ZyXEL Communications NSA-2401 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• User’s Guide

  1
  • About This User's Guide

    3
  • Document Conventions

    4
  • Safety Warnings

    6
  • Contents Overview

    9
  • Table of Contents

    11
  • List of Figures

    17
  • List of Tables

    25
• Introduction and Tutorials

  29
  • Getting to Know Your NSA

    31
    • 1.1 NSA-2401 Overview

      31
      • 1.1.1 Front Panel LEDs

        32
      • 1.1.2 Power Button

        33
      • 1.1.3 COPY Button

        33
  • Introducing the Web Configurator

    35
    • 2.1 Web Configurator Overview

      35
    • 2.2 Accessing the NSA Web Configurator

      35
      • 2.2.1 Access the NSA Using the NDU

        35
      • 2.2.2 Web Browser Access

        36
    • 2.3 Login

      36
    • 2.4 User-level Screens Overview

      37
    • 2.5 My NSA Screen

      38
      • 2.5.1 My NSA Share Browsing Screen

        40
      • 2.5.2 My NSA Share Browsing Move to or Copy to Screen

        42
      • 2.5.3 My NSA Share Configuration

        42
      • 2.5.4 My NSA Change Share Properties Screen

        43
      • 2.5.5 Share and Folder Names

        45
      • 2.5.6 Share Paths

        46
      • 2.5.7 Password Screen

        46
    • 2.6 Administration Screens

      47
      • 2.6.1 Global Administration Icons

        48
      • 2.6.2 Navigation Panel

        49
      • 2.6.3 Main Window

        51
      • 2.6.4 Status Messages

        51
      • 2.6.5 Common Screen Icons

        51
    • 2.7 NSA RESET Button

      52
      • 2.7.1 Reset

        52
      • 2.7.2 Reload Factory Default Configuration File

        52
  • Tutorials

    55
    • 3.1 Overview

      55
    • 3.2 How to Configure Sharing

      55
      • 3.2.1 Setting Up User Accounts

        55
      • 3.2.2 Setting Up Groups

        58
      • 3.2.3 Setting Up Shares

        59
    • 3.3 How to Use Shares

      61
      • 3.3.1 Using a Share with Windows Explorer

        61
      • 3.3.2 Using a Share with a Web Browser

        62
    • 3.4 How to Find the NSA in OS X

      65
    • 3.5 How to Configure Security

      68
      • 3.5.1 Configuring Security for Web Configurator Sessions

        68
      • 3.5.2 Using FTPES to Connect to the NSA

        81
      • 3.5.3 Controlling Access to Shares, Folders, and Files

        83
    • 3.6 Power Resume

      89
    • 3.7 How to Use Backups and Snapshots

      89
      • 3.7.1 Creating a Snapshot Job

        90
      • 3.7.2 Configuring Snapshot Image Access

        91
      • 3.7.3 Using a Snapshot Image to Restore Files

        91
      • 3.7.4 Creating a Synchronization Backup

        92
      • 3.7.5 Creating an Archive Backup

        96
      • 3.7.6 Restoring Archived Files by Backup Job

        99
      • 3.7.7 Restoring by Backup Files

        102
    • 3.8 Printer Server Tutorial

      104
    • 3.9 How to Increase the NSA’s Storage Capacity

      106
      • 3.9.1 Connecting External USB Hard Drives

        107
      • 3.9.2 Adding an Internal Hard Drive to an Existing Disk Array

        107
      • 3.9.3 Using a Disk Array’s Increased Capacity

        109
      • 3.9.4 Migrating a RAID to Higher Capacity Hard Drives

        110
• Web Configurator

  115
  • Status Screen

    117
    • 4.1 Status Screen

      117
  • System Setting Screen

    121
    • 5.1 Date/Time

      121
      • 5.1.1 Time Lag

        122
  • Storage Screens

    125
    • 6.1 Storage Screens Overview

      125
      • 6.1.1 What You Can Do in the Storage Screens

        125
      • 6.1.2 What You Need to Know About Storage

        125
    • 6.2 Internal Storage Status Screen

      127
    • 6.3 Disk

      128
      • 6.3.1 Internal Disks Screen

        128
      • 6.3.2 S.M.A.R.T Screen

        129
    • 6.4 Arrays

      132
      • 6.4.1 RAID Levels

        132
      • 6.4.2 Array Status

        134
    • 6.5 RAID Screen

      135
      • 6.5.1 Creating a New RAID

        138
    • 6.6 Internal Volume Screen

      139
      • 6.6.1 Creating or Editing an Internal Volume

        142
      • 6.6.2 USB Key Creation

        143
    • 6.7 External Storage Disk Screen

      145
    • 6.8 External Volume Screen

      147
      • 6.8.1 Creating or Editing an External Volume

        149
    • 6.9 Technical Reference

      151
      • 6.9.1 Storage Terminology

        151
      • 6.9.2 JBOD

        152
      • 6.9.3 RAID 0

        153
      • 6.9.4 RAID 1

        153
      • 6.9.5 RAID 10

        154
      • 6.9.6 RAID 5

        155
      • 6.9.7 Hot-spare

        155
      • 6.9.8 RAID and Data Protection

        156
      • 6.9.9 S.M.A.R.T Attributes

        156
  • Network Screens

    159
    • 7.1 Network Screens Overview

      159
      • 7.1.1 What You Can Do in the Network Screens

        159
      • 7.1.2 What You Need to Know About the Network Screens

        159
    • 7.2 TCP/IP Screen

      160
      • 7.2.1 Configuring the TCP/IP Screen

        162
    • 7.3 Windows/CIFS

      164
      • 7.3.1 Windows/CIFS Screen

        166
    • 7.4 NFS Screen

      168
      • 7.4.1 Add or Edit NFS Share Screen

        169
      • 7.4.2 NFS Session Screen

        170
  • Sharing Screens

    173
    • 8.1 Overview

      173
      • 8.1.1 What You Can Do In The Sharing Screens

        173
      • 8.1.2 What You Need to Know About The Sharing Screens

        173
    • 8.2 Users

      175
      • 8.2.1 Create a New Account & Change Account Properties

        178
      • 8.2.2 View User Information

        181
    • 8.3 Groups

      182
      • 8.3.1 Add a New Local Group & Change Group Properties

        184
    • 8.4 Shares

      186
      • 8.4.1 Create a New Share & Edit a Share

        188
      • 8.4.2 ACL Configuration

        190
      • 8.4.3 Recycle Bin

        194
      • 8.4.4 DFS

        194
  • Protect Screens

    197
    • 9.1 Protection Methods Overview

      197
      • 9.1.1 What You Can Do in the Protect Screens

        198
      • 9.1.2 What You Need to Know About Protection Methods

        198
    • 9.2 NSA Backup Screens

      200
      • 9.2.1 Backup Summary

        200
      • 9.2.2 Creating a Backup Job

        202
      • 9.2.3 Editing a Backup Job

        208
      • 9.2.4 Restoring by Backup Job

        209
    • 9.3 Restoring by Backup Files

      212
      • 9.3.1 Protect > Restore: Step 2

        213
      • 9.3.2 Protect > Restore: Step 3

        214
      • 9.3.3 Protect > Restore: Step 4

        215
    • 9.4 Snapshots

      215
      • 9.4.1 Creating/Editing Snapshots

        218
      • 9.4.2 Snapshot Images

        219
    • 9.5 Backup Software Screen

      220
  • Application Screens

    223
    • 10.1 Overview

      223
      • 10.1.1 What You Can Do In The Application Screens

        223
      • 10.1.2 What You Need to Know About The Application Screens

        223
    • 10.2 FTP

      224
    • 10.3 Print Server

      226
      • 10.3.1 Print Server Rename

        226
    • 10.4 Copy Button

      227
      • 10.4.1 Changing the Copy Button Share

        227
  • Maintenance Screens

    229
    • 11.1 Overview

      229
      • 11.1.1 What You Can Do In The Maintenance Screens

        229
      • 11.1.2 What You Need to Know About The Maintenance Screens

        229
    • 11.2 Log

      230
      • 11.2.1 Search

        232
      • 11.2.2 Log Records Configuration

        232
      • 11.2.3 Log Buzzer Priority Configuration

        233
      • 11.2.4 Report Configuration

        233
      • 11.2.5 Export Log

        236
    • 11.3 Configuration

      237
      • 11.3.1 Restoring the Configuration File

        238
    • 11.4 SSL

      239
    • 11.5 Firmware Upgrade

      241
    • 11.6 Power Management

      242
      • 11.6.1 Power Control Schedule

        244
    • 11.7 Shutdown

      245
• Troubleshooting and Specifications

  247
  • Troubleshooting

    249
    • 12.1 Troubleshooting Overview

      249
    • 12.2 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs

      249
    • 12.3 NSA Login and Access

      251
    • 12.4 Users Cannot Access the NSA

      253
    • 12.5 Backups and Snapshots

      254
    • 12.6 External USB Disks

      255
  • Product Specifications

    257
    • 13.1 Feature Tables

      257
    • 13.2 Specification Tables

      259
    • 13.3 Power Consumption

      261
• Appendices and Index

  263
  • Log Messages

    265
  • Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address

    275
  • Importing Certificates

    299
  • Open Source Licences

    323
  • Legal Information

    353
  • Index

    355