Lenovo PX12-450R User manual

px12-450r Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.0
User Guide

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CONTENTS
Setting up Your px12-450r Network Storage 1
Setup Overview 2
Set up my px12-450r Network Storage if it's not discovered 3
Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3
Discovering the px12-450r without the Internet 3
Setup Page 4
Network Connection 5
Connecting the px12-450r Network Storage to Your Network 5
Connecting the px12-450r 6
Network Settings 6
Manually Configuring Network Settings 7
Bonding NICs 8
Adding New NICs to Your px12-450r Network Storage 8
VLAN Settings 9
Naming Your px12-450r Network Storage 10
Setting up Active Directory 10
Configuring Your px12-450r Network Storage to Use Active Directory 11
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 12
Customizing the Access to Features on Your px12-450r 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 px12-450r Network Storage 15
Tracing Events on Your px12-450r Network Storage 16
Downloading the complete event log file 16
Obtaining System Status for Your px12-450r Network Storage 17
Space Usage 17
Control Panel 17
Device Information 17
Using Your px12-450r Network Storage in Various Time Zones 18
Setting the Display Language for Your px12-450r 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 px12-450r Network Storage 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) 40
iSCSI Overview 41
Adding iSCSI Drives 42
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Enabling iSCSI Drives 42
Connecting to iSCSI Drives 42
Managing iSCSI Drives 43
Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 43
Deleting iSCSI Drives 44
Storage Pool Management 45
Understanding How Your Content Is Stored 46
Storage Pools 46
Volumes 46
Adding and Managing Storage Pools 47
To Add a Data Storage Pool 47
Improving Performance with a Cache Storage Pool 48
To Add a Cache Storage Pool 48
Assigning a Cache Pool to a Volume 48
Volumes 50
Snapshots 50
Exposing/Unexposing the Snapshot 51
Restoring a Snapshot 51
Deleting a Snapshot 51
Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 51
Make the Snapshot Read-only 51
Changing Expose Mode 51
Adding and Managing Volumes 52
Deleting a Storage Pool 54
Changing RAID Protection Types 55
Adding New Drives to Your px12-450r Network Storage 56
Drive Management 57
Managing Drives 58
Setting Write Caching 58
Applying Global Drive Management Settings 58
Drive Status 59
Backing up and Restoring Your Content 60
Backup and Restore Overview 61
Backup of Data through RAID Protection 61
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Backing up to and Restoring from Your px12-450r Network Storage 62
Backing up Macs with Time Machine 62
Copy Jobs Overview 62
Backing up Your px12-450r Network Storage 63
Copy Jobs 63
From: Settings 64
To: Settings 65
Setting a Schedule 65
Backing up with Mozy Backup 66
Restoring Files with Mozy Backup 67
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore 67
Backing up with Amazon S3 68
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 68
Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 68
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud 68
Securing Your px12-450r Network Storage and Contents 69
What Is Security and Do I Need It? 70
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 71
Disabling Security 71
Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 72
Users 73
Users and Groups Overview 73
Adding Users 73
Managing Users 74
Deleting Users 75
Groups 76
Groups Overview 76
Adding Groups 76
Managing Groups 76
Deleting Groups 77
Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 78
Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 78
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 78
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups 79
Managing Your px12-450r Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 80
Managing Your px12-450r Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 80
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Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the
World 82
What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? 83
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms 83
Is My Content Secure? 84
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview 85
Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 86
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud 87
Router Port Forwarding 87
Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 88
Enabling Internet Access to the px12-450r 88
Changing Personal Cloud Settings 88
Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 89
Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 90
Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 91
Disconnecting Trusted Devices 91
Deleting Trusted Devices 91
Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 92
Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 93
Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 94
Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 95
Sharing Content Using Social Media 96
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 97
Facebook 98
Flickr 99
YouTube 100
Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 101
Media Management 102
Media Management Overview 103
Scanning for media content 103
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 104
Sharing Media Content over the Internet 105
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 105
Media Aggregation 106
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Enabling Media Aggregation 106
Social Media Sharing 107
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 108
Example: Setting up iTunes 108
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 108
Photos 109
Photos Overview 109
Streaming Pictures 109
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page 109
Automatically Resizing Your Photos 109
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 110
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 110
Music 111
Music Overview 111
Streaming Music 111
Torrents 112
Torrent Overview 112
Enabling Torrent Downloads 112
Deleting torrent jobs 112
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 112
Torrent Active Folders 113
Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 113
Videos 115
Video Capabilities Overview 115
Streaming Movies 115
Video Surveillance 115
Name 116
Space 116
Model 116
Action 116
Adding Applications to Your px12-450r Network Storage 119
Application Overview 120
Application Installation 121
Application Manager 122
Starting or stopping an application 122
Adding applications 122
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Removing applications 122
Upgrading Your px12-450r Network Storage 123
Software Updates 124
Auto-update process: installing a device software update 124
Manual update process: installing a device software update 124
Backing up and Recovering Your px12-450r Network Storage Settings 126
Backing Up Your px12-450r Network Storage Settings 127
Backing up Device Configuration 127
Restoring a Configuration Backup 127
Hardware Management 128
About the px12-450r Network Storage Components 129
Front Panel 129
Drive Bay Detail 130
Rear Panel 131
Default Settings 131
Energy Saving 132
Power Down Drives 132
Wake On LAN 132
Creating A Power Schedule 132
Factory Reset 133
UPS Management 134
Adding New Drives to Your px12-450r Network Storage 135
Adding New NICs to Your px12-450r Network Storage 136
Troubleshooting Routers 137
Enabling the DMZ 137
Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 138
Bridging the Secondary Router 138
Bridging the Primary Router 138
Additional Support 140
How to Get Help 141
Support 142
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Legal 143
Safety Information 144
Open Source 145
Warranty Information 146
Limited Warranty Notice 146
Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 146
Regulatory Information 147
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 147
Canadian Verification 147
European Union conformity 147
Important WEEE Information 148
European Union RoHS 148
India RoHS 148
Lithium Battery – California Perchlorate Information 148
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice 148
Recycling and environmental information 148
Export classification notice 149
Copyright and Trademark Information 150
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Setting up Your px12-450r
Network Storage
Setting up Your px12-450r Network Storage 1
CHAPTER 1

Setup Overview
Setup with your px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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 px12-450r on your
network to simplify access to content on your px12-450r 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 px12-450r by
clicking Manage My Device.
By default, the px12-450r will attempt to acquire an IP address from DHCP, If there is not a
DHCP server available on the network, the px12-450r will use an IP address in the self-assigned
APIPA range (169.254.x.x).
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Set up my px12-450r Network Storage if it's not discovered
If your px12-450r 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-
450r on your network.
Discovering the px12-450r without the Internet
You can access your px12-450r 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 px12-450r listed
under Other Devices. You can then double-click the device icon to access the px12-450r
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 px12-450r listed. You can then double-click the device icon
to access the px12-450r Management Console.
●Mac — Browse to your px12-450r through Finder, Shared, All and use Go, Connect to Server to
connect to Shares on your px12-450r.
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Set up my px12-450r Network Storage if it's not discovered 3

Setup Page
The Setup page opens when you first access the px12-450r 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 px12-450r Network Storage to Your Network
First, check the package contents.
Verify that the box contains the following items:
1. px12-450r (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 px12-450r
Initial Setup
If you have purchased more than one px12-450r, complete all steps on one device before setting up
additional devices.
1. Use the included network cable to connect the px12-450r to a network hub or switch.
2. Connect the included power cords to the power supply connectors on the back of the px12-450r
and to an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). This provides redundant power for your px12-450r.
3. Power on the px12-450r.
4. From a computer on your network, open a web browser and go to http://setup.lenovoemc.com to
set up your px12-450r on your network. For best results, use a computer that is connected to the
same subnet or network segment as the px12-450r
You can access the px12-450r Management Console directly by entering the IP address or model
name of your px12-450r in your computer’s web browser. To use the model name on a Mac, add
.local after the name in the browser (for example, px12-450r.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 px12-450r will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
PC Users: Shares on the px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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 px12-450r. 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 px12-450r on the network.
If one NIC should fail, your px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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.
Adding New NICs to Your px12-450r Network Storage
You can add additional high performance (10GbE) external Network Interface Cards (NICs) to your px12-
450r. This increases flexibility when connecting to a network or multiple networks. When you add external
NICs, you can configure your px12-450r to have different IP addresses, bond more NICs for network
redundancy, and create more VLANs. They also give you more ports that allow you to connect to different
physical networks.
Wake on LAN is not supported for additional external NICs. For more information on that setting,
refer to Energy Saving
To add external NICs, follow this procedure:
1. Shut down your px12-450r Network Storage and remote its cover.
2. Locate a vacant expansion slot at the back of the px12-450r and remove the expansion slot cover.
Save the expansion slot cover screw.
3. Insert the Ethernet card into the expansion slot and push the connector on the Ethernet card firmly
into the slot until it is completely seated. Make sure the card bracket is flush against the px12-
450r chassis.
4. Replace the slot cover screw.
5. Replace the cover on the px12-450r and power it on.
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The px12-450r Network Storage automatically recognizes the new network interface and lists it on the
Network page.
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 px12-450r 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.
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 px12-450r Network Storage
You can provide a meaningful name for your px12-450r using the Device Identification page. This page in
the px12-450r 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 px12-450r device. Use a name that will help you identify it on
your network.
●Device Descriptive Name: Enter a descriptive name for the px12-450r 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 px12-450r 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 px12-450r will require a device restart.
Setting up Active Directory
If your px12-450r supports Active Directory, you configure AD on the Device Identification page. Refer to
Configuring Your px12-450r for Active Directory.
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