Western Digital WD Arkeia R620 Installation and Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 5)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ........................................................... III
1. INSTALLING THE APPLIANCE .................................................................... 1
1.1. S ELECT A S ITE ............................................................................. 1
1.2. C LEARANCE ................................................................................. 1
1.3. E NVIRONMENT ............................................................................. 1
1.4. C ONNECT TO P OWER ................................................................... 1
2. CONNECTING THE APPLIANCE TO THE NETWORK ................................ 2
2.1. B ACK P ANEL C ONNECTIONS ......................................................... 2
2.2. N ETWORK C ONNECTION O VERVIEW .............................................. 2
2.3. S ETTING A T EMPORARY IP A DDRESS ............................................ 2
2.3.1. Use the Cross-Over Cable ............................................................... 3
2.3.2. Define a Temporary Network Route ................................................. 3
2.3.3. Use a DHCP Server ......................................................................... 3
2.3.3.1. Use a VGA-compatible Monitor to Learn the IP Address ...................... 3
2.3.3.2. Assign a Known IP Address to the Appliance’s MAC Address .............. 4
2.4. A PPLIANCE D EFAULT P ASSWORDS ............................................... 4
2.5. A PPLIANCE W EB U SER I NTERFACE ............................................... 4
2.6. S ET A H OSTNAME AND A S TATIC IP A DDRESS ............................... 5
3. CONFIGURING THE APPLIANCE ................................................................ 7
3.1. S ET DNS A DDRESSES .................................................................. 7
3.2. D EFINE A H OSTS F ILE ................................................................... 7
3.3. S ET SMTP, SSH ......................................................................... 8
3.4. C ONFIGURE RAID A LERTS ........................................................... 8
3.5. S ET D ATE AND T IME ..................................................................... 9
3.6. R EBOOT THE A PPLIANCE .............................................................. 9
4. BACKUPS AND RESTORES ....................................................................... 10
4.1. B ACKUP S TRATEGIES ................................................................. 10
4.2. G ETTING R EADY TO B ACKUP Y OUR D ATA ................................... 11
4.2.1. Login to the Appliance .................................................................... 11
4.2.2. Adding Users .................................................................................. 13
4.2.3. Adding Clients ................................................................................ 13
4.3. R UN AN I MMEDIATE B ACKUP ....................................................... 16
4.4. S CHEDULE A B ACKUP ................................................................ 17
4.5. R ESTORE D ATA ......................................................................... 19
5. SYSTEM MAINTENANCE ............................................................................ 21
5.1. U PGRADING THE F IRMWARE ....................................................... 21
5.2. F ACTORY R ESETS ...................................................................... 21
6. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .......................................................................... 23