Thecus Black Data Storage 4 bays N4100B Leaflet

Thecus N4100 IP Storage Appliance 

 

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The front and back panels of the Thecus N4100 feature the device’s hardware interface and 

connections. 

The Thecus N4100’s front panel has the device’s controls, indicators, and hard disk trays. 

There are four hard disk drive (HDD) trays. Each tray supports a 3.5-inch 

SATA HDD. The trays have locks for added physical security and keys are 

provided with the package. 

The indicators show when various operations take place. 

This LED glows blue when the device is powered on. 

This LED blinks orange when the system is booting up, or during 

maintenance and is unable to provide access to data. 

This LED blinks green when there is network activity on the LAN 1 port. A 

steady green glow means there is a link but no activity. The LAN 1 port is 

always used for Gigabit Ethernet connection. 

This LED blinks green when there is network activity on the LAN 2 port. A 

steady green glow means there is a link but no activity. The LAN 2 port is 

used for either Gigabit Ethernet connection. 

When this LED glows a steady red, the system has detected an error.  

Press the power switch briefly to power on the Thecus N4100. Press this 

switch again to power down. 

Press this switch to reset, if there is no response from the system. 

default settings—see Appendix A: Troubleshooting for instructions.