Thecus N5200B PRO Leaflet

Step 1: Network Setup

From the Web Administration Interface, you can configure the network settings of
the N5200PRO for your network. You can access the Network menu from the

menu bar.
For details on how to configure your network settings, refer to Chapter 4:

System Management >

Network Management

Step 2: RAID Creation

Next, administrators can configure their preferred RAID setting and build their
RAID volume. You can access RAID settings from the menu bar of the Web

Administration Interface by navigating to Storage > RAID.

For more information on configuring RAID, see Chapter 4: System

Management >

RAID Configuration

Don’t know which RAID level to use? Find out more about the different RAID
levels from

Appendix C: RAID Basics

Step 3: Create Local Users or Setup Authentication

Once the RAID is ready, you can begin to create local users for the N5200PRO, or
choose to setup authentication protocols such as Active Directory (AD).

For more on managing users, go to Chapter 4: System Management >

User

and Group Management

For more information on configuring Active Directory, see Chapter 4: System

Management > User and Group Management >

ADS/NT Configuration

For information about the benefits of Active Directory, see

Appendix D: Active

Directory Basics

Step 4: Create Folders and Set Up ACLs

Once users are introduced into your network, you can begin to create various
folders on the N5200PRO and control user access to each using Folder Access

Control Lists.

More information on managing folders, see Chapter 4: System Management >

Folder Management

To find out about configuring Folder Access Control Lists, see Chapter 4: System
Management > Folder Management >

Folder Access Control List (ACL)

Step 5: Start Services

Finally, you can start to setup the different services of the N5200PRO for the

users on your network. You can find out more about each of these services by
clicking below:

SMB/CIFS

Apple File Protocol (AFP)

Network File System (NFS)