Addonics Technologies RAID Tower V NT5SNES1G User Manual

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Safely Remove Drive
Closes all pending I/O to a specified drive then “unmounts” it for\
 removal.
Caution: best practice is to notify any and all users this will be done \
before 
proceeding to prevent data loss. Abruptly removing a physical drive without 
notifying users or using the Safely Remove Drive function may cause file\
 system 
corruption and loss of data.
Backup Internal System Configuration Information
Saves or restores all of the NAS Towers settings using a specified drive. Select 
the volume desired for backups. If backups exist on that volume they wil\
l be listed 
under Backups, with comments if present. 
To create a backup, add a backup comment if desired then click Create Bac\
kup.  
To restore an existing backup, select the desired backup and click Restor\
e 
Selected. The currently selected backup may also be deleted using the Delete 
Selected button. All three functions will request confirmation before proceeding.
Reboot
Restarts the NAS Tower.
Caution: best practice is to notify any and all users this will be done \
before proceeding
Upgrade the System Firmware
In the case of a firmware update release, this utility applies the updat\
e.
Update will not proceed unless only one volume (one partition on one dr\
ive) is
present. Instructions on updating firmware are provided with the firmwar\
e
update.
Caution: All of the NAS Towers settings may be lost in the process of applying
firmware. Make sure to notify any and all users this will be done to pre\
vent data 
loss and use the Backup Internal System Configuration Information utilit\
y before
proceeding.
The Sharing Tab 
						

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User Management
Shows current list of known users on the NAS Tower.
To delete a user, click the “Delete” link next to that username, then confirm.
To change a users password, select the username just above “New Passw\
ord,” then
enter the new password into the “New Password” and “Confirm Pas\
sword” fields and
click “Change Password.”
To create a new user account, click “New User,” then enter the new username and
the initial password in the “New Password” and “Confirm Passwor\
d” fields. If shared
folders are defined on the system, select the default permissions grante\
d to the new
user for each share.
Add A Shared Folder
Creates a new folder and shares it on the network. This function has several steps.
The first page introduces the wizard. Click “Begin Wizard” to proc\
eed.
Step 1 is to define the name of the share. The share name will become the folder
name on the drive.
NOTE: The shared folder name will be written to disk using all capital letters\
. If an existing folder of the same 
name appears and is not all capital letters, the NAS Tower considers that not a match and writes the same 
folder name in all capital letters anyway. This can cause unpredictable results if the drive is subsequently 
connected to a computer. If a folder exists of the same name with all capital letters, it will \
be shared
without harming any data. 
						

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Step 2 is to select the drive the share is to be created on. The drive is identified by the 
drive letter and partition number, the vendor and model, and the mount point.
Step 3 is to set the initial permissions for the new share. A permission setting for
“Everyone” as well as each individual user is listed, with the def\
ault permission set to
None for both SMB and FTP. Once you have reviewed the permissions for all users 
and made any desired changes, clicking on “Create Share Folder” wi\
ll complete the 
Wizard.
Rename A Shared Folder
Changes the name of the directory as well as the share name for an exist\
ing shared
folder. Select the share to change and type in a new name, then click “Rena\
me
Shared Folder.”
NOTE: The new shared folder name will be written to disk using all capital let\
ters. If an existing folder of the 
same name appears and is not all capital letters, the NAS Tower considers that not a match and writes the 
same folder name in all capital letters anyway. This can cause unpredictable results if the drive is 
subsequently connected to a computer. If a folder exists of the same name with all capital letters, it will \
be 
shared without harming any data. 
						

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Remove a Shared Folder
Deletes a share from the NAS Tower. As a precaution this screen requires the word 
“yes” is typed in as confirmation.
NOTE: Removing a shared folder also deletes the associated directory and all o\
f its contents from the drive. 
It is however possible to delete the share without destroying any data: \
simply disconnect the drive physically 
from the NAS Tower before proceeding.  If the shared folder is on the NAS Towers RAID array, shutting 
down the unit, then removing all of the RAID drives and powering up agai\
n before deleting the share will 
preserve the data.
Update Security Settings
Changes SMB and FTP permissions for a share for each user and the general 
permission for “Everyone.” Select the share to change, then click \
next and another 
page will appear with current permissions. Make desired changes and clic\
k Update to 
apply.