Acer NAS 700 - Manuals

What is ACER ASC Express ? ACER ASC EXPRESS BASICS The explosion of data in today’s networked computing environments stresses the abilities of many Information Technology groups while the demand to store and access data doubles each year. Since information, and the storage infrastructure that holds ...

ASC offers enterprises an easy way to purchase, implement, and support new or existing enterprise SANs, while containing the costs associated with the ownership and management of storage solutions. Building an ASC storage network puts enterprise class storage services at your fingertips, allowing yo...

What is an ASC Network The ASC Storage Network can be either a dedicated storage network, just like traditional Fibre Channel SANs, or it can be embedded into the existing LAN for small or low impact applications. Acer recommends that a separate network segment be dedicated to the Storage Network; t...

(depending upon specific configurations, typically up to 16 devices per bus). For maximum throughput, ASC supports multiple SCSI busses and/or adapters. For SAN/IP Clients (non-Fibre Channel Clients), ASC packages the storage requests into IP packets using Acer’s SAN/IP ™ protocol. Requests made to ...

ASC Components The primary components of the ASC Storage Network are the ASC Server, ASC Console, ASC SAN Clients and the ASC NAS Clients. These components all sit on the same network segment, the storage network . ASC Server The ASC Server is a dedicated network storage server. The ASC Server is at...

SYSTEM SPECIFICATION In this part, it will cover the detailed specification summary of all important components that make up the Acer Altos NAS 700 Appliance. ACER Altos NAS700 Appliance Features High density computing in a competitive world calls for a server that can keep up and still stay cool in...

necessary, at the Altos NAS, this centralizes and therefore simplifies the backup management. It is also cost-effective as there is no need for backup agent on each application server. • Tower or 5HE rackable chassis to slip into a rack. • 8x DIMM slots offer up to 16 GB of registered ECC DDR333 RAM...

ACER ASC Express Features • Up to 730 GB internal storage / Up to 2 TB with external storage enclosure. • Mirroring: Protects against device/cabinet/frame level failure for any Acer Altos NAS 700 managed disk • Snapshot/Timemark: Max 4 times of incremental backup scheduled through the day that provi...

Qlogic 2340 (Optional Fibre Channel HBA Controller) The Qlogic QLA234x controllers bring the latest in Fibre Channel 2 (FC2) technology, doubling speeds from 1Gbps to 2Gbps. The Controller provides multipath and failover capability (when using QLA 2340 or two QLA 2342 Controllers). Each Controller p...

INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION General Installation Sequence 1) Install the HBA in your ALTOS NAS 700 appliance 2) Connect your ASC NAS 700 appliance to your storage network 3) Linux 7.3 installation through a : a. Recovery image b. Manual installation 4) ASC Server installation 5) ASC Management Co...

A) Red Hat Linux 7.3 installation using the Recovery Image Introduction ACER provides on the ASC 4.0 Express cdrom, a Norton Ghost image to restore the Linux 7.3 operating systems necessary to install later ASC 4.0 server on the ACER Altos NAS 700 Appliance. ACER recommends our solution partners to ...

So just click on the REMOVE CONFIGURATION button to remove a device. Then click on the CONFIGURE button to add a newly detected device. Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 15

B) Red Hat Linux 7.3 manual installation This section is for information only 1. Boot from the RedHat Linux CD and hit <Enter> to begin the installation. 2. On the welcome screen, click NEXT to go to the next step. 3. Select the installation language and click NEXT. 4. On this page, select you...

10. The GRUB password is not mandatory. Leave the field blank if you don’t want to protect the access to your boot loader. Click NEXT to continue the installation. 11. On this page you can configure the TCPIP parameters for your 2 built-in network cards. ACER recommends to configure and activate on ...

On this page, select No Firewall and click NEXT. 13. Additional Language Support Selection. Here you can select an additional language support for your Linux Graphical interface. ACER recommends to use only English. Click NEXT to continue. 14. Time Zone Selection: select the proper location (instead...

ASC Server installation 1. After the Linux installation, you must enter into the BIOS by pressing F2 and check that your boot order is configured as shown in the picture below: We recommend to have the Hard Drive selected as 1 st Boot Device on your Altos NAS 700. 2. Select “Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-3s...

8. The script checks to see if ASC is already installed on your machine. Press Y to continue the ASC installation. 9. Type your company name and press <ENTER> 10. Enter the server name eg. NAS700 and press <ENTER> 11. ACER recommends to install the ASC Management Console on the ASC serve...

20. When the server boots, the Hardware discovery utility named KUDZU starts. Press <ENTER> to go to the next screen. 21. KUDZU has detected new installed devices in your ASC server and asks if you want to configure the new devices or simply ignore them. Here we can see it has detected a Broad...

ASC SAN Client installation ASC SAN Clients access their storage resources via software-emulated virtual adapters (for SAN/IP). The storage resources appear as locally attached devices to the SAN Clients’ operating systems (Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux, etc.) even though the SCSI devices are actu...

Pre-installation checklist ASC provides client software for many platforms and protocols. Please check the following lists for the versions and the patch levels (if applicable) that are currently supported. While this information is accurate as of the date of its release, you should check the certif...

ASC SAN Clients Supported Platform SAN/IP Client The following platforms are supported for SAN/IP clients: Platform Supported version Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 6a. Windows 2003 Standard Server and Enterprise Server Windows 2000 - Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and D...

NetWare NetWare 5.1 with Service Pack 6. Make sure NSS is running. NetWare 6.0 with Service Pack 3. Make sure NSS is running. You must have a separate Ethernet adapter for storage that is placed on a dedicated subnet. Although it is OK to use a 10/100 NIC, it is preferable to use a gigabit NIC. iSCS...

SAN/IP Client installation on Windows NT, 2000 and 2003. You must be an administrator or have administrator privileges in order to install the client. • Insert the ASC installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. • Select Install Products --> Install ASC SAN Client . • If the CD browser does not launc...

• ISCMD Start Server= serverIPAddress • When prompted, enter your username and password. • Type the following to scan and discover the ASC disk: • If you have not done so before, use NWCONFIG (NetWare 5.1), ConsoleOne or web portal (NetWare 6.0) to create a NetWare volume on the ASC SAN/IP device. •...

ASC MANAGEMENT CONSOLE The ASC Console is the administration tool for the ASC storage network. It is a Java application that can be used on a variety of platforms and allows ASC administrators to create, configure, manage, and monitor the storage resources and services on the ASC storage network as ...

ASC Management Console User interface The ASC Management Console displays the configuration for the ASC Servers on your storage network. The information is organized in a familiar Explorer-like tree view. The tree allows you to navigate the various ASC Servers and their configuration objects. You ca...

Server statistics To display memory and CPU usage for a server, select the Statistics tab. You can turn the statistics on/off by right-clicking on the server and selecting either Statist cs --> Start or Stop . i • Open Tools • Select prompted. Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 46

Save & Restore an ASC Server configuration ASC provides a convenient way to protect your ASC configuration. This is useful for disaster recovery purposes, such as when an ASC Server is down but you have the storage disks and want to use them to build a new ASC Server. In this case, after importi...

Restore configuration You can restore an ASC Server configuration from a file that was created using the Save Configuration option. This is for disaster recovery purposes and should not be used in day-to-day operation of the server. Changes made since the configuration was last saved will not be inc...

Licensing When you first install ASC, you are given a 45-day live trial period. After that period, you must purchase ASC and its options to continue using the product. To license ASC: • Obtain your ASC keycode(s) from Acer or its representatives. • In the Console, right-click on the server and selec...

Set Server Properties To set properties for a specific server: • Right-click on the server and select Proper es . ti The tabs you see will depend upon your ASC configuration. • If you have multiple NICs (network interface cards) in your server, enter the IP addresses using the Server IP Add esses ta...

- The client becomes aware of the multiple IP addresses when it initially connects to the server. Therefore, if you add additional IP addresses in the Console while the client is running, you must rescan devices (Windows clients) or restart the client (Linux/Unix clients) to make the client aware of...

• On the SNMP Maintenance tab, indicate which types of messages should be sent as traps to your SNMP manager Five levels are available: o None – (Default) No messages will be sent. o Critical - Only critical errors that stop the system from operating properly will be sent. o Error – Errors (failure ...

• On the iSCSI tab, iSCSI users can change the port number. The settings on this tab affect system performance during mirror resynchronization and replication. The defaults should be optimal for most configurations. You should only need to change the settings for special situations, such as if your ...

Manage Administrators accounts & Password Manage accounts To set properties for a specific server: • Only the root user can add or delete an ASC administrator or change an administrator’s password. • Right-click on the server and select Administrators . There are several types of administrators:...

Select the appropriate option. When you add an administrator, the name must adhere to the naming convention of the operating system running on your ASC Server. Refer to your operating system’s documentation for naming restrictions. You cannot delete the root user or change the root user’s password f...

System Maintenance The ASC Management Console gives you a convenient way to perform system maintenance for your ASC Server. Note: The system maintenance options are hardware-dependent. Refer to your hardware documentation for specific information. Deactivate system partition Right-click on a server ...

Physical resource When you highlight Physical Resources , the right-hand pane displays the SCSI addresses (comprised of adapter number, channel number, SCSI ID, LUN) of your devices. The SCSI adapters tab displays the adapters attached to this server and the SCSI Devices tab displays the actual SCSI...

Reserved for direct device - A SCSI device, such as a hard disk, tape drive or library that has not yet been assigned as a SAN Resource. Used in direct device - A directly mapped SCSI device, such as a hard disk, tape drive or library, that is being used as a direct device SAN Resource. Reserved for...

SCSI aliasing With ASC, you can eliminate a potential point of failure in your storage network by providing multiple paths to your storage devices using multiple Fibre Channel switches and/or multiple adapters and/or storage devices with multiple controllers. In a multiple path configuration, ASC au...

Rescan adapters To rescan all adapters and search for new devices, right-click on Physical Resources and select Rescan . (Linux only) If you only want to scan a specific adapter, right-click on that adapter and select Rescan . Set the range of SCSI IDs and LUNs that you want to scan. For Linux, the ...

Import a disk You can import a ‘foreign’ disk into an ASC Server. A foreign disk is a virtualized physical device containing ASC logical resources previously set up on a different ASC server. You might need to do this if an ASC Server is damaged and you want to import the server’s disks to another A...

Logical Resources Logical resources are all of the resources defined on the ASC Server, including SAN Resources, NAS Resources, Replica Resources, and Snapshot Groups. SAN and NAS logical resources consist of sets of storage blocks from one or more physical hard disk drives. This allows the creation...

In addition, when you highlight a SAN or NAS Resource, you will see a GUID field in the right-hand pane. The GUID (Global Unique Identifier) is the permanent identifier for this virtual device. The virtual ID, SANDisk-00002 , is not. You should make note of the GUID, because, in the event of a disas...

ASC SAN Clients ASC SAN Clients are the actual file and application servers that utilize the storage resources via the ASC Server. These SAN Clients access their storage resources via software-emulated virtual adapters (for SAN/IP) . The storage resources appear as locally attached devices to the SA...

The Resources tab displays a list of SAN Resources that are allocated to this client. The adapter, SCSI ID and LUN are relative to this ASC SAN client only; other clients that may have access to the SAN Resource may have different adapter SCSI ID and LUN information. Change the ACSL You can change t...

ASC NAS Clients ASC NAS Clients are the users and groups that access NAS resources via the ASC Server. There are two types of NAS clients you will see: • Windows clients - These clients use the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol to work together and share documents. Because many operating s...

Information on the Connection(s , Share(s , and Locked File(s) tabs is updated every few seconds. You can set the interval by right-clicking on the Windows Clients object and selecting Start Connection Statu Ref e h . ) ) s r s Refer to ‘NAS Configuration’ for more information about NAS and authenti...

Console Options To set options for the Console: Select Tools --> Console Opt ons . i Make any necessary changes. Remember passwo d for session - If the Console is already connected to a server, when you attempt to open a second, third, or subsequent server, the Console will use the credentials th...

The options affect how information for each Console session will be maintained: Overwrite log file - Overwrite the information from the last Console session when you start a new session. Append to log file - Keep all session information. Do not write to log file - Do not maintain a Console log. Crea...

CONFIGURE ASC SAN RESOURCES Once you have physically attached your physical SCSI/Fibre Channel devices to your ASC Server you are ready to create SAN Resources to be used by your ASC SAN Clients. This configuration can be done entirely from the ASC Console. Understanding how to create and manage SAN...

This example shows a single physical disk split into two virtual devices. This is useful when a single large device exists, such as a RAID, which could be shared among multiple client application servers. Virtual devices can be created using various combining and splitting methods, although you will...

Service enabled devices Service enabled devices are hard drives with existing data that can be accessed by ASC to make use of all key ASC storage services (mirroring, snapshot, etc.), without any migration/copying, without any modification of data, and with minimal downtime. Service enabled devices ...

Procedure to create SAN resources SAN Resources are created in the ASC Console. Note: After you make any configuration changes , you must restart the client in order for the changes to take effect. For Windows clients, if you add or delete SAN Resources you can use the Rescan option in the SAN Clien...

Create a virtual device SAN Resources Note: Each ASC Server supports a maximum of 1024 SAN Resources. Right-click on SAN Resources and select New . Select Virtual Device . Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 78

Select how you want to create this virtual device. Custom lets you select which physical device(s) to use and lets you designate how much space to allocate from each. Express lets you designate how much space to allocate and then automatically creates a virtual device using all available devices. Ba...

If you select Custom , you will see the following windows: Select either an entirely unallocated orpartially unallocated device. Only one device can be selected at atime from this dialog. To create a virtualdevice SAN Resource from multiplephysical devices, you will need to addthe devices one at a t...

If you select Batch , you will see the following window: Select either an entirely unallocated orpartially unallocated device. Indicate how to name eachresource. The SAN Resource Prefix is combined with the starting number to form the name of each SAN Resource. You canuncheck the Use default ID for ...

Confirm that all information is correct and then click Finish to create the virtual device SAN Resource. ( Express and Custom only) Indicate if you would like to assign the new SAN Resource to a client. If you select Yes, the Assign a SAN Resource Wizard will be launched. Note: After you assign the ...

the original physical disk instead of treating it as a Acer device. This can be useful for vendors who only recognize their own storage devices. Select how you want to create this device. Custom lets you select one physical device(s) to use. Batch lets you create multiple SAN Resources at one time. ...

Confirm that all of the information is correct and then click Finish to create the SAN Resource. Indicate if you would like to assign the new SAN Resource to a client. If you select Yes , the Assign a SAN Resource Wizard will be launched. Assign resources to one or more clients Notes: The wizard can...

Select the SAN Resource to be assigned. Read/Write - Only one client can access this SAN Resource at a time. All others (including Read Only ) will be denied access. This is the default. s Read/Write Non-Exclusive - Two clients can connect at the same time with both read and write access. You should...

For SAN/IP clients, you will see the following screen: If the SAN/IP client that you want to assign to the SAN Resource does not appear on the list, click the Add button. You can add any application server, even if it is currently offline or has not yet had ASC Client software installed. However, in...

For iSCSI clients, you will see the following screen: Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 88

Assign a client to one or more SAN Resources Notes: Right-click on a SAN Client and select Assign . Select the SAN Resource to be assigned. Read/Write - Only one client can access this SAN Resource at a time. All others (including Read Only ) will be denied access by default. Read/Write Non-Exclusiv...

Expand a virtual device Once owner and fail back timing. Since virtual devices do not represent actual physical resources, they can be expanded as more storage is needed. The virtual device can be increased in size by adding more blocks of storage from any unallocated space from the same server. Not...

Right-click on a virtual device (SAN or NAS) and select Expand . Select how you want to expand the virtual device. Custom lets you select which physical device(s) to use and lets you designate how much space to allocate from each. Express lets you designate how much space to allocate and then automa...

If you select Custom , you will see the following windows: Confirm that all information is correct and then click Finish to expand the virtual device. Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 92

Windows 2000 Dynamic disks Expansion of dynamic disks using the Expand SAN Resource Wizard is not supported for clients using either SAN/IP. Due to the nature of dynamic disks, it is not safe to alter the size of the virtual device. However, dynamic disks do provide an alternative method to extend t...

Delete a SAN Resource If the ASC device is removed while logical volumes exist, you will not be able to remove the logical volumes and the system will display error messages. • Detach the SAN Resource from any client that is using it. • For Windows clients, launch the ASC SAN Client Monitor and clic...

MANAGE ASC SAN CLIENTS ASC SAN Clients are the file and application servers that access ASC SAN Resources. Since SAN Resources appear as locally attached SCSI devices, the applications, such as file services, databases, web and email servers, do not need to be modified to utilize the storage. On the...

ASC SAN Client on Linux All configuration of the Client is done through the ASC Console. Once configured, the ASC SAN Client software connects to the appropriate ASC Servers and gets its assigned resources. Note: If you assign additional resources to the Client from a new Server after you have insta...

Add/delete/expand a virtual drive You can add a virtual device to an existing adapter, delete a virtual device, or expand a virtual device without having to restart your Linux or Solaris 8 Client. You can also expand a virtual device without having to restart your Solaris 6 or 7 Client (add or delet...

ASC SAN Client on Windows NT/2000/2003 Once installed, the ASC SAN Client software runs as a Windows NT/2000 service. The service is configured to start automatically when Windows starts. The configuration of the storage resources used by the Client is done through the ASC Console. Once configured, ...

In order to see information about a Server and its devices, you must be connected to the Server. When you start the Monitor, it attempts to connect to each Server. If it cannot connect to a Server, you will see a red X on the Server. Refresh the Monitor display The statistics in the right-hand pane ...

Stop and start the client Stop the Client Stopping the Client services will detach the virtual devices and direct devices in use by the Client, allowing the ASC administrator to manage or modify the SAN Resources safely. Note: Before stopping the Client, make sure all read/write operations are compl...

Add an ASC Server Click the Add Server button. This starts a wizard that will guide you through the process. Enter the name of the ASC Server. Enter the IP address. Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 102

Delete a Server You can delete one or more Servers. If you delete a Server, the Client will no longer be able to access storage through that Server. Click the Delete Server button . Select one or more ASC Servers and click OK . Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 104

Organize Servers This option lets you add and delete Servers as well as edit the address and login information for each Server. You can also rearrange the order of Servers listed in the Monitor. You may also want to use this option if the Client is not currently connected but you want to see the lis...

Set dependent services to start after ASC services If you have applications running on your Client Machine (such as Microsoft IIS, Exchange, or SQL Server) that access your SAN storage resources, you must make sure that the ASC services are started before these application’s services start. To do th...

Register tape devices for use with backup software You must register your tape drives and libraries if your backup software requires the drivers for these devices be loaded prior to loading the backup software. Once you register a device and reboot, ASC loads the device drivers when ASC starts. To r...

Filter Event Viewer information and set client options You can configure the amount of detail about the ASC Client’s activity and performance that will be written to the Windows Event Viewer. You can also enter domain information and enable a system tracer. You can also determine if you want the Cli...

ASC SAN Client on NetWare Start the client You can start the client by typing the following command from the NetWare console screen to start the client: Sanon ISCMD Start Server= serverIPAddress When prompted, enter your username and password. Type the following to mount your volumes: Mount all If y...

Type the following: ISCMD Remove server= serverIPAddress In the ASC Console, right-click on the SAN/IP client, unassign the device, and then delete the client. To uninstall the client, refer to the sanon.ncf file in the sys:\system directory to find the files that need to be removed. Disk copies If ...

Uninstall a SAN client Do the following to uninstall SAN Client software: Operating System Command/Instructions Windows NT / Windows 2000 You can use Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel or: 1. Insert the ASC installation CD in to your CD-ROM drive. 2. Select Ins all Products --> Install AS...

MANAGE THE ASC SERVER The ASC Server is a storage server designed to require little or no maintenance. All day-to-day ASC administrative functions can be performed through the ASC Console. However, there may be situations when direct access to the Server is required, particularly during initial setu...

Stop the ASC Server Warning: Stopping the ASC Server processes will shut down all access to the storage resources managed by the Server. This can halt processing on your application servers, or even cause them to crash, depending upon how they behave if a disk is unexpectedly shut off or removed. It...

Log into the ASC Server You can log in directly from a keyboard/display connected directly to the Server. There is no graphical user interface (GUI) shell required. By default, the root user is the only user that has login privileges to the operating system. Other ASC administrators do not . To log ...

Check the ASC Server processes You can type the following command from the shell prompt to check the ASC Server processes: cd /usr/local/asc/bin ./asc status On Linux, you should see the following: Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 116

Check physical resources When adding physical resources or testing to see if the physical resources are present, the cat /proc/scsi/scsi command can be executed from the shell prompt in Linux: These commands display the SCSI devices attached to the ASC Server. For example, in Linux you will see some...

NAS CONFIGURATION Network Attached Storage, or NAS, is another piece of the storage management picture. NAS refers to storage and data that can be accessed directly from the storage network and represents a quick and easy way to add general purpose, shareable, storage space for users and groups. Wit...

Information on the Connection(s , Share(s , and Locked File(s) tabs is updated every few seconds. You can set the interval by right-clicking on the Windows Clients object and selecting Start Connection Statu Ref e h . ) ) s r s General NAS configuration sequence The configuration of NAS requires sev...

Prepare for authentication There are three security modes that you can use to authenticate users/groups trying to access NAS shares. Share mode - Authentication is done by a set of passwords (one full access password and one read only password) that are set from the Console. This mode does not use a...

The authentication modes are summarized in the following table: Domain Mode Server Mode Share Mode Requires an authentication server. Yes. Authentication server must be a PDC/Domain Controller. Yes. Any server, including a Domain Controller. No Requires ASC Server & NAS clients to belong to the ...

Active Directory If your Domain controller is running Windows 2000 Server, the ASC Server can be configured to utilize Microsoft’s Active Directory to obtain users and groups. Both Domain and Server security modes can make use of Active Directory. If you will be using Active Directory, you will need...

command: getent passwd This command should return a user list from the ASC Server and the NIS server. Notes: • If the NIS client is rebooted, you need to repeat steps 1 and 5 to start the NIS client. • To stop using the NIS client type: killall ypbind . Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 125

Enable NAS 1. In the Console, right-click on the server and select Options --> Enable NAS. 2. Select which security mode you will use to authenticate users/groups. There are three security modes that you can use to authenticate users/groups trying to access NAS shares. Share mode - (Default) Auth...

share assignmen s. t For more information about authentication modes, refer to Prepare forauthentication. 3. (Domain and Server modes) Enter your authentication servers and domain information. Primary Authentication Server - Enter the name of the server (not an IP address) from which the ASC Server ...

6. (Share mode) Enter the workgroup that the ASC Server must join. Enter the existing workgroup of your ASC Server or you can group all of your ASC Servers in a new workgroup. This can be useful for locating your ASC Servers in your Windows Explorer. 7. (All authentication modes) Enter a comment and...

Comment - Enter a description of the ASC Server. This description will be displayed in the Comment field of Windows Explorer, such as when you see a list of computers under My Network Places . Client Code Page - Specify the DOS code page that clients accessing Samba are using. To determine what code...

Add NFS clients 1. Right-click on the NFS Clients object and select Add . 2. Enter information as applicable. Display Name - This is the name displayed in the Console for this group of one or more NFS clients. For example, you may want to enter Finance Department to indicate where these clients are ...

In above example, the "/16" indicates that the first 16 bits in the address are to be used as the mask. For more information, refer to the Solaris share_nfs(1M) man page. Comment - You can optionally enter a description or explanation in this field. This information will be displayed in the ...

3. ( Express and Custom only) Enter a name for the new NAS Resource. You cannot use blanks or the following characters in the resource name such as < > " & $ / \ ' ( ) % # : ; | * ` ? 4. Enter information about your file system. Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 137

File System - ASC automatically detects the file systems supported by the system. If the server has the required ACL rpms installed, XFS will appear in the list; otherwise only EXT3 and EXT2 will appear. Block Size - The minimum amount of space to use for each file. For example, if you keep the defa...

Limit the amount of storage each Windows user can have. 1. Right-click on the NAS Resource and select Quota Manager . You can also right-click on the Users object (under Windows Clients ) or on a specific Windows Client and select Set Quota . The default is zero, which means there is no limit. 2. Se...

Restore quota data If you lose the quota information due to filesystem corruption or user error, you can re-apply the quota settings by right-clicking on the NAS Resource and selecting Resync Quota . Add/share a folder and assign clients You do not need to create each user’s home directory if [homes...

If you use ASC’s Failover option, we recommend you use the Sync and No_wdelay options. If you add new NFS clients at a later time, you can assign shared folders to them in two ways: • You can right-click on the new client in the tree and select Assign Share . r \\ r • You can right-click on the shar...

NFS clients You must mount a share for each NFS client so that they have access to the share. Do the following on each NFS client’s computer: 1. Create a directory. (For example: /mnt/share) 2. Locally, mount the share. mount hostname :/nas/ nasresourcename / foldername /mnt/share Note: In the path ...

Audit NAS shares You can set ASC to audit the activity in Windows NAS shares. This feature tracks when users do any of the following: • Connect/disconnect to/from a share • Create and delete directories • Open a file • Rename a file • Delete a file • Change permissions To use the auditing feature: 1...

NAS properties You can set NAS properties or update your NAS configuration settings by right-clicking on Windows Clients and selecting Properties. The tabs you will see depend upon your authentication mode. General On the General tab, you can change your comment and/or client code page and set the i...

Homes (Server and Domain modes only) On the Homes tab, you can set [homes] properties and select to audit all NAS shares. [homes] is a Samba feature that permits users to map to a NAS share based on their username. When you enable [homes], you do not need to create shares for each user. Instead, whe...

Select the NAS resource on which the [homes] share will be located - Users will map a share on this NAS resource in one of the following ways: \\servername\homes (the system uses the username from their current login) or \\servername\username Sub-directory on which [homes] share will be mapped - Thi...

NAS directory permissions You can set basic Unix permissions for NAS directories by right-clicking on a NAS folder and selecting Directory Properties. Acer Altos® NAS 700 Solution Guide 151

NAS file information NAS clients use the shares assigned to them and, depending upon their access rights, can create, share, read, and write files/folders as necessary, keeping the following limitations/suggestions in mind: • The maximum size of each NAS Resource is dependent upon the operating syst...

NAS utilities ASC provides several utilities you can use to manage your NAS Resources. They are accessible by right-clicking on a NAS Resource and selecting the appropriate option: • Remove/Add Journal - (Linux only) For backwards compatibility purposes, Remove Journal turns an EXT3 filesystem into ...

Access Control Lists (ACLs) ACLs allow administrators to define more fine-grained access to files and directories. Instead of assigning Windows clients permissions at the share level, ACLs allow the permissions to be applied to the files and directories beneath the share. ASC currently supports POSI...

Back up/restore extended attributes on Linux When you perform a file-by-file backup or restore of your NAS shares you will also want to back up/restore the extended attributes (ACL attributes and quota information). There are no special steps needed for a raw device (image/block level) backup/restor...