LevelOne FNS-5000B - Manuals

6 1.3. Hardware Illustration K-Lock Security Slot USB 2.0 x 2 LAN Port Reset Button Power Connector Power Button One Touch Copy Button USB 2.0 LED Indicators: USB, Status, HDD1, HDD2, LAN, and Power

7 2. Installation 2.1. Install Hard Disk 1. Unfasten the four screws in the front of FNS- 5000B and remove the front panel. 2. Loosen the screws on the disk trays and take out the disk trays. 3. Install a hard disk on each tray. Make sure the disk holes match the holes at the base of the disk tray a...

9 2.2. Hard Disk Recommendation List The following HDD models are verified by LevelOne that are compatible with FNS-5000B. It is recommended to use the disk models listed here. Other HDD brands that are not tested by LevelOne may or may not work properly with FNS-5000B. For more updated compatible h...

10 2.3. Setting Up Please check your network environment and select the appropriate installation method before installing FNS-5000B. 2.3.1. Office/ Home Connect FNS-5000B and PC to the same hub/ switch/ router. 2.3.2. Individual Connect FNS-5000B directly to your PC by a network cable.

14 2.5. Configure Software Settings After checking system status, please follow the steps below to configure software settings of FNS-5000B. The configuration procedure of Windows and Mac users are different. Please select the appropriate procedure according to your OS. 2.5.1. Windows® Users Insert ...

16 When you have entered quick configuration page, enter related information to complete the settings. Click OK to save changes. Note: If you select to enter IP address manually, please make sure your PC and FNS-5000B are in the same LAN. If you are not sure about the network settings, please contac...

19 4. When the administration page of FNS-5000B is shown, you can start to use the services. If you have any questions during web administration, please click the help button on the top right hand corner of the page. To modify system settings, click Administration . Enter the user name and password ...

20 2.5.2. Mac Users FNS-5000B provides two methods for Mac users to connect to FNS-5000B. You can select A. Connect FNS-5000B by Mac directly or B. Connect FNS-5000B by the network. A. Connect FNS-5000B by Mac directly 1. Please go to Network settings and select Using DHCP . Then connect FNS-5000B t...

21 3. When the administration page is shown, click Administration . Enter the default user name and password to login. Default user name: administrator Password: admin 4. Follow the step-by-step guide in Quick Configuration to complete the settings of FNS- 5000B. If you have any questions during web...

22 B. Connect FNS-5000B by the network 1. Please go to Network settings to check and write down the subnet and router address of your Mac. Then select Using DHCP . Note: If you are not sure about the network settings, please contact your network administrator or ISP. 2. Connect FNS-5000B to your Mac...

24 4. Go to TCP/IP Configuration of Network Settings . Select to use static IP and input the IP address of FNS-5000B. Make sure the value does not conflict with the IP address of your Mac and other devices in LAN. Configure the subnet mask and default gateway of FNS-5000B to the same as subnet mask ...

25 5. Click Yes to restart FNS-5000B for the changes to take effect. Please wait patiently for FNS-5000B to restart. 6. Connect your Mac and FNS-5000B to the network. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of FNS-5000B you set up in step 4. Note: Please use the browser Safari in Mac to access F...

26 7. Click Administration and enter the default user name and password to login. Default user name: administrator Password: admin 8. Follow the step-by-step guide in Quick Configuration to complete the settings of FNS- 5000B. If you have any questions during web administration, please click the hel...

27 3. Powerful Services FNS-5000B provides the following powerful functions and applications. A. Use network share-Public folder 1. You can access the public folder of FNS-5000B by the following means: a. Open My Network Places and find the workgroup of FNS-5000B. If you cannot find the server, plea...

28 B. Manage FNS-5000B Manage FNS-5000B using web browser by Windows ® or Mac 1. You can access FNS-5000B web administration page by the following methods: a. Windows ® users can use Quick Install Wizard to find FNS-5000B. b. Windows ® and Mac users can open a web browser and enter http://[FNS-5000B...

29 2. When the administration page is shown, click Administration , Web File Manager , Web Server , Multimedia Station , or Download Station . Enter the user name and password, and then start to manage FNS-5000B. For further details, please refer to the user manual in FNS-5000B CD-ROM.

31 3.1. Server Administration There are 8 main sections in server administration:

32 3.2. Quick Configuration Please follow the step-by-step guide in Quick Configuration to complete the settings of FNS- 5000B. If you have any questions during web administration, please click the help button on the top right hand corner of the page. Other buttons are described as below: : Return t...

33 Step 2. Change the administrator password or select to use the original password. Step 3. Enter the date, time and select the time zone for the server. Step 4. Select the language the server uses to display files and directories. The default setting is English .

35 Step 7. When FNS-5000B is initialized, the basic settings will be shown.

36 3.3. System Settings Basic system settings include the server name, date, time, and view system settings. 3.3.1. Server Name Enter the name of FNS-5000B. The server name can be 14 characters long at maximum, which supports alphabets, numbers and hyphen (-). The server does not accept names with s...

37 3.3.2. Date & Time Set the date, time, and time zone according to your location. If the settings are incorrect, the following problems may occur: 9 When using a web browser to access or save a file, the display time of the action will be incorrect. 9 The time of event log displayed will be in...

39 3.4. Network Settings You can configure network settings in this section and enable several powerful applications of FNS-5000B, e.g. Multimedia Station, Download Station, and Web Server. 3.4.1. TCP/ IP Configuration You can select one of the following two methods to configure the TCP/IP settings ...

41 3.4.2. Microsoft Networking Enable file service for Microsoft networking: If you are using Microsoft Windows, enable this service to access the files on network share folders. Assign a workgroup name. 9 Standalone Server Use local users for user authentication. 9 WINS server If the local network ...

42 3.4.3. Apple Network To use FNS-5000B on Apple Mac operating system, enable AppleTalk network support. If your AppleTalk network uses extended networks, and is assigned with multiple zones, assign a zone name to FNS-5000B. If you do not want to assign a network zone, enter an asterisk (*) to use ...

43 3.4.5. FTP Service When you enable FTP service, you can define the port number for the service and maximum number of users connected to the FTP at the same time. Select to enable or disable Unicode Support. The default setting is No. Since most FTP clients do not support Unicode currently, it is ...

44 3.4.6. Multimedia Station To share multimedia files like photos, music or video files on the network, please enable Multimedia Station. For further information, please refer to Chapter 5. UPnP Media Server FNS-5000B supports UPnP technology which brings you greater convenience to enjoy multimedia...

47 3.5. Device Configuration You can configure SATA disk, USB disk and USB printer settings in this section.

49 You can create the following disk volumes: • Single Disk Volume Each disk will be used as a standalone disk. However, if a disk is damaged, all data will be lost. • RAID 1 Mirroring Disk Volume RAID 1 (mirroring disk) protects your data by automatically backing up the contents of one drive onto t...

53 3.6. User Management The files on FNS-5000B can be shared among multiple users. For easier management and better control of users’ access right, you have to organize users, user groups and their access right control. 3.6.1. Users The system has created the following users by default: 1. Administr...

54 512 users can be created at maximum (including system default users). You can create a new user according to your needs. The following information is required to create a new user: 9 User name The user name must not exceed 32 characters. It is case-insensitive and supports double-byte characters,...

55 3.6.2. User Groups User group is a collection of users with the same access right to files or folders. FNS-5000B has created the following user groups by default: 1. Administrators All members in this group have administration right. You cannot delete this group. 2. Everyone All registered users ...

56 Create Users and Assign Users to User Group The following example demonstrates how to create new users and assign users to a user group. ABC Co. has recently recruited two employees Mr. Jones Lee for Administration Department and Ms. Jane Wu for Sales Department. The IT Department therefore needs...

57 iii. Select the user groups the users belong to on the right list, i.e. Mr. Jones Lee for Administration Dept and Ms. Jane Wu for Sales Dept, and click Add . Then click Close . iv. The user names will appear on the list on Create User Page.

58 Create Private Network Share for User Groups You can create particular network share for each user group. The procedure is described as below: 1. To create a network share called media accessible by Administration Department only, please go to “User Management—User Groups” page. Select the user g...

59 3. You can see the folder media in Network Share Management page. 4. Enter Access Control. You can see that only Administration Dept has full access right to the folder.

60 3.6.3. Quota To allocate disk volume efficiently, you can specify the quota that can be used by each user. When this function is enabled and a user has reached his/her disk quota, he/she cannot upload data to the server anymore. By default, no limitations are set for users. You can modify the fol...

61 2. Select Jones Lee on User page and click Quota Settings on the right. 3. Enter the quota size 2000MB and click OK . 4. Follow the same steps and enter the quota size 4000MB for Jane Wu and click OK . The quota setting is successfully applied.

62 3.7. Network Share Management The primary purpose of network storage is file sharing. You can create different network share folders for various types of files, and provide different file access rights to users or user groups. There are five options in Network Share Management:

64 3.7.2. Property To edit the property of an existing network share, select a share and click Property . You can then edit the content of that share.

66 3.7.5. Restore If the default network shares of FNS-5000B are not created successfully, you can use the Restore function to restore the network shares. To do so, click Restore and the shares will be created.

67 3.8. System Tools System Tools enable you to optimize the maintenance and management of FNS-5000B.

70 3.8.4. System Update Note: If the system is running properly, you do not need to update the firmware. Before updating system firmware, please make sure the product model and firmware version are correct. Follow the steps below to update firmware: Step 1: Download the release notes of the same ver...

71 3.8.5. Change Logo You can choose your own picture to display on the login page of FNS-5000B. The size of the picture cannot exceed 20K bytes.

72 3.8.6. Remote Replication (Disaster Recovery) Remote Replication enables you to replicate files on FNS-5000B to another FNS-5000B or LevelOne NAS series. The files will be compressed before the replication process in order to save time for data transfer. Make sure a network share is created befor...

73 b. Complete all settings and click OK to save or Cancel to quit. Note: To use remote replication, enable Microsoft Networking service, make sure the destination network share and directory have been created, and the user name and password are valid to login the destination folder.

74 ii. Edit a. Select the task to be edited. b. Click Edit . c. Modify the settings. d. Click OK to save or Cancel to quit. iii. Delete a. Select the task to be deleted. b. Click Delete .

75 3.8.7. Backup/ Restore/ Reset Settings • To backup all settings, including user accounts, server name and network configuration etc., click Backup and select to open or save the setting file. • To restore all settings, click Browse to select a previously saved setting file and click Restore to co...

76 3.9. Event Logs FNS-5000B can store thousands of recent event logs, including warning, error and information messages. In case of system malfunction, event logs can be retrieved to analyze system problems.

77 4. Copy USB Ports Data Directly FNS-5000B supports direct copy of data on USB devices to FNS-5000B by using the Copy button. To use this function, please follow the steps below: 1. Make sure a SATA disk is installed correctly in FNS-5000B according to the instructions in Chapter 2.1. 2. Turn on F...

78 5. Multimedia Station FNS-5000B provides a user-friendly web management interface for you to manage personal albums easily. You can view images and multimedia files, or browse photos by thumbnails preview. A. Upload photos by web administration 1. To use Multimedia Station of FNS-5000B, make sure...

80 B. Upload photos to Qmultimedia folder directly You can upload multimedia files to FNS-5000B directly by the following steps. 1. Use Run function in Windows. Enter \\[server name] or \\[server IP] to access share folder on FNS-5000B. 2. Open the folder Qmultimedia. Enter the user name and passwor...

82 View Photo Information 1. To view detailed information of a photo, click on the thumbnail of the picture. 2. The information of the photo, e.g. file name, resolution, size, camera producer will be shown on the right. You can enter a description for the picture in the box below the photo and click...

86 3. Click Add new download task on the left and upload a torrent file. You can download legal torrent files by searching on the Internet. There are websites that provide legally sharing torrents e.g. www.legaltorrents.com . Please download the torrent files to your local disk and then upload them ...

90 Dump Diagnostic Information To view the diagnostic details of a download task, select a task on the list and click [Dump Diagnostic Information].

93 SQLite Management SQLiteManager is a multilingual web-based tool to manage SQLite databases and can be downloaded from http://www.sqlitemanager.org/. Please follow the steps below or refer to the INSTALL file in the downloaded SQLiteManager- *.tar.gz ? to install the SQLiteManager. (1) Unpack you...

94 8. FTP Server FNS-5000B supports FTP service. To use FTP service, enable this function in Network Settings and follow the steps below: 1. Open an IE browser and enter ftp://[FNS-5000B IP] or ftp://[FNS-5000B name]. OR 2. By Web File Manager of FNS-5000B. A. Go to FNS-5000B administration page and...

96 9. Web File Manager Using Web File Manager To use Web File Manager, enable web service in Network Settings first. Launch the web browser and go to FNS-5000B administration page. Select Web File Manager and enter the correct login name and password. You may also enter “guest” in the login name fie...

97 Select an existing network share. You can organize share folders of FNS-5000B. With Web File Manager, you can upload, rename, or delete files and folders in the network shares. View files online Click on a file displayed on the web page. The information of the file will be shown. If your browser ...

101 10. Maintenance FNS-5000B is specially designed to run 24x7 and be ready at all times against system crash caused by power outage. This section provides a general overview on system maintenance. 10.1. Restart/ Shut down Server Follow the steps below to restart or shut down FNS-5000B. 1. Enter th...

102 10.3. Disk Failure or Malfunction When you encounter disk malfunction or failure, please do the following: 1. Record the malfunction status or error messages shown in Event Logs. 2. Stop using the failed FNS-5000B and turn off the server. 3. Contact customer service for technical support. Note: ...

103 11. Appendix - Quick Install Wizard Main Screen You can configure NAS by select NAS on list and click Configure , Login window pop-up and ask login name and password Upon successful login, the following screen will appear. Enter the configuration values and click OK. Name of server IP address of...

105 View Details Select a FNS-5000B available on Quick Install Wizard and click Details. The following screen will be shown:

106 Map Drive Select a NAS and click Map Drive. Select the correct network share and click Map Network Drive. Then select the drive letter for the connection.

107 Refresh Search for all available NAS again. To refresh the search results, click Refresh to display all available servers within the network. Help If you have any enquiries about Quick Install Wizard when using the program, you can click the Help button to view the help text.

108 Enter the homepage Double click on NAS to enter the administration page.