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Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage 1 CHAPTER 1

Set up my ix4-300d Network Storage if it's not discovered If your ix4-300d is not discovered when you enter the URL identified in your Quick Start Guide, you have two ways of discovering it. Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager You can install LenovoEMC Storage Manager from the Setup Portal, w...

Network Connection Connecting the ix4-300d Network Storage to Your Network First, check the package contents. Verify that the box contains the following items: 1. ix4-300d (models may vary) 2. Power Adapter and Cord 3. Quick Start Guide 4. Ethernet Cable Package contents may vary. Setting up Your ix...

Connecting the ix4-300d Initial Setup If you have purchased more than one ix4-300d, complete all steps on one device before setting up additional devices. 1. Use the included network cable to connect the ix4-300d to your network router, switch or directly to a computer. 2. Connect the included power...

Enabling Jumbo Frames for Each NIC You can enable jumbo frames for each NIC in your ix4-300d by expanding the Information section for a NIC and entering a jumbo frame size in the Jumbo Frame field. If you do not want jumbo frame support, leave the field blank. Jumbo frame support is useful for trans...

VLAN: For information on adding a NIC to a VLAN (Virtual LAN), refer to VLAN Settings . Bonding NICs: For information on bonding multiple network interface cards (NICs), refer to Bonding NICs . Bonding NICs Bonding network interface cards (NICs) is a way to provide redundancy for your ix4-300d on th...

5. Click Apply to save your changes. Deleting a VLAN In the VLAN Settings section click Delete to delete the VLAN. Setting up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Connecting the ix4-300d 9

Naming Your ix4-300d Network Storage You can provide a meaningful name for your ix4-300d using the Device Identification page. This page in the ix4300d Management Console enables you to change the Storage Device Name, the Storage Device Descriptive Name, and the Workgroup Name. Change any of these b...

Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains By enabling Active Directory trusted domains on your ix4-300d, you enable the importing of users and groups from other trusted domains to your ix4-300d device. Those users and groups from other domains will then have access to features on your ix4-300d, incl...

Customizing the Access to Features on Your ix4-300d Network Storage An administrator user can customize the look of the ix4300d Management Console using Feature Selection (FS). Using FS, an admin can enable the display of certain features and disable others. In addition, an admin can provide non-adm...

Non-Administrator User Log In Non-administrator users can log in to a ix4-300d with feature access enabled. When these non-admin users access a ix4-300d, they first see the Login screen where they enter their login credentials. After logging in, the ix4300d Management Console displays with those fea...

Tracing Events on Your ix4-300d Network Storage The Event Log page displays only the 1000 most recent events logged to the ix4-300d. A complete event log, however, is available for download. The following icons indicate the severity of each status message: ● INFORMATIONIdentifies that a change has b...

Obtaining System Status for Your ix4-300d Network Storage The System Status page displays space usage information and status information about your ix4-300d Network Storage. It also provides a control panel that enables you to: ● Blink the lights ● Restart ● Shut down Space Usage The Space Usage sec...

Sharing Overview Your ix4-300d Network Storage is set up for storing, retrieving, and accessing files among users, client computers, and applications. File sharing is accomplished by creating Shares; setting up security, which includes creating users; setting up media services; and configuring Activ...

Shares What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? Shares are folders that contain all types of content, including documents, pictures, and music files. Shares can be unsecured, which means that anyone who has access to your network can access the content in these Shares. Shares can als...

Managing Shares You can change Share information, change access permissions, make a Share an Active Folder, use Share volumes, and modify a Share volume. If available, you can also enable NFS secured access. Changing Share Information 1. Modify the existing name for the Share. 2. Choose whether to e...

Enabling NFS Secured Access 1. To enable NFS , first click the switch on from the Protocols page. 2. On the Shares page, select a secure Share and expand the NFS section. You cannot apply a rule to an unsecured Share. 3. Click Add an NFS rule to add a Host Name for the rule. Rules are added to speci...

Using Protocols to Share Files What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? Your ix4-300d Network Storage uses communication protocols to mount file systems and allow files to be transferred between client computers and the ix4-300d. The ix4-300d includes the following protocols for file...

To change any Bluetooth settings, click . FTP File Sharing On the Protocols page, click the switch to turn on FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and allow access to your ix4-300d Network Storage. Click to select either FTP or secure FTP (SFTP) or both. You must enable security to apply SFTP. If you select...

Access to Shares through NFS and User Permissions When you access your ix4-300d through NFS, the access permissions to content on the ix4-300d are controlled by Host-Based Access Control rules on your client computer, not by user access permissions on your ix4-300d. This means that any valid user on...

2. Enter a unique username and password to define the community. 3. Confirm your password. 4. Enter the IP address of the host in the Trap Receivers text box. To grant access to multiple receivers, list all of them in the text box, separating each entry with a space. 5. Click Apply to save your sett...

If your ix4-300d has a remote access password, you must enter that password and the username "webdav" to access your device. Your ix4-300d has a remote access password only if the device is not secured and a Personal Cloud was created on it . Configuring WebDAV settings 1. To enable WebDAV, ...

Sharing Content through the Home Page Sharing Your Content with the World When you set up the Home Page of your ix4-300d Network Storage, you are presenting content to anyone who accesses your ix4-300d. That content includes a slideshow and unsecured Shares. You can manage the look of the Home Page ...

Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once You can send content to multiple people at once using an email distribution active folder. You can configure a Share as an Email Active Folder so that when you add files to that Share, they are automatically sent to the recipients on the email...

Transferring Content to and from Your ix4-300d Network Storage with Copy Jobs You can transfer content to and from your ix4-300d using the Copy Jobs feature. Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another, either by a set schedule or immediately by the user. An example of a Copy Job scena...

Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device You can transfer content to your ix4-300d Network Storage from external USB storage devices. The External Storage page displays a list of externally connected storage devices. You can connect supported external storage to your ix4-300d using one of ...

One-touch Transferring of Content from a USB Device One touch transfer of content is created on the QuikTransfer page. On the QuikTransfer page, you can set the default destination Share for any automatically created QuikTransfer Copy Jobs. QuikTransfer automatically copies all files from any USB ex...

iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 40 CHAPTER 3

Adding iSCSI Drives To add an iSCSI drive: 1. From the ix4300d Management Console, click iSCSI. 2. When the iSCSI page opens, click the switch to enable the feature. 3. Click Add an iSCSI drive. 4. Enter a name for the iSCSI drive. 5. Enter a size for the iSCSI drive. The size must be smaller than t...

Managing iSCSI Drives Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive After you add an iSCSI drive, you create a list of CHAP users that have access to an iSCSI drive. These users are independent from the users you create on your ix4-300d when you enable security . Adding iSCSI CHAP users does not enable ...

Managing Drives The Drive Management page provides settings for managing storage and lets you apply global settings for drives on your ix4-300d Network Storage. Setting Write Caching Select a value for disk write caching. Write caching is a mechanism that attempts to separate the fast processing spe...

Drive Status An image on the Drive Management page provides information on the drive status of your ix4-300d. The image displays the physical layout of drives and the drive slot numbers. If you hover your mouse over a drive in the image, the ToolTip displays the drive model, size, and status, includ...

Backing up and Restoring Your Content Backing up and Restoring Your Content 48 CHAPTER 5

Backup and Restore Overview Your ix4-300d Network Storage provides many ways to back up and restore content. To back up content to and restore content from your ix4-300d, you can use: ● Time Machine ● Copy Jobs To back up and restore your ix4-300d, you can use the following features and applications...

Backing up to and Restoring from Your ix4-300d Network Storage Backing up Macs with Time Machine You can use Time Machine to back up a Mac client computer to the ix4-300d network storage device. Follow the instructions below to set up Time Machine backups to your ix4-300d: 1. Connect your Mac to you...

Copy Jobs Overview You can back up content to and from your ix4-300d Network Storage using the Copy Jobs feature. Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another, either by a set schedule or immediately by the user. An example of a Copy Job scenario is if you keep pictures from your digita...

Backing up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Copy Jobs Transferring Content to and from Your ix4-300d Network Storage with Copy Jobs You can transfer content to and from your ix4-300d using the Copy Jobs feature. Copy Jobs copies files from one storage device to another, either by a set schedule or imme...

Managing Copy Jobs From the Copy Jobs page, you can add, start, stop, delete, or monitor Copy Jobs. After you have added Copy Jobs, the Copy Jobs page displays a list of Copy Jobs. The information section includes the name of each Copy Job, date and time it last ran, and its next scheduled time. Fro...

8. In the Mozy Backup Settings dialog box, select one of the following: ● Automatic Backup — to generate an automatic backup anytime you add a new file or change an existing file to your selected Shares or folders. ● Scheduled Backup — to set up a scheduled backup. 9. If you are creating a scheduled...

● Server Address — the Avamar server IP address or hostname. ● Client Domain — the registered domain name from the Avamar server. Backing up with Amazon S3 The Amazon S3 online storage service allows you to back up your ix4-300d Network Storage to the cloud. Enabling the Amazon S3 Feature 1. On the ...

Securing Your ix4-300d Network Storage and Contents Securing Your ix4-300d Network Storage and Contents 58 CHAPTER 6

Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User With security turned on, only administrator users can view or change settings on the ix4-300d, including creating or deleting users and Shares. When you create users, you limit access to your ix4-300d to specific people, and when you secure Shares...

Users Users and Groups Overview When security is enabled, the Users & Groups page displays all users and groups on the ix4-300d Network Storage and enables administrators to add and modify users and groups. Non-administrator users can be added to limit access to Share content. Additional adminis...

● Send a Personal Cloud invitation — click this link to invite a user to join your Personal Cloud on the ix4-300d. This opens the Send a Personal Cloud Invitation dialog box where you create an invitation by entering a user's email address along with any additional comments. A user then receives the...

● Q uota Size — set a quota size by entering a value in gigabytes. To have no quota, leave this field blank. ● Administrator — check this box if you would like to allow this user to manage the ix4-300d. An administrator does not inherently have access to all Shares. Access to Shares must be granted ...

Groups Groups Overview Groups consist of one or more users, and administrators can grant each group rights to Shares on the ix4-300d Network Storage. Users can belong to more than one group. The Groups page enables administrators to create one or more groups, and grant each group rights to Shares on...

Removing a User from the Group 1. Open a group to display users belonging to it. 2. To remove a user from the group, click the next to that user. When the Remove user pop-up window appears, click Yes to remove the user. Changing Access Permissions 1. To refresh the list of users, click above the tab...

Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups Active Directory Users and Groups Overview On the Users and Groups page, administrator users can import users and groups from an Active Directory (AD) server and grant them access rights to Shares on the ix4-300d Network Storage. In addition, ...

1. To add permissions to a Share, click Add access permissions. 2. From the Add Access Permissions pop-up window, select a Share or Shares for the user or group to access. Select the checkbox in the title bar to select all the Shares listed. 3. Click Apply to save your changes. 4. In the table listi...

Managing Your ix4-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users Managing Your ix4-300d Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users You can configure your ix4-300d Network Storage to allow both local users and groups and Active Directory (AD) users and groups on the device simu...

Creating Local Users and Groups in Active Directory Mode After an AD or local administrator logs in to the ix4-300d, that user can create additional local users and groups on the ix4-300d. The Users and Groups page lists all local and AD users and groups on the ix4-300d. 1. On the Users and Groups p...

Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the World 71 CHAPTER 7

What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? LenovoEMC Personal Cloud turns your ix4-300d Network Storage into a hub for sharing files and backing up data among computers anywhere in the world. A Personal Cloud can exist on your ix4-300d Network Storage, or on another LenovoEMC network device. When you create...

Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud In most cases, your ix4-300d Network Storage attempts to automatically configure your router. However, if it cannot, a message displays that your router is not configured for port forwarding, and you must manually configure your router to forward...

Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud As a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud administrator, you can manage various settings on your Personal Cloud to ensure that it functions as efficiently as possible. Settings include specifying an email address when sending invitations. When data is traveling through ...

Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud As LenovoEMC Personal Cloudadministrator, you can manage trusted devices on your Personal Cloud. Trusted devices can be disconnected, or you can completely delete a trusted device from the Personal Cloud. Disconnecting Trusted Devices Click My Personal Cl...

Sharing Content Using Social Media Sharing Content Using Social Media 85 CHAPTER 8

Facebook Facebook is a social network to connect with friends and family. You can configure a Share as a Facebook Active Folder so that photos and movies added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Facebook account. Refer to Managing Shares on page 25 for more information on managing Shar...

Flickr Flickr is a photo sharing network for sharing photos with friends and family. You can configure a Share as a Flickr Active Folder so that images and albums added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your Flickr account. Refer to Managing Shares on page 25 for more information on managi...

YouTube YouTube is a social media site to share video content. You can configure a Share as a YouTube Active Folder so that videos added to that Share are automatically uploaded to your YouTube account. Refer to Managing Shares on page 25 for more information on managing Shares and Active Folders. I...

Media Management Overview The ix4-300d has a built-in media server that, when turned on, scans for media content in specific Shares that have media sharing enabled. Any media content contained in these specific Shares are accessible to any user on your network with a media player, even if the Share ...

Sharing Media Content over the Internet There are two methods for sharing media content on your ix4-300d with anyone on the internet. You can enable internet access on the Media Server page. Alternatively, you can enable internet access by configuring your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud . Enabling Interne...

Media Aggregation If you have multiple Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) servers in your network that have media content, you can combine all media content into one view by enabling aggregation on your ix4-300d. When you enable aggregation, all media content on DLNA servers is available for pla...

Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures The Media Server supports playback of videos, music and pictures from any UPnP AV (Universal Plug and Play Audio Visual) network media players, such as Playstation3, Windows Media Player, or Xbox 360. You can play back all your media files from your individual h...

Photos Photos Overview Your ix4-300d has multiple ways to manage your pictures. Your ix4-300d can: ● Stream pictures that are in Shares with media sharing enabled ● Display pictures on the Home Page in a slideshow ● Automatically resize pictures ● Transfer pictures from your digital camera ● Upload ...

4. Select Photo Resize from the drop-down menu. 5. You can set a size for your pictures. Select 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or enter a Custom Resolution for resizing images. The resized photos are saved to a folder on the Share named by the photo size you choose, such as 800x600. 6. You can keep a c...

Music Music Overview If you have music files in media-sharing enabled folders on your ix4-300d, those music files can be streamed by a DLNA player running on a computer on the network. Streaming Music The ix4-300d has a built-in media server that, when turned on, scans for music in specific folders ...

Torrents Torrent Overview Torrent downloads allow you to share files using a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. With torrent download enabled, you can download files using the torrent protocol to your ix4-300dand then those files can be uploaded by other torrent users. After you have added torrent ...

● Device IP Address 192.168.1.1 ● Port name HTTP ● Port number Set to the same port value set on the Torrent Download page. ● Protocol TCP Torrent Active Folders Sharing Torrent Downloads with Other Peers Torrent downloads allow you to share files using a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. With Tor...

Videos Video Capabilities Overview Your ix4-300d Network Storage has multiple ways to manage your videos. Your ix4-300d can: ● Stream movies that are in Shares with media sharing enabled ● Upload videos that are added to Shares associated with social media sites Streaming Movies The ix4-300d Network...

Manually Adding a Video Camera Follow the instructions below to add your video camera, set a retention policy for your saved recordings, and schedule your video surveillance recordings. 1. On the Video Surveillance page, click Add Video Camera. 2. In the Video Camera Information section, enter the f...

Click Apply to save your changes. If you select Maximum days to save recordings, enter a value in days. If you select Maximum space for recordings, enter a value in gigabytes. Setting this value too high may consume all available space, while setting this value too low may cause recordings to be del...

Application Manager The Application Manager page allows you to add applications to your ix4-300d from an installation file located on your computer. For each application installed you may have the option to uninstall, start, and stop the application. This page shows the applications which came prein...

Software Updates The Software Updates page identifies the ix4-300d software status and provides the ability to update the software for the ix4-300d. Auto-update process: installing a device software update 1. In the table listing the current software installed on your ix4-300d, click in the Action c...

Backing Up Your ix4-300d Network Storage Settings The Configuration Backup and Restore page allows you to back up and restore system configuration information. Backing up a configuration saves various system properties, including users, groups, device identification, and Share names and permissions....

About the ix4-300d Network Storage Components This topic describes the front and rear panel components of the ix4-300d. Front Panel Status Indicators, Buttons and Ports 1. LCD display — Scroll through the display screen to view the device name, free disk space, IP address, and date and time. You can...

Drive Bay Access The ix4-300d has four user-serviceable drive bays. Remove the device cover to access the drive bays. Pull out a drive tray to install or replace a hard disk drive. Power down the StorCenter and disconnect the power cord before installing or replacing hard disk drives. Replace the co...

Rear Panel 1. USB 2.0 connectors — Supports devices such as USB storage devices and printers. 2. G igabit Ethernet Ports — High-speed Ethernet connectors that will automatically detect your network speed (10/100/1000Base-T). 3. Reset Button — Hold the Reset button for four seconds to reset security ...

Energy Saving The Energy Saving page provides power settings for the ix4-300d. Power Down Drives Click the Power Down Drives drop-down menu to select how much idle time should be allowed to elapse before the ix4-300d powers down the drives. Drives automatically power back up when the ix4-300d access...

Troubleshooting Routers If you encounter a problem while connecting or using your ix4-300d, check the topics listed below for possible solutions. If you have properly set port forwarding on your router and remote access still does not work, you may have multiple routers on your network. In this situ...

Warranty Information Limited Warranty Notice Lenovo Network Storage products are covered by the terms of the Lenovo Limited Warranty, version L505-0010-02 08/2011. Read the Lenovo Limited Warranty (LLW) at http://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02/. You can view the LLW in a number of languages from thi...

Regulatory Information This topic provides regulatory information for various countries. Manufacturer/Responsible Party LenovoEMC, Ltd., 4059 South 1900 West, Roy, UT 84067 EU Representative Lenovo, Einsteinova 21, 851 01 Bratislava, Slovakia Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This eq...