EMC Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl User manual

Iomega ix2-dl Users Guide
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Table of Contents
Setting up Your Device ...................................................................................................1
Setup Overview .........................................................................................................1
Set up My Iomega StorCenter If It's Not Discovered ..............................................................2
Discovering with Iomega Storage Manager ......................................................................2
Discovering the Iomega device without the Internet..........................................................2
Setup Page............................................................................................................... 3
Network Connection....................................................................................................4
Connecting the Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl to Your Network ..................................................4
Network Settings.....................................................................................................6
Manually Configuring the Network................................................................................7
Naming Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl .............................................................................8
Configuring Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl to Use Active Directory...........................................9
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains.....................................................................9
Obtaining Alerts About Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl ........................................................ 11
Using Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl in Various Time Zones.................................................. 12
Setting the Display Language for Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl............................................ 13
Printing Documents................................................................................................... 14
Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing ......................................................... 15
Sharing Files.............................................................................................................. 17
Sharing Overview ..................................................................................................... 17
Interfaces for Sharing ............................................................................................. 17
Shares................................................................................................................... 18
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them?............................................. 18
Adding Shares....................................................................................................... 19
Managing Shares.................................................................................................... 20
Deleting Shares..................................................................................................... 22

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Using Protocols to Share Files...................................................................................... 23
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? ............................................... 23
AFP File Sharing for Macs......................................................................................... 24
Bluetooth File Sharing ............................................................................................ 25
FTP File Sharing.................................................................................................... 26
NFS File Sharing.................................................................................................... 27
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers .......................... 28
TFTP.................................................................................................................. 29
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool................................................... 30
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS............................................................... 31
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System................................................ 32
Windows File Sharing.............................................................................................. 33
Sharing Your Content with the World............................................................................. 34
Deleting a Slideshow .............................................................................................. 34
Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once .................................................. 35
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder.......................................................... 35
Sharing Content using Social Media: Overview .................................................................. 36
Managing Your Content.............................................................................................. 37
Transferring Content to and from Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl with Copy Jobs ....................... 38
Copy Jobs Limitations............................................................................................. 38
Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device.......................................................... 39
Safely removing external storage............................................................................... 39
iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) ........................................................... 41
iSCSI Overview ........................................................................................................ 41
Adding iSCSI Drives ................................................................................................... 42
Enabling iSCSI Drives .............................................................................................. 42
Connecting to iSCSI Drives ....................................................................................... 42

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Managing iSCSI Drives ................................................................................................ 44
Changing Access Permissions .................................................................................... 44
Deleting iSCSI Drives ................................................................................................. 45
Storage Pool Management ............................................................................................. 47
Adding New Drives to Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl.......................................................... 47
Backing up and Restoring Your Content ............................................................................. 49
Backup and Restore Overview...................................................................................... 49
Backup of Data through RAID Protection ...................................................................... 49
Backing up to and Restoring from Your Device.................................................................. 50
Backing up Macs with Time Machine ........................................................................... 50
Copy Jobs Overview ............................................................................................... 51
Backing up Your Device.............................................................................................. 52
Copy Jobs............................................................................................................ 53
Mozy Backup ........................................................................................................ 61
Restoring Folders with Mozy Backup ........................................................................... 62
Amazon S3........................................................................................................... 63
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 ................................................................................. 64
Backing up with Iomega Personal Cloud ....................................................................... 65
Restoring with Personal Cloud................................................................................... 66
Securing Your Device and Contents .................................................................................. 67
What Is Security and Do I Need It?................................................................................. 67
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User......................................................... 68
Disabling Security.................................................................................................. 68
Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users ............................................................ 70
Users .................................................................................................................... 71
Users Overview..................................................................................................... 71
Adding Users........................................................................................................ 72

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Managing Users..................................................................................................... 74
Deleting Users ...................................................................................................... 76
Groups .................................................................................................................. 77
Groups Overview................................................................................................... 77
Adding Groups...................................................................................................... 78
Managing Groups................................................................................................... 79
Deleting Groups .................................................................................................... 80
Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups ................................................. 81
Active Directory Users and Groups Overview ................................................................. 81
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory........................................................... 82
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups .................................................................. 84
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your Device From Anywhere in the World ......................................... 85
What Is an Iomega Personal Cloud ?............................................................................... 85
Iomega Personal Cloud Key Terms.............................................................................. 85
Is My Content Secure?................................................................................................ 87
Iomega Personal Cloud Setup Overview .......................................................................... 88
Creating an Iomega Personal Cloud ............................................................................... 89
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud....................................................... 90
Router Port Forwarding........................................................................................... 90
Configuring Your Iomega Personal Cloud......................................................................... 92
Enabling Internet Access to the StorCenter ix2-dl........................................................... 92
Changing Personal Cloud Settings............................................................................... 92
Inviting People onto Your Iomega Personal Cloud .............................................................. 93
Joining a Trusted Device to an Iomega Personal Cloud........................................................ 94
Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud ................................................................. 95
Disconnecting Trusted Devices .................................................................................. 95
Deleting Trusted Devices......................................................................................... 95

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Using Copy Jobs with an Iomega Personal Cloud................................................................ 96
Disabling or Deleting Your Iomega Personal Cloud ............................................................. 97
Accessing Content Using Your Iomega Personal Cloud ......................................................... 98
Informing Users What to Do with Iomega Personal Cloud ..................................................... 99
Sharing Content Using Social Media................................................................................. 101
Sharing Content using Social Media: Overview ................................................................. 101
Facebook.............................................................................................................. 102
Flickr................................................................................................................... 103
YouTube............................................................................................................... 104
Share Content through Iomega Personal Cloud................................................................. 105
Media Management..................................................................................................... 107
Media Management Overview ..................................................................................... 107
Scanning for media content..................................................................................... 107
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations.................................................................... 108
Sharing Media Content over the Internet........................................................................ 109
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page .....................................................109
Media Aggregation................................................................................................... 110
Social Media Sharing ................................................................................................ 111
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures .......................................................................... 112
Example: Setting up iTunes..................................................................................... 112
Example: Setting up Xbox 360.................................................................................. 112
Photos ................................................................................................................. 113
Photos Overview .................................................................................................. 113
Streaming Pictures................................................................................................ 114
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page ............................................................115
Automatically Resizing Your Photos ........................................................................... 116
Getting Pictures from Your Camera ........................................................................... 117

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Music................................................................................................................... 118
Music Overview.................................................................................................... 118
Streaming Music................................................................................................... 119
Torrents ............................................................................................................... 120
Torrent Overview ................................................................................................. 120
Enabling Torrent Downloads .................................................................................... 121
Deleting torrent jobs............................................................................................. 122
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads ............................................................123
Torrent Active Folders ........................................................................................... 124
Videos.................................................................................................................. 126
Video Capabilities Overview.................................................................................... 126
Streaming Movies ................................................................................................. 127
Video Surveillance................................................................................................ 128
Adding Applications to Your Device................................................................................. 135
Application Overview ............................................................................................... 135
Application Manager ................................................................................................ 136
Starting or stopping an application............................................................................ 136
Adding applications............................................................................................... 136
Removing applications ........................................................................................... 136
Upgrading Your Device ................................................................................................ 137
Software Updates.................................................................................................... 137
Auto-update process: installing a device software update................................................ 137
Manual update process: installing a device software update.............................................137
Recovering Your Device Configuration.............................................................................. 139
Copying Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl Settings to Other Devices .........................................139
Backing up Device Configuration............................................................................... 139
Restoring a Configuration Backup.............................................................................. 139

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Hardware Management................................................................................................ 141
About the StorCenter ix2-dl Components ....................................................................... 141
Front Panel......................................................................................................... 141
Rear Panel.......................................................................................................... 141
Energy Saving......................................................................................................... 143
Power Down Drives ............................................................................................... 143
Brightness .......................................................................................................... 143
Factory Reset......................................................................................................... 144
UPS Management .................................................................................................... 145
Adding New Drives to Your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl.........................................................146
Troubleshooting Routers ........................................................................................... 147
Enabling the DMZ .................................................................................................... 147
Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks .......................................................147
Bridging the Secondary Router.................................................................................... 148
Bridging the Primary Router....................................................................................... 148
Additional Support ..................................................................................................... 151
How to Get Help ..................................................................................................... 151
Support ................................................................................................................ 152
Legal...................................................................................................................... 153
StorCenter ix2-dl Trademark Page ............................................................................... 153
Regulatory Information............................................................................................. 154
FCC (United States)............................................................................................... 154
Canadian Verification ............................................................................................ 154
CE (European Community) ...................................................................................... 155
Manufacturer/Responsible Party............................................................................... 155
EU Representative................................................................................................ 155
Safety Information................................................................................................... 156

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Limited Warranty.................................................................................................... 157
Drives and Media.................................................................................................. 157
Coverage ........................................................................................................... 157
Excluded Products and Problems............................................................................... 157
Remedies ........................................................................................................... 157
Obtaining Warranty Service..................................................................................... 157
Limitations......................................................................................................... 158
Open Source .......................................................................................................... 159