Lenovo px2-300d User manual

px2-300d Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.0
User Guide

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CONTENTS
Setting up Your px2-300d Network Storage 1
Setup Overview 2
Set up my px2-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered 3
Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3
Discovering the px2-300d without the Internet 3
Setup Page 4
Network Connection 5
Connecting the px2-300d Network Storage to Your Network 5
Connecting the px2-300d 6
Network Settings 6
Manually Configuring Network Settings 7
Bonding NICs 8
Adding New NICs to Your px2-300d Network Storage 8
VLAN Settings 9
Naming Your px2-300d Network Storage 10
Configuring Your px2-300d Network Storage to Use Active Directory 11
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 11
Customizing the Access to Features on Your px2-300d 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 px2-300d Network Storage 15
Tracing Events on Your px2-300d Network Storage 16
Downloading the complete event log file 16
Obtaining System Status for Your px2-300d Network Storage 17
Space Usage 17
Control Panel 17
Device Information 17
Using Your px2-300d Network Storage in Various Time Zones 18
Setting the Display Language for Your px2-300d Network Storage 19
Printing Documents 20
Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing 21
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Sharing Files 23
Sharing Overview 24
Interfaces for Sharing 24
Shares 25
What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 25
Adding Shares 25
Managing Shares 26
Deleting Shares 28
Using Protocols to Share Files 29
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 29
AFP File Sharing for Macs 29
Bluetooth File Sharing 29
FTP File Sharing 30
NFS File Sharing 30
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 31
TFTP 31
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool 31
Managing File Sharing with Web Access (http/https) 32
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS 32
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System 33
Windows File Sharing 33
Sharing Content through the Home Page 34
Sharing Your Content with the World 34
Adding a Custom Home Page 34
Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 36
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 36
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 37
Managing Your Content 38
Transferring Content to and from Your px2-300d Network Storage with Copy Jobs 39
Copy Jobs Limitations 39
Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device 40
Safely removing external storage 40
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 41
Setting QuikTransfer 41
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iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 43
iSCSI Overview 44
Adding iSCSI Drives 45
Enabling iSCSI Drives 45
Connecting to iSCSI Drives 45
Managing iSCSI Drives 46
Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 46
Deleting iSCSI Drives 47
Storage Pool Management 49
Understanding How Your Content Is Stored 50
Storage Pools 50
Volumes 50
Adding and Managing Storage Pools 51
To Add a Data Storage Pool 51
Improving Performance with a Cache Storage Pool 52
To Add a Cache Storage Pool 52
Assigning a Cache Pool to a Volume 52
Managing Drives 54
Setting Write Caching 54
Applying Global Drive Management Settings 54
Drive Status 55
Volumes 56
Snapshots 56
Exposing/Unexposing the Snapshot 57
Restoring a Snapshot 57
Deleting a Snapshot 57
Displaying Shares in the Snapshot 57
Make the Snapshot Read-only 57
Changing Expose Mode 57
Adding and Managing Volumes 58
Deleting a Storage Pool 60
Changing RAID Protection Types 61
Drive Management 63
Managing Drives 64
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Setting Write Caching 64
Applying Global Drive Management Settings 64
Drive Status 65
Backing up and Restoring Your Content 67
Backup and Restore Overview 68
Backup of Data through RAID Protection 68
Backing up to and Restoring from Your px2-300d Network Storage 69
Backing up Macs with Time Machine 69
One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device 69
Copy Jobs Overview 70
Backing up Your px2-300d Network Storage 71
Copy Jobs 71
From: Settings 72
To: Settings 73
Setting a Schedule 73
Backing up with Mozy Backup 74
Restoring Files with Mozy Backup 75
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore 75
Backing up with Amazon S3 76
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 76
Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 76
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud 76
Securing Your px2-300d Network Storage and Contents 77
What Is Security and Do I Need It? 78
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 79
Disabling Security 79
Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 80
Users 81
Users and Groups Overview 81
Adding Users 81
Managing Users 82
Deleting Users 83
Groups 84
Groups Overview 84
Adding Groups 84
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Managing Groups 84
Deleting Groups 85
Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 86
Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 86
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 86
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups 87
Managing Your px2-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 88
Managing Your px2-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 88
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the
World 91
What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? 92
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms 92
Is My Content Secure? 93
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview 94
Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 95
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud 96
Router Port Forwarding 96
Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 97
Enabling Internet Access to the px2-300d 97
Changing Personal Cloud Settings 97
Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 98
Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 99
Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 100
Disconnecting Trusted Devices 100
Deleting Trusted Devices 100
Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 101
Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 102
Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 103
Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 104
Sharing Content Using Social Media 105
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 106
Facebook 107
Flickr 108
YouTube 109
Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 110
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Media Management 111
Media Management Overview 112
Scanning for media content 112
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 113
Sharing Media Content over the Internet 114
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 114
Media Aggregation 115
Enabling Media Aggregation 115
Social Media Sharing 116
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 117
Example: Setting up iTunes 117
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 117
Photos 118
Photos Overview 118
Streaming Pictures 118
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page 118
Automatically Resizing Your Photos 118
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 119
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 119
Music 120
Music Overview 120
Streaming Music 120
Torrents 121
Torrent Overview 121
Enabling Torrent Downloads 121
Deleting torrent jobs 121
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 121
Torrent Active Folders 122
Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 122
Videos 124
Video Capabilities Overview 124
Streaming Movies 124
Video Surveillance 124
Name 125
Space 125
Model 125
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Action 125
Adding Applications to Your px2-300d Network Storage 129
Application Overview 130
Application Installation 131
Application Manager 132
Starting or stopping an application 132
Adding applications 132
Removing applications 132
Upgrading Your px2-300d Network Storage 133
Software Updates 134
Auto-update process: installing a device software update 134
Manual update process: installing a device software update 134
Backing up and Recovering Your px2-300d Network Storage Settings 137
Backing Up Your px2-300d Network Storage Settings 138
Backing up Device Configuration 138
Restoring a Configuration Backup 138
Hardware Management 139
About the px2-300d Network Storage Components 140
Front Panel 140
Drive Bay Access 141
Rear Panel 141
Default Settings: 142
Energy Saving 143
Power Down Drives 143
Brightness 143
Wake On LAN 143
Creating A Power Schedule 143
Factory Reset 144
UPS Management 145
Adding New NICs to Your px2-300d Network Storage 146
Troubleshooting Routers 147
Enabling the DMZ 147
Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 148
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Bridging the Secondary Router 148
Bridging the Primary Router 148
Additional Support 151
How to Get Help 152
Support 153
Legal 155
Safety Information 156
Open Source 157
Warranty Information 158
Limited Warranty Notice 158
Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 158
Regulatory Information 159
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 159
Canadian Verification 159
European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 160
Important WEEE Information 160
European Union RoHS 160
India RoHS 160
Lithium Battery – California Perchlorate Information 160
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice 161
Recycling and environmental information 161
Export classification notice 161
Copyright and Trademark Information 162
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Setting up Your px2-300d
Network Storage
Setting up Your px2-300d Network Storage 1
CHAPTER 1

Setup Overview
Setup with your px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d on your
network to simplify access to content on your px2-300d 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 px2-300d by
clicking Manage My Device.
By default, the px2-300d will attempt to acquire an IP address from DHCP, If there is not a DHCP
server available on the network, the px2-300d will use an IP address in the self-assigned APIPA
range (169.254.x.x).
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Set up my px2-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered
If your px2-300d 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 px2-
300d on your network.
Discovering the px2-300d without the Internet
You can access your px2-300d 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 px2-300d listed
under Other Devices. You can then double-click the device icon to access the px2-300d
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 px2-300d listed. You can then double-click the device icon
to access the px2-300d Management Console.
●Mac — Browse to your px2-300d through Finder, Shared, All and use Go, Connect to Server to
connect to Shares on your px2-300d.
Setting up Your px2-300d Network Storage
Set up my px2-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered 3

Setup Page
The Setup page opens when you first access the px2-300d 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 px2-300d Network Storage to Your Network
First, check the package contents.
Verify that the box contains the following items:
1. px2-300d (models may vary)
2. Power Adapter and Cord
3. Quick Start Guide
4. Ethernet Cable
Package contents may vary.
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Connecting the px2-300d
Initial Setup
If you have purchased more than one px2-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up
additional devices.
1. Use the included network cable to connect the px2-300d to your network router, switch or directly
to a computer.
2. Connect the included power adapter to the back of the px2-300d and a power socket or
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).
3. Your px2-300d should power on automatically.
4. From a computer on your network, open a web browser and go to http://setup.lenovoemc.com to
set up your px2-300d on your network. For best results, use a computer that is connected to the
same subnet or network segment as the px2-300d.
You can access the px2-300d Management Console directly by entering the IP address or model
name of your px2-300d in your computer’s web browser. To use the model name on a Mac, add
.local after the name in the browser (for example, px2-300d.local).
5. 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 px2-300d will mount and appear on the Mac Desktop.
PC Users: Shares on the px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d. 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 px2-300d on the network.
If one NIC should fail, your px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d Network Storage
You can add additional high performance (10GbE) external Network Interface Cards (NICs) to your px2-
300d. This increases flexibility when connecting to a network or multiple networks. When you add external
NICs, you can configure your px2-300d 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 px2-300d Network Storage and remote its cover.
2. Locate a vacant expansion slot at the back of the px2-300d 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 px2-300d
chassis.
4. Replace the slot cover screw.
5. Replace the cover on the px2-300d and power it on.
Setting up Your px2-300d Network Storage
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the px2-300d

The px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d Network Storage
You can provide a meaningful name for your px2-300d using the Device Identification page. This page in
the px2-300d 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 px2-300d device. Use a name that will help you identify it on
your network.
●Device Descriptive Name: Enter a descriptive name for the px2-300d 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 px2-300d 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 px2-300d will require a device restart.
Setting up Your px2-300d Network Storage
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