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U-NAS v2.0 Tutorial 2012

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U-NAS v2.0 Tutorial Preface .......................................................................................................................................................... 5

U-NAS Topology ............................................................................................................................................ 6

Hardware Environment ................................................................................................................................. 7

Example of U-NAS in an Office Environment ................................................................................................ 8

Example of U-NAS at Home .......................................................................................................................... 9

Chapter 1 - Get Started ............................................................................................................................... 10

1.1 Login U-NAS Web GUI ....................................................................................................................... 11

1.2 Create user accounts ........................................................................................................................ 16

1.2.1 Create User Group ..................................................................................................................... 17

1.2.2 Create user ................................................................................................................................. 20

1.3 Setup Hard Drives (and/or RAID) ...................................................................................................... 22

1.4 Create Volume Groups and Volumes ................................................................................................ 27

1.4.1 Create Volume Groups ............................................................................................................... 27

1.4.2 Create Volume ........................................................................................................................... 30

1.5 Create Shared Folders ....................................................................................................................... 32

Chapter 2 – More about Shared Folders..................................................................................................... 37

2.1 Map Network Drive to your PC ......................................................................................................... 37

2.2 Shared Folder Privilege ..................................................................................................................... 39

Chapter 3 – Personalization ........................................................................................................................ 42

3.1 Change U-NAS Wallpaper ................................................................................................................. 42

3.2 Change Theme .................................................................................................................................. 44

3.3 Change Password .............................................................................................................................. 46

3.3.1 Change admin Password ............................................................................................................ 46

3.3.2 Change the root Password ......................................................................................................... 46

Chapter 4 – Logout, Reboot and Shutdown ................................................................................................ 48

4.1 Shutdown or Reboot U-NAS .............................................................................................................. 48

4.2 Logout U-NAS .................................................................................................................................... 49

Chapter 5 - Mounting ISO ........................................................................................................................... 50

5.1 Mounting the ISO Images on U-NAS ................................................................................................. 50

5.2 Using the mounted ISO images ......................................................................................................... 52

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Preface

U-NAS offers a versatile storage solution for home, small office and business. It offers superior

performance, giving users the desired performance at a “REAL” reasonable price. U-NAS adopts a

beautiful Web OS (U-NAS OS) user interface which helps to ease the use of the system. U-NAS supports

multi-window, multi-task operations.

U-NAS offers advanced features such as: Web OS UI, one-Step setup, LVM+RAID 0/1/5/6/10+DISKs, Disk

Quota, Automatic mounting NTFS/FAT/XFS/EXT3/EXT4 disks, DFS, S.M.A.R.T, Disk Spin down, network

trashbox, DDNS, LDAP, Windows AD, Network bonding (7 modes), WOL, IP-SAN, rSync, Time Machine,

Unlimited Video Camera s(IP/USB), Web Server , Email Server with management platform, System Log,

Virtualization, and many more.

This document aims at providing new users an easy to follow quick tutorial.

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U-NAS Topology U-NAS is a network attached storage server system. It can be used with your computers, media players,

USB/IP cameras, cellphone and iPads for data storage .

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Hardware Environment Where should we plug the U-NAS in? Very simple: Plug into the switch/router at home or office. Only

two wires are needed: Power cord and network cable.

An example of the hardware environment is shown below:

Laptop

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Example of U-NAS in an Office Environment U-NAS offers a low total cost of ownership (TCO) solution to meet the demands of business users. U-NAS

supports Windows, Linux and Mac systems. With automatic mounting enabled, U-NAS supports

EXT3/EXT4/NTFS/FAT/XFS files/disks. U-NAS uses a LVM+RAID+Disks system architecture and provides a

powerful and flexible management of the data in business environment.

An example of U-NAS business solution:

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Example of U-NAS at Home

An example of home solution:

Laptop

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Chapter 1 - Get Started Start using U-NAS：you may follow the following steps：

login web GUI → Create user accounts → Setup Hard drive (RAID) → Create Volume Group →

Create Volume → Create Shared Folders

Note: After the above steps you will be able to start using U-NAS. Other functions will be covered

later as they are relatively independent.

Login Web GUI

Setup Hard Drive (RAID)

Create Volume Groups then Create Volume

Create Shared Folders

Ready to use U-NAS from your PC

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1.1 Login U-NAS Web GUI

Launch a web brower and type in：https://192.168.1.110 (IP of you U-NAS). If an error similar to the

following appears, just click Continue. [Note: use https，not http!]

Choose your Language and Click“LOGIN”to login U-NAS. Default user name: admin，Password:

password.

Note: If this is the first time you login U-NAS, you may need to key in the License Key. License Key can be

purchased from www.u-nas.com or contact sales@u-nas.com

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After login U-NAS, you can start configure U-NAS according to your needs.

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1.2 Create user accounts

Note: if you are the only user of U-NAS and you want to use admin you can skip this step.

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1.2.1 Create User Group

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Key in the name of User Group and Click “Add”.

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A user group will be created. You may repeat this step to create as many user groups as you want.

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1.2.2 Create user

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Key in the user name, password and select user group, click “Save”

Note: [U-NAS will repeat this page to create as many users as you want. You may click “Cancel” to exit this page]

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New user(s) will be created:

1.3 Setup Hard Drives (and/or RAID)

1. Initialize Hard Drives (you need to select if you want to use RAID)

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Click “Create Hard Drive”, Select disks to be used. If you want to use RAID then click “Create RAID Device”

otherwise click “Create Hard Drive”. In this tutorial I will create a RAID5 array.

2. If you want to use RAID:

Note: You need to select RAID type if you want to use RAID

For data safety, use RAID1 (at least 2 disks)

For data transfer speed, use RAID0 (if one disk fails all data will be gone)

For a balanced safety and speed, use RAID5 (fast, and relatively safe, usually needs 3 or more disks)

For better safety and RAID 5 features, use RAID6 (one disk for hot spare, will be used if a disk fails. needs 4

or more disks)

If you are thinking about RIAD 10 you are an expert and you don’t need read the rest

If you still don’t know how to choose the RAID type, then follow this: if you have 2 disks，user RAID1； 3

disks, use RAID5; 4 disks, use RAID6. Play with it and you can come back to make a decision.

Click “Create RAID Array”, select your RAID type (RAID for this tutorial), select drives to be used in this

RAID array and the block size (64KB for this tutorial) and click “Create”:

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A RAID5 array will be created and displayed in the list. Because the RAID is just created it conducts the

synchronization. Depending on your CPU speed and the size of your Hard Drives, this step may take a

very long time.

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1.4 Create Volume Groups and Volumes

1.4.1 Create Volume Groups

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Key in the Name of Volume Group, select the Hard Drives or RAID you want to use in this Volume Group

and click “Save”.

Note: U-NAS support multiple Volume Groups. Repeat this step to create as many volume groups as you

want.

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The Volume Group is created successfully：

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1.4.2 Create Volume

Key in the name of Volume, select the size of the volume and the type of file system, click “Save” to

create the volume.

Note: A volume group can have multiple volumes. XFS can be initialized quickly. EXT3/EXT4 will take a

very long time to initialize.

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Repeat this step to create as many volumes as you want.

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1.5 Create Shared Folders

Select Volume Groups(click), Volume(click) and then click “Create Shared Folder”:

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Key in the name of the shared folder and select shared or not and click “Create”.

Note: we will create a “public shared” folder in this tutorial. Folders with privilege control can be done

easily after you get familiar to the system.

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A shared folder will be created. You may repeat this step to create as many folders as you want :

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Now you are ready to use the shared folder(s). On a windows machine:

You should be able to see the shared folder:

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At this moment you have completed the basic configuration. You can start using U-NAS now.

Explanation:

In order to use U-NAS, you will need to create the user account (you may skip this step if you

use admin only) followed by data storage. U-NAS uses LVM to manage the disks/RAIDs.

Therefore you will need to setup Volume Groups followed by Volume and then create Shared

Folders. After the shared folders are created, you can start using U-NAS.

Setup Storage: Initialize Hard Drives → Create RAID → Create Volume Groups → Create Volume

→ Create Shared Folder

Setup User Account: Create User Groups → Create Users

U-NAS adopts LVM+RIAD/JBOD plus independent disks architecture. Therefore we need to

create LVM first (volume group & volume) and then shared folders. The advantage of this is U-

NAS supports multiple volume groups and multiple volumes which provide much better

flexibility for managing complex data. Please note different types of hard drives and RAIDs can

be used in a single volume groups. Users will only see a transparent storage space (a large and

expandable storage space).

After storage is configured, U-NAS folder looks like: volume group/volume/folder

U-NAS supports multiple Volume Groups, Volumes and shared folders.

U-NAS volume group can include multiple RAID and hard drives. U-NAS volume group can

include different type of RAIDs and disks to form a transparent storage space.

Note: in addition to LVM, U-NAS also supports automatic mounting disks (NTFS, EXT3/EXT4, XFS) for

sharing.

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Chapter 2 – More about Shared Folders

2.1 Map Network Drive to your PC

we use Windows 7 as example: on your PC, click on“Map Network Drive”

Select the drive letter you want to use and click “Finish”

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You will find that your Windows has a Z drive now.

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2.2 Shared Folder Privilege

For shared folders that have been already created:

Select “No Access”

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When you are creating the new shared folder:

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Key in the folder name and select “Privileged”:

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Chapter 3 – Personalization

3.1 Change U-NAS Wallpaper

If you are tired of the default wallpaper, you can change the wallpape

Click “Desktop Background”

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Select a new wallpaper and click “Save”

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A new cool wallpaper will show on the desktop

3.2 Change Theme

U-NAS also support theme. You can change the theme:

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3.3 Change Password

You should change the admin password immediately after you login. Keep your password in a safe place.

3.3.1 Change admin Password

Input your current password and then key in the new password, click “Apply”.

3.3.2 Change the root Password

You should also change the “root” password. To change the root password: use a ssh tool such as PuTTY,

login U-NAS as root and type command “passwd”, key in the current password and then the new

password (you will need to repeat the new password).

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Chapter 4 – Logout, Reboot and Shutdown

4.1 Shutdown or Reboot U-NAS

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4.2 Logout U-NAS

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Chapter 5 - Mounting ISO

5.1 Mounting the ISO Images on U-NAS

Step 1: Copy ISO files to shared folders on U-NAS

Step 2: Launch ISO Images

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Step 3: Browse the File Tree and find the iso file you want to mount & click the iso file

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Step 4: Click Mount Button

If you want to unmount the iso image you can click the “Unmount” link. Repeat the above steps to

mount as many iso images as you want .

5.2 Using the mounted ISO images The ISO image will be mounted under the folder where the ISO file resides. The same name will be used

as a folder name:

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And you can use the files in the iso image now.