Lenovo Iomega ix2 User manual

ix2 Network Storage
with LifeLine 4.0
User Guide

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CONTENTS
Setting up Your ix2 Network Storage 1
Setup Overview 2
Set up my ix2 Network Storage if it's not discovered 3
Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3
Discovering the ix2 without the Internet 3
Setup Page 4
Network Connection 5
Connecting the ix2 Network Storage to Your Network 5
Connecting the ix2 6
Network Settings 6
Manually Configuring Network Settings 7
Naming Your ix2 Network Storage 8
Configuring Your ix2 Network Storage to Use Active Directory 9
Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 9
Customizing the Access to Features on Your ix2 Network Storage 11
Enabling the Display of Features 11
Enabling Access Permissions to Features 11
Non-Administrator User Log In 12
Obtaining Alerts About Your ix2 Network Storage 13
Tracing Events on Your ix2 Network Storage 14
Downloading the complete event log file 14
Obtaining System Status for Your ix2 Network Storage 15
Space Usage 15
Control Panel 15
Device Information 15
Using Your ix2 Network Storage in Various Time Zones 16
Setting the Display Language for Your ix2 Network Storage 17
Printing Documents 18
Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing 19
Sharing Files 21
Sharing Overview 22
Interfaces for Sharing 22
Shares 23
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What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 23
Adding Shares 23
Managing Shares 24
Deleting Shares 25
Using Protocols to Share Files 26
What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 26
AFP File Sharing for Macs 26
Bluetooth File Sharing 26
FTP File Sharing 27
NFS File Sharing 27
rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 28
TFTP 28
Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool 28
Managing File Sharing with Web Access (http/https) 29
WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS 29
Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System 30
Windows File Sharing 30
Sharing Content through the Home Page 31
Sharing Your Content with the World 31
Adding a Custom Home Page 31
Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 33
How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 33
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 34
Managing Your Content 35
Transferring Content to and from Your ix2 Network Storage with Copy Jobs 36
Copy Jobs Limitations 36
Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device 37
Safely removing external storage 37
iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 39
iSCSI Overview 40
Adding iSCSI Drives 41
Enabling iSCSI Drives 41
Connecting to iSCSI Drives 41
Managing iSCSI Drives 42
Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 42
Deleting iSCSI Drives 43
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Drive Management 45
Managing Drives 46
Setting Write Caching 46
Applying Global Drive Management Settings 46
Drive Status 47
Backing up and Restoring Your Content 49
Backup and Restore Overview 50
Backup of Data through RAID Protection 50
Backing up to and Restoring from Your ix2 Network Storage 51
Backing up Macs with Time Machine 51
Copy Jobs Overview 51
Backing up Your ix2 Network Storage 52
Copy Jobs 52
From: Settings 53
To: Settings 54
Setting a Schedule 54
Backing up with Mozy Backup 55
Restoring Files with Mozy Backup 56
Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore 56
Backing up with Amazon S3 57
Restoring Files with Amazon S3 57
Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 57
Restoring Files with Personal Cloud 57
Securing Your ix2 Network Storage and Contents 59
What Is Security and Do I Need It? 60
Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 61
Disabling Security 61
Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 62
Users 63
Users and Groups Overview 63
Adding Users 63
Managing Users 64
Deleting Users 65
Groups 66
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Groups Overview 66
Adding Groups 66
Managing Groups 66
Deleting Groups 67
Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 68
Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 68
Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 68
Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups 69
Managing Your ix2 Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 70
Managing Your ix2 Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 70
Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the
World 73
What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? 74
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms 74
Is My Content Secure? 75
LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview 76
Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 77
Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud 78
Router Port Forwarding 78
Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 79
Enabling Internet Access to the ix2 79
Changing Personal Cloud Settings 79
Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 80
Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 81
Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 82
Disconnecting Trusted Devices 82
Deleting Trusted Devices 82
Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 83
Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 84
Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 85
Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 86
Sharing Content Using Social Media 87
Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 88
Facebook 89
Flickr 90
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YouTube 91
Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 92
Media Management 93
Media Management Overview 94
Scanning for media content 94
Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 95
Sharing Media Content over the Internet 96
Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 96
Media Aggregation 97
Enabling Media Aggregation 97
Social Media Sharing 98
Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 99
Example: Setting up iTunes 99
Example: Setting up Xbox 360 99
Photos 100
Photos Overview 100
Streaming Pictures 100
Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page 100
Automatically Resizing Your Photos 100
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 101
Getting Pictures from Your Camera 101
Music 102
Music Overview 102
Streaming Music 102
Torrents 103
Torrent Overview 103
Enabling Torrent Downloads 103
Deleting torrent jobs 103
Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 103
Torrent Active Folders 104
Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 104
Videos 106
Video Capabilities Overview 106
Streaming Movies 106
Video Surveillance 106
Name 107
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Space 107
Model 107
Action 107
Adding Applications to Your ix2 Network Storage 111
Application Overview 112
Application Installation 113
Application Manager 114
Starting or stopping an application 114
Adding applications 114
Removing applications 114
Upgrading Your ix2 Network Storage 115
Software Updates 116
Auto-update process: installing a device software update 116
Manual update process: installing a device software update 116
Backing up and Recovering Your ix2 Network Storage Settings 119
Backing Up Your ix2 Network Storage Settings 120
Backing up Device Configuration 120
Restoring a Configuration Backup 120
Hardware Management 121
About the ix2 Network Storage Components 122
Front Panel 122
Rear Panel 123
Energy Saving 124
Power Down Drives 124
Brightness 124
Factory Reset 125
UPS Management 126
Troubleshooting Routers 127
Enabling the DMZ 127
Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 128
Bridging the Secondary Router 128
Bridging the Primary Router 128
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Additional Support 131
How to Get Help 132
Support 133
Legal 135
Safety Information 136
Open Source 137
Warranty Information 138
Limited Warranty Notice 138
Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 138
Regulatory Information 139
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 139
Canadian Verification 139
European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 140
Important WEEE Information 140
European Union RoHS 140
India RoHS 140
Lithium Battery – California Perchlorate Information 140
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice 141
Recycling and environmental information 141
Export classification notice 141
Copyright and Trademark Information 142
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