................................................8
1.2.4 Cable Layout......................................................................................................................................9
1.2.5 Boot up and Shut down..................................................................................................................10
2SYSTEM OPERATION .....................................................................................13
2.1 Preparation Work.................................................................................................................................13
2.2 Network Setup......................................................................................................................................13
2.2.1 Set Controller IP Address..............................................................................................................13
2.2.2 Network Connection Test..............................................................................................................13
2.2.3 Set IP Address ................................................................................................................................14
2.3 Boot up Device.....................................................................................................................................14
3ESS3016X WEB CONFIGURATION ................................................................16
3.1 Web Login.............................................................................................................................................16
3.2 System Management ..........................................................................................................................16
3.2.1 Display System Information...........................................................................................................16
3.2.2 Parameter Configuration................................................................................................................17
3.2.3 User Configuration..........................................................................................................................18
3.2.4 Guide................................................................................................................................................20

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3.2.5 Upgrade............................................................................................................................................23
3.2.6 Shut down System..........................................................................................................................24
3.3 Network Management.........................................................................................................................24
3.3.1 Network Configuration....................................................................................................................24
3.3.2 Router Configuration......................................................................................................................27
3.4 Disk Management................................................................................................................................28
3.4.1 Display Disk Information................................................................................................................28
3.4.2 RAID Configuration.........................................................................................................................30
3.4.3 Storage Pool Configuration...........................................................................................................34
3.5 iSCSI Management .............................................................................................................................36
3.5.1 iSCSI Configuration........................................................................................................................36
3.6 Share Management.............................................................................................................................37
3.6.1 Share configuration ........................................................................................................................38
3.6.2 FTP Configuration...........................................................................................................................43
3.6.3 Service Management .....................................................................................................................43
3.7 Status Management ............................................................................................................................44
3.7.1 Log Review......................................................................................................................................44
3.7.2 Service Status.................................................................................................................................46
3.7.3 Resume............................................................................................................................................46
3.8 Reboot/Shut down...............................................................................................................................47
4CREATE ESS3016X DEVICE NAS SHARE .....................................................48
4.1 Quickly Create NAS Share Process .................................................................................................48
4.2 NAS Share Example ...........................................................................................................................48
4.2.1 SAMBA Share Creation.................................................................................................................48
4.2.2 NFS Share Creation.......................................................................................................................54
4.2.3 FTP Share Creation........................................................................................................................55
5QUICKLY CREATE ESS3016X DEVICE ISCSI SHARE .................................. 58

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5.1 Quickly Create ISCSI Share Process...............................................................................................58
5.2 iSCSI Share Example .........................................................................................................................58
6ESS3015A ........................................................................................................60
6.1 ESS3015A—ESS3016X.....................................................................................................................60
6.1.1 Disk Management...........................................................................................................................60
6.1.2 RAID Setup......................................................................................................................................61
6.2 iSCSI Management .............................................................................................................................63
6.2.1 iSCSI Setup.....................................................................................................................................63
6.2.2 Share Management........................................................................................................................64
7APPENDIX A ---TERMS EXPLANATION .........................................................66
8APPENDIX B--- DISK HOT SWAP OPERATION .............................................68
9APPENDIX C ---SAMBA SHARE IMPLEMENTATION IN WINDOWS..............75
10 APPENDIX D---ISCSI APPLICATION IN MS WINDOWS.................................77
11 APPENDIX E—COM COMMAND..................................................................... 83

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Welcome
Thank you for using our internet intelligent storage system!
This operating manual is designed to be a reference tool for the installation and operation of your
system.
Before installation and operation please read the following safeguards and warnings carefully!

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Important Safeguard and Warnings
1．Electrical Safety
All installation and operation should conform to your local electrical safety codes.
We assume no liability or responsibility for all the fires or electrical shock caused by improper
handling or installation
2．Installation
Keep upward. Handle with care.
Do not apply power to the unit before completing installation.
3．Qualified Engineers Needed
All installation here should be done by the qualified engineers.
All the examination and repair should be done by the qualified service engineers.
We are not liable for any problems caused by unauthorized modifications or attempted repair.
4．Environment
The server shall be installed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, inflammable,
explosive substances and etc.
5. About Accessories
Be sure to use all the accessories recommended by manufacturer.
Contact you local retailer ASAP if something is missing or damaged in your package.

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1Features and Functions
The 3016X internet intelligent storage unit has installed all necessary software. It works in 1000M
network environment (recommended) or 10/100mbps Ethernet. You can use web browser (IE
6.0 recommended) to manage, set network parameter and create storage pool.
1.1 Specifications
1.1.1 ESS3016X Specifications
Specification ESS3016X
Network Port Dual 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
ports
Storage Media 16 SATA ⅡHDDs
HDD Installation Independent HDD bracket
Support HDD hot swap
Data Protection Support RAID0/ RAID1/ RAID5
Server Microsoft Windows
2000/XP/NT/Server2003
Linux/Unix
Fan Redundant dual ball bearing fan
MTBF>100 thousand hours
Redundant Configuration Support 2+1 hot swap power
Power Consumption 100V~240VAC；50Hz~60Hz；
Whole Unit Power Consumption
（16 SATA HDDs）280W~350W
Dimension (H*W*D) 133*450*650(mm)
Working Temperature 5℃～40℃
Working Humidity 10％～80％（Non condensation）
Storage Environment
Temperature -20℃～70℃
Storage Environment Humidity 5％～90％（Non condensation）
Extension Function Max support 2 ESS3015A，total
46 HDDS
Altitude -60m～3000m
Unit Weight (Exclude HDD) 33Kg
Certificate and Security China Compulsory Certificate
Unit Fan Support on-line update
1.1.2 ESS3015A Specifications
Specification ESS3015A
Dimension 440*133*650(mm)
Working temperature 5℃～40℃
Working humidity 10％～80％（Non condensation）
Storage environment temperature -20℃～70℃
Storage environment humidity 5％～90％（Non condensation）
Altitude -60m～3000m
AC input 100V~240V ±10% 60Hz/50Hz
Net power consumption About 76W
Whole unit power consumption
（15 SATA HDDs）Below 240W

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Power 300W
1+1 redundancy
Support on-line replacement
Quality 29Kg
Certificate China Compulsory Certificate
External interface RS232 serial port.
Three network interfaces
Normal Open/Normal Close relay
output
Network N/A
Fan Support on-line upgrade
HDD Support Max 15 HDDs
Support hot swap.
1.2 Installation
1.2.1 Preparation
Before installation please prepare the following items:
zSATA HDD
zTools for HDD installation
zNetwork cable
1.2.2 Set Device
If you want to configure setup, please follow the steps listed below.
zHDD installation. Please refer to chapter 1.2.3
zConnect power cable and network cable. Please refer to chapter 1.2.4.
zBoot up device and check self-diagnosis is OK or not. Please refer to chapter 1.2.5.
1.2.3 HDD Installation
You can use the HDD bracket in the chassis to install HDD.
First, pull out HDD bracket from the front panel.
Second, remove the bar that fixes the HDD bracket.
Third, use four screws to fix one HDD in the HDD bracket firmly.
The unit is shown as in Figure 1-1.
In the following figure, you can view HDD serial number. The value ranges from left to the right.
You can see the 13th to 16th at the bottom of the unit.

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Figure 1-1
1.2.4 Cable Layout
1.2.4.1 ESS3016X
In Figure 1-2, you can see ESS3016X rear panel.
Figure 1-2
You can refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN Port Function
1 Power Port Connect to 220V AC
2 Mouse/keyboard port Connect to mouse or keyboard to view device status.
3 USB port Connect to USB device.
4 COM Connect to RS232 COM to go to the command
interface.
5 CRT Port Connect to displayer.
6 Ethernet port It is used to transmit data. 1000M Ethernet port.
7 Ethernet port It is used to transmit data. 1000M Ethernet port.
8 Extension Connection Port Connect to the extension disk rack.
1.2.4.2 ESS3015A
The ESS3015A rear panel is shown as below. See Figure 1-3.
1
2
3
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Figure 1-3

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You can refer to the following sheet for detailed information.
SN Port Function
1 Power indication light It is to display power working status. It becomes red
when alarm occurs. It becomes green when system is
working normally.
2 Power fan It is to help ventilation.
3 Power socket Connect to 100--240V AC.
4 Data channel connected to
the host Connect it to the host.
5 COM Output alarm information.
NO1 C1 NC1 ：HDD power channel alarm output
NO2 C2 NC2 ：Fan alarm output
NO3 C3 NC3 ：Redundancy power alarm output
NO4 C4 NC4: System alarm output(Including the above
three alarms)
6 Alarm relay output
NO: normal open
NC: normal close
C: public port
AB RS485 alarm output. G: ground end.
Note
Use special 1000M cable if your environment is 1000M.
1.2.5 Boot up and Shut down
1.2.5.1 ESS3016X
Please follow the steps listed below to boot up the device. See Figure 1-4.
zConnect the power cable to the system.
zClick the device power button to boot up the system. You can see power indication light
becomes yellow and all channel read-write indication lights flashed once. Now the boot up
completed.
If it is your first time to boot up system, you need to set network operation system
manually.
Figure 1-4
SN Name Function
1 Power Alarm If there is error in one of the three alarm sockets, the light becomes red.
2 Fan If there is alarm from the system fan, the light becomes red.
3 Temperature If there is alarm from the system temperature, the light becomes red.

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4 NETb It is network data channel b indication light. The yellow light flashes if
the network port is working properly
5 NETa It is network data channel a indication light. The yellow light flashes if
the network port is working properly
6 System
HDD
Indication
Light
The blue light flashes when current channel is reading or writing data.
7 Power
Indication
Light
It becomes yellow after you connect device to the power.
8 RESET Click this button to reboot system.
9 System
Button After connected the device to the power, click it to boot up the device.
10 HDD Power
Indication
Light
The yellow light flashes when connect the HDD channel to the power.
11 HDD Read-
write
Indication
Light
The blue light flashes when the system is reading or writing the HDD.
If you want to turn off unit power, please follow the following steps:
zIn web interface, select option to shut down the system.
zPlease wait until the blue HDD read-write light becomes off.
zClick PWR button to shut down the system.
1.2.5.2 ESS3015A
Please refer to Figure 1-5 for ESS3015A rear panel information.
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Figure 1-5
SN Name Function
1 On/off
button After connecting to power, you can click this button to boot up the system.
2 PWR LED Here is to display system has connected to power or not.
3 Host LED The connection to the host is proper or not. The light is orange if the
connection is normal.
4 Alarm1
LED It becomes red when HDD power alarm occurs.
5 Alarm2 It becomes red when system fan alarm occurs.

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LED
6 Alarm3
LED It becomes red when system power alarm occurs.
7 RESET Click this button to reboot system.
8 Channel
read-write
LED
The light flashes when current channel is reading or writing data.
9 Channel
power LED The light turns on when you connect current channel to power.
Here we just introduce the situation when you connect ESS3015A to ESS3016X.
Please follow the steps listed below to boot up the system.
zConnect the device to the power.
zConnect the data cable to the unit.
zBoot up the unit(skip this step if unit has boot up)
zClick unit power button to boot up ESS3015A.You can see HDD channel read-write light
becomes red and then begin scanning.
zPlease wait until the scan completed.
If you want to turn off unit power, please follow the steps listed below:
zShut down the unit first.
zClick the PWR button of the ESS3015A to shut down the device.
Warning!
Do not shut down the ESS3015A directly or unplug the data cable when host is running, it may
result in RAID setup and data loss! You need to reboot the host to restore RAID and data.

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2System Operation
2.1 Preparation Work
z10/100Mbps or 1000Mbps Ethernet hub or switcher.
zController of the following configuration: Windows 2000/XP, IE 6.0 Ethernet connection.
zCheck the real panel cable layout is O.K or not. (Power cable, network card and etc)
2.2 Network Setup
internet intelligent default network setup is shown as below:
zIP: 192.168.0.111
zGateway: 192.168.0.1
zSubnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Admin password:888888888888
To configure 3016X internet intelligent storage device, you need to set controller IP first.
2.2.1 Set Controller IP Address
Right click My Network Places, select property. And then right click local connection and then
click property, double click internet protocol (TCP/IP).
In Internet protocol interface (see Figure 2-1), you can modify IP setup and then click O.K button.
Please note controller IP and device IP shall be in the same network section.
Figure 2-1
2.2.2 Network Connection Test
In DOS environment, input the command: ping 192.168.0.111. So as to check your network.

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2.2.3 Set IP Address
Please follow the steps below to set device IP address.
2.2.3.1 Input IP address
Open IE browser, input http://192.168.0.111(default IP address) you can see the login interface.
See Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-2
2.2.3.2 Log in
System user name is admin and password is 888888888888.
Admin is the system administrator account and has the highest priority.
For security reasons, please modify your password after first login (At least 12-digit).
2.2.3.3 Go to edit interface
In the main interface, from network to network and then click edit button. See Figure 2-3.
Figure 2-3
2.2.3.4 Input setup
The edit interface is shown as in Figure 2-4 .Here you can input your new IP address information.
Please input your IP address and gateway and then click save button.
Figure 2-4
2.3 Boot up Device

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Open IE browser, and input http://10.6.5.47 in the address column (10.6.5.47 is a new IP
address you modified after you first logged in.). Input your user name and password, you can log
in. After you logged in, you can see an interface consisting of six parts.
zSystem
zNetwork
zDisk
zISCSI
zShare
zStatus

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3ESS3016X Web Configuration
ESS3016X internet intelligent storage software operation consists of seven parts.
zWeb login
zSystem management
zNetwork management
zDisk management
ziSCSI management
zShare management
zStatus management
3.1 Web Login
In windows OS, open IE browser and then input system IP address. Click Enter, you can see the
following interface. See Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1
Our recommended controller configuration is: Windows 2000/XP, IE 6.0 or higher.
3.2 System Management
In this interface, you can see the following six parts.
zDisplay system information
zParameter configuration
zUser management
zGuide
zUpgrade
zShut down
3.2.1 Display System Information
After you logged in, you can see system information interface. Or you can click system and then
select system information item to go to current interface. See Figure 3-2.
The red font means current item has not been enabled.
Here you can see the following information:
zHost name
zSystem time
zStart time
zDevice type
zSoftware version
zHardware version
zPower status

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zCPU temperature
zFan speed
ESS3016X display three fans speed. One is CPU fan speed.
zSAMBA status
zNFS status
zFTP status
ziSCSI status.
zCMS status
Note
If it is your first time to go to the system, please set system time.
When chassis is above threshold 55℃or fan speed is below 1500r/m, system may display in red
font to remind you.
Figure 3-2
3.2.2 Parameter Configuration
Click parameter configuration button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 3-3.
zHost name
zDate
zTime
zTime Synchronize
Please note the server IP and the device IP shall be in the same section.
Click update now you can see the system synchronize time with the server. You can see the
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Figure 3-3
3.2.3 User Configuration
Click user configuration button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 3-4.
For one user, there are two conditions:
zAdministrator: it is the admin. This user can read, write or delete all storage data in current
system. It can configure the whole system and set ordinary user share folder rights.
zOrdinary user, it refers to all users except admin. Ordinary user (such as guest) can modify
its own password, review and save itself operation log, read and write in the corresponding
folder.
Please note, in ordinary user, “ftpuser” has two IDs. It is the ordinary system just like the guest
and it is also the default FTP service user.
Default password.
zadmin: 888888888888
zguest: 666666666666
zftpuser: 111111111111

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Figure 3-4
3.2.3.1 Add User
In Figure 3-4, click add button, you can see the following interface. See Figure 3-5.
After input new user information, please click save button. System goes back to user
management interface.
Please note there are two types of users: iSCSI user and SAMBA/NFS/FTP user. For iSCSI user,
the password length shall be more than 12-digit. For SAMBA/NFS/FTP user, there is no such a
kind of requirement. The iSCSI user can use the SAMBA/NFS/FTP service, and the
SAMBA/NFS/FTP user can use the iSCSI service only if its password is more than (or equal to)
12-digit.
Important
The user name consists of the character and number. The iSCSI user password shall be more
than 12-digit.
Figure 3-5
3.2.3.2 Edit User password
Click edit button of corresponding user, you can see the following interface. See Figure 3-6.
For the administrator, you do not need to input old password. You just input new password and
confirm, you can modify a user’s password.
Figure 3-6

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3.2.3.3 Delete User
Select the delete button after the corresponding user, system pops up a dialogue box to remind
you that you are going to delete a user. Click O.K button, all the information of current user will
be deleted completely.
3.2.4 Guide
From system to guide, you can go to Guide interface. Guide function is to help you get familiar
with this device as soon as possible. You can follow the tip in each interface and then modify as
you need. You can just click next button to go on.
In the following procedures, we are going to create a SAMBA share in Raid5 mode.
zIn web control interface, from system to guide, you can see an interface is shown as in
Figure 3-7.
Note
Please make sure there are 16 HDDs in current system and each HDD is free. Otherwise system
may pop up error prompt information.
Click the initialize button, system will automatically delete all storage pool and Raid5 device. If
there are some share folders in some storage pool, you need to delete them manually first.
Otherwise system may pop up error prompt information.
Figure 3-7
zIn Figure 3-7 , enable Raid5 mode and then click next button. You can see an interface is
shown as in Figure 3-8.
Note
You can click back button to return to previous interface.
System can memorize administer operation. The next time when you log in as admin, from guide
to Raid5 mode, system automatically goes to next page. In that page, click next button. System