Installation

After installing the hard drives and physically attaching the N3200XXX to the network, nosotros powered the device upwardly and gave it an IP address. You can configure IP accost using either the Thecus Setup Sorcerer on a PC or an option available by navigating through built-in LCD display.

The Setup Magician is currently at v2.0.iv (released February 8) and can be found on the supplied CD or downloaded from Thecus website. The Setup Wizard automatically detects all Thecus storage devices on your network, after which you lot tin can move on to setting an admin password, host proper name and IP accost.

Those wanting to avoid using the software can rely on the LCD controls. The upward, downward, enter and escape buttons can exist used to configure the N3200XXX and the same options are available using this method.

Once the N3200XXX has been configured for your network you can open up the Spider web Administration Interface using your favorite web browser and brand further changes to the device's network settings.

Typically, the offset pace is to create a RAID array which tin can exist achieved past navigating to the "Storage" menu and then entering the "RAID" sub-bill of fare. You lot can create diverse types of disk arrays including RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD along with options to define a stripe size and set which disks are to be used in the array or used equally a spare disk.

The N3200XXX also supports AES-256bit RAID volume encryption to protect data. To activate this office, the Encryption choice needs to be enabled while the RAID is created and is followed by password input for identification. You'll also need an external writable USB pollex bulldoze plugged into the system to save the password you entered while creating the RAID volume.

To access the encrypted RAID volume, you'll demand that USB drive every fourth dimension you lot boot up, though it can be removed after your car is validated. The RAID book cannot be mounted if the USB pollex drive containing the key cannot be found in one of your organization's USB ports

Once the book is created y'all can set up up user accounts. The Thecus IP storage has a built-in user database that allows administrators to manage user access using unlike group policies. From the User and Group Authentication menu you can create, change, and delete users as well as assign them to groups that y'all designate.

If you accept a Windows Agile Directory Server (ADS) or Windows NT server to handle the domain security in your network, you tin can simply enable the ADS/NT support feature; the Thecus IP storage will connect with the ADS/NT server and get all the information of the domain users and groups automatically. From the Accounts carte du jour, cull Authentication item and the ADS/NT Support screen appears. You can to change any of these items and press Utilize to confirm your settings.

Once you've configured the user accounts and privileges, you tin can begin creating folders on the N3200XXX and user access to each one can be set with Folder Admission Control Lists. The last step is to activate any desired services such every bit the FTP server, iTunes server, backup server, printer server or photo server.