Iomega STORCENTER px12-350r User manual

px12-350r Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.0
User Guide

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CONTENTS
Setting up Your px12-350r Network Storage 1
Setup Overview 2
Set up my px12-350r Network Storage if it's not discovered 3
Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3
Discovering the px12-350r without the Internet 3
Setup Page 4
Network Connection 5
Connecting the px12-350r Network Storage to Your Network 5
Connecting the px12-350r 6
Network Settings 6
Manually Configuring Network Settings 7
Bonding NICs 8
VLAN Settings 8
Naming Your px12-350r Network Storage 10
Setting up Active Directory 10
Configuring Your px12-350r Network Storage to Use Active Directory 11
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 12
Customizing the Access to Features on Your px12-350r Network Storage 13
Enabling the Display of Features 13
Enabling Access Permissions to Features 13
Non-Administrator User Log In 14
Obtaining Alerts About Your px12-350r Network Storage 15
Tracing Events on Your px12-350r Network Storage 16
Downloading the complete event log file 16
Obtaining System Status for Your px12-350r Network Storage 17
Space Usage 17
Control Panel 17
Device Information 17
Using Your px12-350r Network Storage in Various Time Zones 18
Setting the Display Language for Your px12-350r Network Storage 19
Printing Documents 20
Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing 21
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Sharing Files 22
Sharing Overview 23
Interfaces for Sharing 23
Shares 24
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 24
Adding Shares 24
Managing Shares 25
Deleting Shares 27
Using Protocols to Share Files 28
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 28
AFP File Sharing for Macs 28
Bluetooth File Sharing 28
FTP File Sharing 29
NFS File Sharing 29
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 30
TFTP 30
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool 30
Managing File Sharing with Web Access (http/https) 31
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS 32
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System 32
Windows File Sharing 32
Sharing Content through the Home Page 33
Sharing Your Content with the World 33
Adding a Custom Home Page 33
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 px12-350r Network Storage with Copy Jobs 38
Copy Jobs Limitations 38
Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device 39
Safely removing external storage 39
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 40
Setting QuikTransfer 40
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iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 41
iSCSI Overview 42
Adding iSCSI Drives 43
Enabling iSCSI Drives 43
Connecting to iSCSI Drives 43
Managing iSCSI Drives 44
Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 44
Deleting iSCSI Drives 45
Storage Pool Management 46
Understanding How Your Content Is Stored 47
Storage Pools 47
Volumes 47
Adding and Managing Storage Pools 48
To Add a Data Storage Pool 48
Improving Performance with a Cache Storage Pool 49
To Add a Cache Storage Pool 49
Assigning a Cache Pool to a Volume 49
Volumes 51
Snapshots 51
Exposing/Unexposing the Snapshot 52
Restoring a Snapshot 52
Deleting a Snapshot 52
Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 52
Make the Snapshot Read-only 52
Changing Expose Mode 52
Adding and Managing Volumes 53
Deleting a Storage Pool 55
Changing RAID Protection Types 56
Adding New Drives to Your px12-350r Network Storage 57
Drive Management 58
Managing Drives 59
Setting Write Caching 59
Applying Global Drive Management Settings 59
Drive Status 60
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Backing up and Restoring Your Content 61
Backup and Restore Overview 62
Backup of Data through RAID Protection 62
Backing up to and Restoring from Your px12-350r Network Storage 63
Backing up Macs with Time Machine 63
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 63
Copy Jobs Overview 64
Backing up Your px12-350r Network Storage 65
Copy Jobs 65
From: Settings 66
To: Settings 67
Setting a Schedule 67
Backing up with Mozy Backup 68
Restoring Files with Mozy Backup 69
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore 69
Backing up with Amazon S3 70
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 70
Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 70
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud 70
Securing Your px12-350r Network Storage and Contents 71
What Is Security and Do I Need It? 72
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 73
Disabling Security 73
Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 74
Users 75
Users and Groups Overview 75
Adding Users 75
Managing Users 76
Deleting Users 77
Groups 78
Groups Overview 78
Adding Groups 78
Managing Groups 78
Deleting Groups 79
Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 80
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Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 80
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 80
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups 81
Managing Your px12-350r Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 82
Managing Your px12-350r Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 82
Remote Access: Accessing Your px12-350r Network Storage From Anywhere in the World84
Remote Access Overview 85
Enabling Remote Access 86
Basic Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process 86
Premium Option: Completing the Enable Remote Access Process 86
Accessing Your px12-350r Network Storage Remotely 88
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the
World 89
What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? 90
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms 90
Is My Content Secure? 91
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview 92
Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 93
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud 94
Router Port Forwarding 94
Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 95
Enabling Internet Access to the px12-350r 95
Changing Personal Cloud Settings 95
Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 96
Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 97
Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 98
Disconnecting Trusted Devices 98
Deleting Trusted Devices 98
Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 99
Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 100
Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 101
Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 102
Sharing Content Using Social Media 103
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 104
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Facebook 105
Flickr 106
YouTube 107
Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 108
Media Management 109
Media Management Overview 110
Scanning for media content 110
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 111
Sharing Media Content over the Internet 112
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 112
Media Aggregation 113
Enabling Media Aggregation 113
Social Media Sharing 114
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 115
Example: Setting up iTunes 115
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 115
Photos 116
Photos Overview 116
Streaming Pictures 116
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page 116
Automatically Resizing Your Photos 116
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 117
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 117
Music 118
Music Overview 118
Streaming Music 118
Torrents 119
Torrent Overview 119
Enabling Torrent Downloads 119
Deleting torrent jobs 119
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 119
Torrent Active Folders 120
Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 120
Videos 122
Video Capabilities Overview 122
Streaming Movies 122
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Video Surveillance 122
Name 123
Space 123
Model 123
Action 123
Adding Applications to Your px12-350r Network Storage 126
Application Overview 127
Application Installation 128
Application Manager 129
Starting or stopping an application 129
Adding applications 129
Removing applications 129
Upgrading Your px12-350r Network Storage 130
Software Updates 131
Auto-update process: installing a device software update 131
Manual update process: installing a device software update 131
Backing up and Recovering Your px12-350r Network Storage Settings 133
Backing Up Your px12-350r Network Storage Settings 134
Backing up Device Configuration 134
Restoring a Configuration Backup 134
Hardware Management 135
About the px12-350r Network Storage Components 136
Front Panel 136
Drive Bay Detail 137
Rear Panel 137
Default Settings 138
Energy Saving 139
Power Down Drives 139
Wake On LAN 139
Creating A Power Schedule 139
Factory Reset 140
UPS Management 141
Adding New Drives to Your px12-350r Network Storage 142
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Troubleshooting Routers 143
Enabling the DMZ 143
Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 144
Bridging the Secondary Router 144
Bridging the Primary Router 144
Additional Support 146
How to Get Help 147
Support 148
Legal 149
Safety Information 150
Open Source 151
Warranty Information 152
Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 152
Regulatory Information 153
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 153
Canadian Verification 153
European Union conformity 153
Important WEEE Information 154
European Union RoHS 154
India RoHS 154
Lithium Battery – California Perchlorate Information 154
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice 154
Recycling and environmental information 154
Export classification notice 155
Copyright and Trademark Information 156
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Setting up Your px12-350r
Network Storage
Setting up Your px12-350r Network Storage 1
CHAPTER 1

Setup Overview
Setup with your px12-350r Network Storage is easy. Remove it from the box, connect it to your network
switch or hub, and then power it up. Launch a web browser and enter the setup URL identified in the Quick
Start Guide. LenovoEMC Setup launches and displays a message that your px12-350r is online and ready
to use.
You then can install client software that includes:
●LenovoEMC Storage Manager
●Twonky Media Server for media aggregation
LenovoEMC Storage Manager is a management tool that helps you discover your px12-350r on your
network to simplify access to content on your px12-350r from your computer. It also allows you to add your
computer as a trusted device to a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud. Refer to LenovoEMC Storage Manager
online help for additional information. Twonky Media Server consolidates all media files on devices on your
network and presents them in a unified view.
From LenovoEMC Setup, you can optionally create a Personal Cloud or begin using your px12-350r by
clicking Manage My Device.
By default, the px12-350r will attempt to acquire an IP address from DHCP, If there is not a
DHCP server available on the network, the px12-350r will use an IP address in the self-assigned
APIPA range (169.254.x.x).
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Set up my px12-350r Network Storage if it's not discovered
If your px12-350r is not discovered when you enter the URL identified in your Quick Start Guide, you have
two ways of discovering it.
Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager
You can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager from the Setup Portal, which helps you discover your px12-
350r on your network.
Discovering the px12-350r without the Internet
You can access your px12-350r device without internet access as described by these methods for
Windows PCs or Macs:
●Windows 7 and Vista — Click Start, Computer, Network. You should see your px12-350r listed
under Other Devices. You can then double-click the device icon to access the px12-350r
Management Console.
●Windows XP — If you have not enabled UPnP Discovery, click Start, Help and Support. In the
Help and Support browser, search for UPnP and follow the steps from “Install the UPnP
framework”. After UPnP is enabled, open Windows Explorer and in the Folders view, expand My
Network Places. You should see your px12-350r listed. You can then double-click the device icon
to access the px12-350r Management Console.
●Mac — Browse to your px12-350r through Finder, Shared, All and use Go, Connect to Server to
connect to Shares on your px12-350r.
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Setup Page
The Setup page opens when you first access the px12-350r Network Storage from the Home Page or the
LenovoEMC Storage Manager. On this page, you can configure some basic device features by clicking the
appropriate link. The current setting of the feature displays above the link. You can also configure all
features shown on the Setup page by accessing the specific features directly.
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Network Connection
Connecting the px12-350r Network Storage to Your Network
First, check the package contents.
Verify that the box contains the following items:
1. px12-350r (models may vary)
2. Power Cables
3. Quick Start Guide
4. Ethernet Cable
5. Rail Kit (models may vary)
Package contents may vary.
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Network Connection 5

Connecting the px12-350r
Initial Setup
If you have purchased more than one px12-350r, complete all steps on one device before setting up
additional devices.
1. Use the included network cable to connect the px12-350r to a network hub or switch.
2. Connect the included power cords to the power supply connectors on the back of the px12-350r
and to an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). This provides redundant power for your px12-350r.
3. Power on the px12-350r.
4. From a computer on your network, open a web browser and go to http://setup.lenovoemc.com to
set up your px12-350r on your network. For best results, use a computer that is connected to the
same subnet or network segment as the px12-350r
You can access the px12-350r Management Console directly by entering the IP address or model
name of your px12-350r in your computer’s web browser. To use the model name on a Mac, add
.local after the name in the browser (for example, px12-350r.local).
OPTIONAL: if desired, install the LenovoEMC Storage Manager and Media Aggregation software.
If you install LenovoEMC Storage Manager, its icon will appear in the System Tray (Windows) or
Menu Bar (Mac). The LenovoEMC Storage Manager will automatically scan your network and
connect to available Shares.
If you receive a message from your operating system's firewall alerting you of network activity, be
sure to unblock communications.
Mac Users: Shares on the px12-350r will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
PC Users: Shares on the px12-350r will automatically be assigned a drive letter and will be
available in the Network Drives section under My Computer.
Network Settings
The Network page of your px12-350r is where you make changes to set up network connectivity. The
Network page displays your current network settings and enables those settings to be modified. On this
page, you can identify your DNS servers and WINS servers and how your system's IP address is
determined. Most system IP addresses and other network settings can normally be configured
automatically.
Manually Configuring Your Network
If you are comfortable with network technology and want to configure the network, refer to Manually
Configuring Network Settings.
Bonded NICs
If your px12-350r has multiple network interface cards (NICs), you can bond those NICs. Refer to Bonding
NICs.
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Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC
You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your px12-350r by expanding the Information section for a
NIC and entering a jumbo frame size in the Jumbo Frame field. If you do not want jumbo frame support,
leave the field blank. Jumbo frame support is useful for transferring large files, such as multimedia files,
over a network. Jumbo frame support increases transfer speed by placing large files in fewer data packets.
It also reduces the demand on the device hardware by having the CPU process more data in fewer data
packets.
Jumbo frame support should only be enabled if you are sure your network is jumbo-frame compatible and
all network devices have been configured to support jumbo frames. It is recommended that you confirm all
network interface cards (NICs) are configured to support jumbo frames before enabling this feature.
VLAN
Each NIC in your px12-350r can be added to up to four Virtual LANs (VLAN). For more information on
adding a NIC to a VLAN, refer to VLAN Settings.
Manually Configuring Network Settings
There are various settings in the network setup that you can manually configure.
1. Click Modify network settings.
2. Uncheck Automatically configure DNS, WINS, and all IP addresses (DHCP).
3. DNS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the DNS (Domain Name System) servers. DNS is
used for translating the domain name to IP addresses.
4. WINS Servers — enter the IP addresses of the WINS server.
5. From the Bonding Mode drop-down menu, choose one of the following:
●Transmission Load Balance — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple
NICs.
●Link Aggregation — increases bandwidth by distributing the load across multiple ports in a
switch. Link Aggregation requires an 802.3ad compatible switch.
●Failover — provides recovery from a failure, so if one NIC should fail, your system still has
network connectivity with the other NIC.
6. To connect your px12-350r to a proxy server, check Use proxy settings and enter proxy IP
address, port number, and the proxy username and password.
7. Click Apply to save your settings.
8. If a DHCP server is unavailable for a network interface card (NIC), the device could auto-assign
an IP address, or you can uncheck the Automatically acquire network address (DHCP)
checkbox found in the Information section of a NIC.
9. You can change the following settings in the Information section:
●IP Address — the static IP address of the px12-350r. Use an available IP address in the range
used by the LAN.
●Subnet Mask — the subnet that the IP address belongs to. The default value is 255.255.255.0.
●Gateway — enter the gateway IP address in this field.
10. Click Apply to save your settings.
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VLAN: For information on adding a NIC to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), refer to VLAN Settings.
Bonding NICs: For information on bonding multiple network interface cards (NICs), refer to Bonding
NICs.
Bonding NICs
Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your px12-350r on the network.
If one NIC should fail, your px12-350r will remain accessible on the network if that NIC is bonded to others.
Depending on the bonding mode selected, it can also increase bandwidth. See Manually Configuring
Network Settings for information on bonding mode options and how to change the bonding mode.
You can bond two or more network interface cards (NICs) in your px12-350r by selecting the NICs and
clicking Apply.
Use the following procedure to bond NICs.
1. On the Network page, expand the NIC number and then expand the Bond Network Interface
section.
2. Check the checkboxes next to the NICs that you want to bond to the selected NIC. For example, if
you selected NIC 1, and your configuration includes four NICs, you could bond NIC 1 to NIC 2, 3,
and/or 4.
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
4. The section updates and displays the NICs that are bonded to the selected NIC.
Unbonding NICs
1. To unbond a NIC, uncheck the box next to the bonded NIC.
2. Click Apply to save your settings.
VLAN Settings
A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network of devices that are joined into one broadcast domain,
even if the devices are not physically connected to each other. VLANs are useful for creating smaller
networks within a larger LAN; for example, a legal department in a company might be on its own VLAN
because it has sensitive documents that only certain personnel should have access to. The smaller
networks that VLANs create do not require any additional physical resources, such as additional cabling.
Your px12-350r Network Storage can be configured to support VLANs by connecting the corresponding
physical NIC to the trunk port of an L2/L3 switch.
VLAN is configured for each NIC, but it is not supported on bonded NICs. If a NIC is bonded, you must
unbind it first to configure it for a VLAN.
Adding a VLAN
1. To add a VLAN, expand the VLAN Settings section of a NIC.
2. Click Add VLAN.
3. Enter a VLAN ID value between 2 and 4094. You can enter up to 4 VLAN IDs for each NIC. A
VLAN can obtain its network settings from DHCP, or you can uncheck DHCP and enter the IP
address, subnet mask, and gateway manually.
4. Refer to Network Settings on page 6 for information about jumbo frames.
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5. Click Apply to save your changes.
Deleting a VLAN
In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN.
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Naming Your px12-350r Network Storage
You can provide a meaningful name for your px12-350r using the Device Identification page. This page in
the px12-350r Management Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage
Device Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name.
Change any of these by editing the text fields. Click Apply to save your changes.
●Device Name: Enter a name for the px12-350r device. Use a name that will help you identify it on
your network.
●Device Descriptive Name: Enter a descriptive name for the px12-350r device. This name can
provide additional detail that identifies the device. If you leave this field blank, the default device
name is used.
●Workgroup Name: Enter a workgroup name for the px12-350r device if you need to change the
default name. The workgroup name identifies a group of computers that share information with
each other. Change the workgroup name only if you explicitly define a workgroup on your network.
Most users won't need to change the workgroup name, unless they have explicitly defined a
different workgroup on their other computers.
Renaming the px12-350r will require a device restart.
Setting up Active Directory
If your px12-350r supports Active Directory, you configure AD on the Device Identification page. Refer to
Configuring Your px12-350r for Active Directory.
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