Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 User Manual
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BlackArmor® NAS User Guide
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Contents
Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Your BlackArmor Server’s Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares, and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Understanding Volumes and Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working with Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Working with Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting Grace Time for Exceeded Quotas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Controlling Web File Downloads to the BlackArmor Server . . . . . . . . . 35
Managing BlackArmor Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Archive Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Improving Performance with Link Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitoring Status with the Server’s LCD Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Monitoring Status with the Server’s LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Email Alerts to Monitor Server Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Checking Disk Drive Status Using SMART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the BlackArmor Server’s Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
File Protocol Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Network Time Protocol (NTP) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Saving Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Web Access Protocol Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Workgroup and Domain Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Maintaining Your BlackArmor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Resetting Your BlackArmor Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45