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Content
Content............................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ....................................................................................................... 4
What is NAS? .................................................................................................... 4
Samba (Windows)........................................................................................... 4
FTP............................................................................................................... 5
NFS .............................................................................................................. 5
More than a NAS ............................................................................................... 5
Print Server ................................................................................................... 6
UPnP-AV........................................................................................................ 6
Bonjour and iTunes Support ............................................................................. 7
BitTorrent protocol Support .............................................................................. 8
What is RAID?................................................................................................... 8
RAID 0 (Stripe Set) ......................................................................................... 8
RAID 1 (Mirroring) .......................................................................................... 9
Spann or NRAID or Linear mode ....................................................................... 9
JBOD .......................................................................................................... 10
Package content ............................................................................................... 10
Take a look at the IB-NAS4220-B ..................................................................... 11
Front ............................................................................................................. 11
Rear .............................................................................................................. 11
Assembly .......................................................................................................... 12
How to access the management interface ........................................................ 13
DHCP controlled Network with automatic DNS update ........................................... 13
DHCP controlled Network without automatic DNS update....................................... 14
Not configured Network / Direct Attachment........................................................ 15
Network configured on fix IP-Addresses .............................................................. 15
Using the management interface...................................................................... 18
Logging in ...................................................................................................... 18
Management interface structure ........................................................................ 19
Hard disk initialization...................................................................................... 19
Choosing the appropriate RAID level .................................................................. 20
JBOD Setup ................................................................................................. 21
RAID Setup.................................................................................................. 21
Choosing the appropriate file system .................................................................. 21
OS file system accessibility without NAS (directly attached to PC) ........................ 21
File system features ...................................................................................... 21
File system limits .......................................................................................... 22
Disk Utility...................................................................................................... 23
RAID Setting................................................................................................... 27
Creating a RAID array ................................................................................... 27
Removing a RAID array ................................................................................. 30
Hard disc failure in RAID 1 ............................................................................. 30
Manually exchanging a hard disk in RAID 1....................................................... 33
Changing the admin password.......................................................................... 34
Managing users and groups.............................................................................. 34
User Management ........................................................................................... 35
Create a new user......................................................................................... 36
Change user settings..................................................................................... 37
Delete a user ............................................................................................... 37
Assign a single user to one or more groups ...................................................... 38
Remove a single user from one or more groups................................................. 39
Group Management ......................................................................................... 41
Create a new group....................................................................................... 41
Delete a group ............................................................................................. 42
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Introduction
What is NAS?
NAS is short for “Network attached Storage”, which is used to name a specialized device
that offers mass storage towards a data network. SOHO NAS like the ICY BOX IB-
NAS4220-B are small devices that simply share data from HDDs to an Ethernet. There
are many approaches; some are using custom shaped methods in offering the storage
space to the network participants. This approach needs special software to be installed
on the network clients and in most cases is limited to one particular operating system.
The ICY BOX IB-NAS4220-B has chosen to offer the HDD space in the way common
operating systems are expecting it. This means it uses the same principles (protocols) to
offer HDD-Storage as common file servers are doing it but with less noise, lower power
consumption and in a much simpler way. The main advantage is that, that special
software is unnecessary to access the storage provided, whilst maintaining the maximum
security features, as already offered within the operation system, such as user and group
based access control.
Samba (Windows)
Network
The samba server implemented in the ICY BOX IB-NAS4220-B offers storage in a way
regular Windows shares are doing it (commonly known as SMB or CIFS protocol). Even
operating systems like MAC OS and Linux are capable of using this kind of network
storage access. It provides a maximum of security by offering the opportunity to limit the
access on users or groups.
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FTP
Router
Network
The FTP protocol is one of the oldest ways for file transfer in the internet. It is fast and
could easily be used to access the HDD even via the internet. A huge set of different
software clients exists even for exotic operating systems using this simple but fast
protocol. Most internet access routers used in small offices and at home offer a
mechanism called port forwarding (virtual server, etc.) which could be easily used to
expose the ICY BOX IB-NAS4220-B’s storage to the internet. The FTP protocol offers
access control based on user and groups.
NFS
In the Unix world the NFS protocol is common to share disk space via network. This
protocol could be used to mount natively network storage to all kinds of Unix operating
systems like Linux, Solaris, etc. The NFS protocol is fast but does not provide a User or
Group based access control server sided. Access control is limited to the definition of
singular or a set of IP-Addresses (host addresses).
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Print Server
Network
You can attach your printer via USB to your IB-NAS4220-B and use it with several other
PCs at the same time.
UPnP-AV
Network
The included Twonky Media Server (30 days trial version) adapts this standard to as
many players as possible. The Twonky Media Server has been updated several times a
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year so far to ensure compatibility to all new players. Therefore we have chosen to not
implement this software fix in the firmware of the IB-NAS4200-B but to give the user to
easily upgrade it when a new version is released. A permanent license can be purchased
from the Website of Twonky Media by following a link from the user interface of Twonky
Media.
Network
The IB-NAS4220 is able to assign its services via Bonjour, so that MAC computer can
easily be connected to the server functions of the IB-NAS4220-B. Due to the iTunes
support, multimedia files can be accessed via iTunes from anywhere in the network.
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Router
Network
The IB-NAS4220-B has an integrated BitTorrent protocol client. So you can download
data via the peer to peer Network without a running PC. The IB-NAS4220-B consumes
much less electricity compared to a conventional PC. This protects the environment and
saves money.
What is RAID?
RAID is short for “Random Array of Inexpensive Disks”. It names a way of using several
hard disks intelligently together, in order to improve security or speed or to combine
their disk space. RAID is divided in levels. These levels, designated by a number, are
indicating each a certain strategy to combine disk space. Each strategy has different
advantages for the user. The IB-NAS 4220-B offers the following RAID levels:
A
A B
C D
Disc 1 Disc 2
RAID 0 writes data block wise alternating on the two disks. So two data blocks can be
written at the same time, which enhances speed. The disk space of the combined volume
is twice the smaller disk size. If one drive fails, all data is lost. In reality, this level grants
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no speed increase on the IB-NAS4220-B because other limitation factors are responsible
for the network performance than the drive access.
RAID 1 (Mirroring)
A A
B B
Disc 1 Disc 2
In RAID 1 mode all data is written identically on both discs. So if one disc fails the other
contains all data again. This provides security against the failure of one disk at the cost
of the bigger disks space.
Attention: If you choose RAID 1, please mind, that it is not a good strategy
to use two hard discs of the same type and from the same
product line. If the machine which produced the hard discs was defect,
it is very likely that all hard discs produced by that machine are defect.
If both discs fail, all data will be lost, because RAID 1 does not help
against the simultaneous failure of both discs.
E
D
A
A D
B E
Disc 1 Disc 2
To be exact Spann is not a real RAID mode, but could be seen as one. In Spann Mode,
the space of the second disc is simply appended to the first disc. So the space of the two
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disks are added to one big disk. Because RAID 0 does not offer a real speed increase
Spann should be preferred.
JBOD
JBOD is short for “Just a Bunch Of Disks”. Like Spann it is not really a RAID mode. This
means that both discs are integrated as separate hard drives with its own content,
independent from each other.
Package content
• IB-NAS4220-B
• CD-ROM
• User guide
• RJ-45 Network cable
• Power adaptor
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Front
Power Switch
HDD access
Power
On the front side of the IB-NAS4220-B there is the switch for turning it on and off. Also
in the front are the indicator LEDs located, indicating power state and hard disk access.
Furthermore there is a USB 2.0 Interface to attach of mass storage like USB-Sticks or
USB hard drives. If the One Touch Backup button, which is above that connector, is
pressed for 2 sec., the content of the mass storage device connected underneath will be
backed up to the system disk of the IB-NAS4220-B.
Rear
Temperature controlled
fan
USB interface
Power plug
On the rear side there is the Gigabit network interface, another USB 2.0 interface, the
connector for the power adaptor, further more a button for reboot and a button to reset
to factory Settings (press 5 sec.).
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Assembly
Attention: Please remove all cabling from outside of the IB-NAS4220-B,
before you open the chassis.
1. Remove the four screws from the 4. Mount the drive with two screws on
bottom of the case. each side.
2. Push the inner enclosure out, and 5. Attach the thermal probe with the
remove the outer chassis. tape provided to the first hard drive.
Choose a location in between the two
drives but without damaging the thermal
probe when installing the second drive.
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8. Slide the inner enclosure back into the 9. Fasten the four screws to finish the
outer chassis. assembly.
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DHCP acronym for “dynamic host configuration protocol” names a process witch assigns network parameters to a computer
attached towards a network automatically via a specialized DHCP server. Most DSL routers provide such a service.
2
IP-Address is a 32 bit binary number mostly expressed by a group of four numbers in the Range between 1 and 255
separated by “.” e.g. 169.254.100.100. This is used for addressing hosts in a TCP/IP based Network.
3
DNS is the acronym for “domain name service”. This names a process of assigning internet names to IP Addresses. The DNS
server is comparable to a telephone book. At this server all internet applications look up the referring IP Address for an internet
name. Without that service or when the DHCP server doesn’t know the internet name, the internet name could not be used to
address a host or device. The only chance to get access to that host or device is to use the IP Address directly.
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Click on „Setup“
IB-NAS4220-B is found
Select “Exit”
To access the web management surface enter “http://<IP Address>” in the address line
of the Standard Web browser, where <IP Address> is the IP Address found by
SearchNAS.exe as described above. Continue with point “Using the management
interface” for setting up the IB-NAS4220-B on Page 18.
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Attention: If you are unable to run SearchNAS.exe on your computer because you
are not using a Windows operating system please configure the IP-
Address of the IB-NAS4220-B using the web configuration interface as
described in point “LAN Setting” on page 55.
Click on „Setup“
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The net mask defines which part of the IP Address is describing the subnet. Together with the IP Address it is the minimum
necessary part of the network configuration. So it always has to be set appropriate.
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TCP/IP based networks, as the internet, are structured into different network parts called sub nets. A subnet is built by a set
of IP Adresses all having the same digital beginning. Remember: an IP Address is always interpreted as 32 bit binary number
containing 32 binary digits. IP Adresses of the same subnet all have the left part of these digits in common. How many of those
digits are used to define a subnet is described by the net mask. Computers in the same subnet are able to communicate
directly together. Computers in different subnets need a so called router which connects different subnets and forwards the net
traffic from one subnet into another.
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In a TCP/IP based Network a computer can send data directly only to other computers in it’s own subnet. To be able to send
data to other computers, a rooter is necessary to link this subnet to the rest of the network. All computers in the subnet need
to know its IP Address because they will send all data for destinations out of their subnet to the rooter to be forwarded. This
IP Address of the router is defined by the default gateway setting.
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IB-NAS4220-B is found
Click on “OK”
Select “Set IP
configuration manually”
Enter “192.168.1.100” as
IP Address, as subnet
mask “255.255.255.0”
and “192.168.1.1” as
default gateway and as
DNS server
Click on “Next”
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Click on “Next”
Click on “Save”
Click on “OK”
Click on “Exit”
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Logging in
This is password protected. The administrative user name is “admin” and the default
password is also “admin”.
Enter “admin” as
Username
Enter “admin” as
Password (default
setting)
Click on “Login”
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Setting’s space
The sub menu column will adapt its content to the selected Main Menu section. In the
Internet Explorer the items in the submenu column will be enlarged displaying subsidiary
items when selected. On other browsers the menu tree will be displayed showing all
subsidiary items always.
Initializing the hard disk, three partitions are created and formatted on the hard disk:
Partition Description
System partition System settings (don’t access)
Swap partition Memory extension (don’t access)
Data partition User data to be shared in the network
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Attention: The IB-NAS4220-B needs this particular structure of the hard disk in
order to be able to operate as NAS. In order to be able to use the IB-
NAS4220-B appropriately it is always necessary to proceed this step
using the “Disk Utility” dialogue, described on page 23.
The choice of the RAID level depends also about which file system7 you want to use and
which features. For details about the file systems see point “Choosing the appropriate file
system” on page 21.
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A file system describes the way an operating systems stores data to a mass storage device. A file system may include
mechanisms for data organization, naming of files, access control, and system crash stability. Since mass storage management
is a very important task to an operating system, a file system is deeply related to its abilities. Different operating systems are
orientated to different kinds of file systems and there philosophy.
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JBOD Setup
If you choose to organize the disks in JBOD mode then you will find the description of the
setup in point “Disk Utility” on Page 23.
RAID Setup
If you choose to organize the disks in another RAID mode you will find the description of
the setup in point “RAID Setting” on page 27.
These file systems differ in the native ability of different operating systems to access
them directly (without NAS, this might be interesting when the NAS controller is defect),
in their features and limits. That is the reason why no particular file system is preselected
for the data partition. Depending on the future use of the IB-NAS4220-B the user can
choose the appropriate one.
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A quota is a limit to be set for the maximum disk space a user or group can use.
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Characters like “/”, “\” or “:” are also not allowed, because they are reserved by the syntax of command line interface shells
of the different operating systems.
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Gi and Ti represent the IEC standard prefixes, which are the binary equivalent of the referring SI prefix witch means that
instead of using a factor based on 1000 (103) a factor based on 1024 (210) is used. Example: 300 GB = 279,5 GiB
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Disk Utility
You can find the hard disc initialization settings for JBOD mode on:
Control Panel
Maintenance
Disk Utility
Encryption selector
Each row in the table above represents one disk mounted in the IB-NAS4220-B. The
disk attached to the connector P1 will be displayed as “hdb” and the disk
attached to P2 will be displayed as “hda”.
The Disk Utility dialogue shows up a table containing the following information:
Column Description
Device name Unix name of the hard disk device
hda: drive attached to P2 board connector
hdb: drive attached to P1 board connector
Type File system of data partition
Size Total size of hard disk
Used Size of used area
Mount Point Mount point of data partition in Unix directory tree
Status Mounting status
Encrypt Check mark for enabling or disabling 128 bit AES
encryption, if selected an additional field for entering a
password (exactly 20 characters) is displayed.
Format Type Select field for file system selection of the data partition
Format Command button for initializing and formatting the disk
Scandisk Command button for a failure scanning and repairing
function
Umount Command button for unmounting the device
Health Result of short heals test
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Column Description
Detail Shows detailed result of health test
The “Refresh” button causes a refresh of the displayed data if the display should not be
actualized automatically.
At least one disk needs to be initialized in order to let the IB-NAS4220-B appropriately as
NAS. The disc formatted first by using the “Disk Utility” dialogue becomes the system
disk. If the second disk is formatted using this dialogue too, it will become data disk,
which will be accessible to anybody in the network by Samba, FTP or NFS with no access
control. If the Second disc is preformatted with EXT2, EXT3 or FAT32, it will be made
accessible as described in the sentence before and no initialization is necessary.
Initializing the hard disk is done in three steps: First, select if the hard disc should be
encrypted and enter a Password (exactly 20 characters, when prompted), second, choose
a file system for the data partition and third, click on “Format” button:
Attention: The choice of the file system has big influence on the features provided
by the NAS. Also important is the fact that not all file system types could
be read by every operating system. This is of great importance when
you plan to use a disc inside the IB-NAS4220-B and also inside a
computer. For details see point “Choosing the appropriate file system”
on page 21.
Attention: If “encryption” is selected, it will not be possible to read the hard disk
information, when the disc is directly attached to a computer. In
addition, it will not be possible to read the disk inside the IB-NAS4220-B
if the password is lost. Encryption can just be chosen for EXT2 file
system.
Attention: Formatting the hard disk will erase all data on the hard disk.
Please save all data on it before proceeding to format it!
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Click on “OK”
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Enter “admin” as
Username
Enter “admin” as
Password (default
setting)
Click on “Login”
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Select
Control Panel
Maintainance
Disk Utility
The second disc can be formatted using the same procedure as describes above.
RAID Setting
To find out which RAID level is suitable to your application of the IB-NAS4220-B pleas
check point “What is RAID?” on Page 8.
You can find the hard disc initialization settings for RAID mode on:
Control Panel
Maintenance
RAID Setting
Attention: The choice of the file system has big influence on the features provided
by the NAS. Also important is the fact that not all file system types could
be read by every operating system. This is of great importance when
you plan to use a disc inside the IB-NAS4220-B and also inside a
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computer. For details see point “Choosing the appropriate file system”
on page 21.
Attention: If you choose RAID 0 or Span, the content of the discs can not be read
when directly attached to a computer again.
Attention: If you choose RAID 1, please mind, that it is not a good strategy
to use two hard discs of the same type and from the same
product line. If the machine which produced the hard discs was defect,
it is very likely that all hard discs produced by that machine are defect.
If both discs fail, all data will be lost, because RAID 1 does not help
against the simultaneous failure of both discs.
Attention: Formatting the hard disk will erase all data on the hard disk.
Please save all data on it before proceeding to format it!
The creation of the RAID array on the hard disks can take quite a while, depending on
the chosen RAID level and the size of the hard discs. Pleas do not interrupt this process.
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Enter “admin” as
Username
Enter “admin” as
Password (default
setting)
Click on “Login”
Select
Control Panel
Maintenance
RAID Setting
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Attention: Removing a RAID array will erase all data on the hard disk.
Please save all data on it before proceeding to format it!
After the removal of a RAID array, the IB-NAS4220-B will boot again as described above.
RAID 1 provides security against data loss if one of the two hard disks fails. The defect
hard disk can be replaced by a new disk. The auto rebuild function of the IB-NAS4220-B
will copy all data on the new disk again and reestablish the RAID array.
Attention: The new disc (replacing the defect one) has to be as least as big
as the old one, but can be bigger.
Attention: Please mind, that if one disc has a failure, you have only one disk left
where the data is stored on. This means if that disc fails too, all data will
be lost. So to provide maximum security it is recommended to replace
the defect disc as soon as possible.
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Please note which hard disk is defect. “hda” is the disk connected to P2 and
“hdb” is the disk connected to P1 connector on the main board of the
IB-NAS4220-B.
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Please wait until the power LED of the IB-NAS4220-B turns off before you continue by
exchanging the defect hard disk. The process of hard disk montage in the IB-NAS4220-B
is described in point “Assembly” on page 12. Pleas remember that, “hda” is the disk
connected to P2 and “hdb” is the disk connected to P1 connector on the main
board of the IB-NAS4220-B.
If you have finished to exchange the defect hard disk, you can turn on the IB-NAS4220-B
and log in again.
Attention: Please mind, that the RAID 1 array is woundable until the rebuilt
process has been completed. So please make sure, not to turn it
of or interrupt the power supply until the rebuilt is completed.
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It might be of interest to exchange a hard disk of a RAID 1 array manually before one
disk fails. To do so follow these steps:
Please wait until the power LED of the IB-NAS4220-B turns off before you continue by
exchanging the chosen hard disk. The process of hard disk montage in the IB-NAS4220-B
is described in point “Assembly” on page 12. Pleas remember that, “hda” is the disk
connected to P2 and “hdb” is the disk connected to P1 connector on the main
board of the IB-NAS4220-B.
If you have finished to exchange the chosen hard disk you can turn on the IB-NAS4220-B
and log in again.
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Attention: Please mind, that the RAID 1 array is woundable until the rebuilt
process has been completed. So please make sure, not to turn it
of or interrupt the power supply until the rebuilt is completed.
Personal Info
Personal Information
Account
Enter new admin
password here and
retype it again in the line
below
Optional a description to
the admin account could
be entered
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User Management
The user management could be found selecting:
Control Panel
Users and Groups
User Management
Checkmark inducing to
create a private folder
(share)
Checkmark inducing to
set a quota for the user
and a field defining it
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To create a new user simply fill out the form and click the “Save” Button. The next
example shows a procedure setting up a new user with the user name “testuser” and the
password “test”. The user should also have a private folder, which is a special folder just
for his private use, which is only accessible or even displayed by the one who identifies
with that particular username and password. In addition, the disk space that the user can
use should be limited to a maximum of 1000 MByte, so we set a quota8.
Attention: To be able to set a quota the EXT3 file system has to be chosen for the
data partition, because only the EXT3 file system supports that feature.
If the data partition is formatted with EXT2 or FAT32, this option can not
be selected.
Enter a description
After having clicked on the “Save” button the user account and the personal folder is
created. Also the samba network share (expression of the personal folder to the network)
has been created and can be accessed using the username and password which has been
defined. The personal folder and the samba network share have the same name as the
username defined.
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Control Panel
Users and Groups
User Management
Then all detailed settings of the user are displayed and can be changed.
Delete a user
To delete one or more users, select these users in the “Existing Users” List and click on
the “Delete User” button.
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As you have seen the “User Management” form has a button called groups. If you select
a user in the “Existing Users” list and click on that button a form for adding the selected
user to all existing groups is opened.
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Click on the
“Remove>>” button to
remove the user from
selected groups
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Group Management
The group management could be found selecting:
Control Panel
Users and Groups
Group Management
To create a new group it is just necessary to enter the group name and click on the
“Save” button.
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Delete a group
To delete one or more groups, mark them in the “Existing Groups” list and click on the
“Delete Group” button.
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To add one ore more users to a group you do not need to open each user one by one to
add them to a group. When you select the group you want the users to be added to in
the “Existing Groups” list, click on the “Members” button and select the users you wish to
add to the selected group.
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To remove one or several user from a particular group you also just have to select the
group you want the users to be deleted from in the “Existing Groups” list and the “Group
Members” form opens. Select the users you want to remove from the group and click on
the “Remove>>” button.
Click on the
“Remove>>” button
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Control Panel
File and Print
File Server
All three servers could be disabled separately. The “File Server Setting” form is
structured into 4 parts:
Section Description
Windows Setting basic settings for the Samba service
FTP Server Setting basic settings for the FTP service settings
NFS Server Setting basic settings for the NFS service
Guest Access Setting basic settings for the cross services guest account
By enabling the “Enable” checkmark for each section the corresponding service is
enabled or disabled. By default all services are enabled to grant a rapid start up.
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Windows Setting
As described in point “Samba (Windows)” (page 4) the Samba server provides the
storage for Windows clients, also MAC OS and Linux computers are able to use network
storage via this service. It has the most complex structure and provides the most
features. Therefore the basic settings are a little more extensive, than those for the other
services.
Aside of the possibility to enable or disable the FTP service, the port13 number of that
server could be modified in order to accommodate a possible port forwarding14 of a
internet access router which uses NAT15, for example if it is desired to make two IB-
NAS4220-B accessible via port forwarding by an internet access router.
Attention: Changing the FTP servers port from 21 (default) to another value will
cause, that standard FTP client will not be able to access the IB-
NAS4220-B FTP server, except the changed port number is configured in
the FTP client appropriately.
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Browsing signifies here a process of Windows to discover and display network participants.
12
WINS is an acronym for “Windows Internet Naming service”. Windows knows two ways of name resolution (process of
assigning IP Addresses to IP Addresses) one is a broadcast based mechanism and the other is WINS, where some network
participants take over the role of a directory server called WINS server, registering names and services of other network
participants.
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Network participants in a TCP/IP (Internet) based network structure are addressed via IP Addresses, but as you can see a
network participant can offer for example different services. To address different services at a network participant using a
singular IP Address there is a subordinated identifier called port. The port is specified by a number between 0 an 65535. Ports
between 1 and 1024 are so called “well known ports”, which means that in the internet exists a common assignment of services
towards these ports. For example 21 is commonly used for FTP, 80 is commonly used for http (web). This association is not a
must. The port associated with a service can be changed. The other communicating party then must specify the port number
explicitly, if it differs from the common principle. Such a change of port numbers makes sense if a network participant wants to
offer two different services of the same kind using the same IP Address.
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Port forwarding names a process where a router using NAT associates a port of the external IP Address to a port and IP
Address of an internal network participant and forward all traffic from outside destinated towards that particular external port
towards the defined internal IP Address and port number.
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NAT is an acronym for Network Address Translation. Most internet access routers at home are using this technique. It is used
when a router has just one public IP Address for accessing the internet but has to connect several computers of a private
network. So the router maps all traffic from the inside of the network to a singular external IP Address by changing the port
number. It therefore uses a mapping list associating the internal IP Addresses and port of a network communication with an
external port. This list is dynamic and the associations are deleted after a certain period of time. A network participant from
outside therefore can’t address an internal one if the communication hasn’t been initiated from the internal partner.
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By default the IB-NAS4220-B has a preconfigured account for guest access respectively
anonymous access. This means that via Windows share and FTP there is a guest
folder/share which could be accessed anonymously without a user/password
authentication.
Attention: Leaving the guest access enabled means a high level security risk when
the IB-NAS4220-B is exposed to the internet or any public network. This
can lead to malicious abuse. If you expose the IB-NAS4220-B to
any public network, it is strongly recommended to disable the
Guest Access.
The reason why the default setting is enabled is to ensure that the IB-NAS4220-B is
readily accessible when used the first time.
In addition to enabling and disabling that feature a quota for that account could be
defined for restricting the quantity of disk used by users accessing the IB-NAS4220-B via
guest settings.
Attention: To be able to set a quota the EXT3 file system has to be chosen for the
data partition, because only the EXT3 file system supports that feature.
If the data partition is formatted with EXT2 or FAT32, this option can not
be selected.
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Share16 Management
In this section of the web management surface is defined how the HDD storage is offered
to the network. Here you can create folders, so called shares, and define the access
rights for the different users or groups towards it. For each folder created here the
Windows (Samba), FTP and NFS Access can be defined and restricted.
Control Panel
File and Print
Share Management
Button to change to
Windows and FTP access
defining form
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The terminology “share” is used for HDD folders made accessible to the network. This terminology is just used in the
Windows/Samba and NFS context. FTP does not use shares to structure the storage offered the Network. How a share is made
accessible to the operating system on client side depends on the operating system. At Windows and MAC each share is
integrated in the local storage treatment like an own drive. Linux integrates in its directory structure at a defined mounting
point. The folder exposed as share is then visible and usable with all it’s contend (directories or files) as an own drive
respectively directory.
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To create a new share please enter a share name and click on the “Save” button.
Enter a comment
Deleting a share
To delete a share select the share in the “Existing Shares” list and click on the “Delete
Share” button.
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To set up the Windows and FTP access restrictions for a share, select the share you wish
to restrict in the “Existing Shares” list and change to the Windows and FTP access form.
Click on the
“Windows, FTP Access”
button to change to the
Windows, FTP Access
form
There are two major ways of defining the access towards a share. The first is to allow
access for all. Then no access control takes place on the share and everybody can read,
write or even delete data on the share. The second is to define the access rights on user
and group level. There are two different access rights you can give to a user or a group
of users: “Read Only” and “Writable”.
To allow access for everybody, check the “Allow for all” check button and click on the
“Save” button to save this change.
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To grant rights on user level select the user or group you want to give rights in the “No
Access” list and whether click on the “<< Read Only” button to give him or it read only
rights or click on the “<<Writable” button to give him or it all rights.
Click on “<<Writable”
button
Click on the
“<<Read Only” button
To revoke rights from a user or group select the user or group in the “Allowed” list and
click on the “Remove>>” button.
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Click on the
“Remove>>” button
To access the “NFS Access” form for the NFS access management select the share to be
managed in the “Existing Shares” list and click on the “NFS Access” button.
Click on the
“NFS Access” button to
change to the NFS
Access form
In difference to Windows share and FTP access rights are NFS restrictions not based on
users and groups, but can only be given to IP Addresses, complete Subnets or simply all
network participants.
Attention: Because anybody who controls a computer can give its computer any IP
Address he wants the NFS server does not grant security on public
networks.
To allow access from all computers select the “Allow for all” check button and click on the
“Save” button.
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To allow access to a special IP Address or a Subnet select the referring radio button,
enter the values and click on the “Save” button.
To give access to a
complete subnet
Address, select this radio
button
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To revoke the rights for singular IP Addresses or subnets select them in the
“Allowed IP/Subnet” list, click on the “Remove” button and click on the “Save” button to
save changes.
Printer Server
The IB-NAS4220-B is able to share an attached printer to all computers in the local
network. It does not matter if it is connected to the front or rear USB port, but because
the One Touch Backup function only works to USB-Sticks or USB-HDDs connected to the
front interface, it is better to choose the rear USB port to connect the printer. If the
printer is connected and the Printer Server has been enabled, it is possible to print from
any computer connected in the local network on the printer attached to the
IB-NAS4220-B.
To make changes
effective click on “Save”
How to set up your computer to print via the IB-NAS4220-B is described in point
“Mapping shares and Printers” on page 72.
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System settings
This section describes how to set up a basic system setting like those for network and
time. As described in point “How to access the management interface” (page 13) the IB-
NAS4220-B is by default configured to get its IP Address from a DHCP server. In the
point “Network configured on fix IP-Addresses” is also described how the IB-NAS4220-B
network and time settings are changed with the SearchNAS.exe tool. These settings can
also be done via the web surface.
The web surface also offers some tools to turn off or restart the IB-NAS4220-B on
remote and gather some system information, also described in this section.
LAN Settings
The Network settings as described in point “Network configured on fix IP-Addresses”
(page 15) can also be set via the web surface. Additionally the network name of the IB-
NAS4220-B could be changed there. To access the referring form, please select:
Control Panel
System
LAN Settings
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Time Setting
In the same manor the time setting already explained in point “Network configured on fix
IP-Addresses” (page 15) can be changed via web surface. To find the referring form
select:
Control Panel
System
Time Setting
Control Panel
System
Turn off Server
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System Information
To display some basic system information, please select:
Control Panel
System
Information
Some system
information is displayed
Disk Usage
To get a quick overview of the used and free space please select:
Control Panel
System
Disk Usage
For a brief overview on the usage of the complete disk, select “Summery” as described
below.
If “Summary” is selected
here a short overview of
the usage of the
complete disk is
displayed
For a detailed listing per user, please select “User” as described below.
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Network Service
The IB-NAS4220 offers a variety of other Network services such as sharing Pictures,
Music and Videos to the local network, DHCP or Downloading/Sharing files over the
internet. The following Table gives you a quick overview:
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UPnP-AV is a standard introduced by Microsoft to allow home entertainment devices to communicate and distribute music,
picture and video data over a local network. By using this protocol a network media player connected to a TV might be able to
access these data stored on the IB-NAS4220.
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DHCP Server
A DHCP Server allows centralized configuration of all network devices which are set up to
automatically detain an IP-Address. A network device, which has been set to auto
configuration, looks for a DHCP server during start up and asks this server for an IP-
Address. In a home network this service in most cases is provided by the internet access
router (for Example a DSL router). Having two DHCP servers active in a network is
possible but only recommended for professional computer users, knowing exactly what
they are doing.
Attention: Having two DHCP services run in the same network can cause network
failure. Anyone, who does not know how to configure two DHCP servers
correctly, should better deactivate the DHCP Server function of the ICY
BOX, if there is already a DHCP server in the same subnet.
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TCP/IP based networks, as the internet, are structured into different network parts called subnets. A subnet is built by a set
of IP Adresses all having the same digital beginning. Remember: an IP Address is always interpreted as 32 bit binary number
containing 32 binary digits. IP Adresses of the same subnet all have the left part of these digits in common. How many of those
digits are used to define a subnet is described by the net mask. Computers in the same subnet are able to communicate
directly together. Computers in different subnets need a so called router which connects different subnets and forwards the net
traffic from one subnet into another.
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The net mask defines which part of the IP Address is describing the subnet. Together with the IP Address it is the minimum
necessary part of the network configuration. So it always has to be set appropriate.
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Control Panel
Network Service
DHCP Server
By en-/disabling this
checkmark the DHCP
server can be activated
or deactivated
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Control Panel
Network Service
Bonjour
To make changes
effective click on “Save”
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The settings for the BitTorrent protocol support can be found selecting:
Control Panel
Network Service
Bonjour
Basically the network traffic created by the BitTorrent protocol can be limited.
Attention: Setting up the BitTorrent protocol will cause constant internet traffic and
this might lead to a permanent internet connection on some router
configurations. This can cause high internet costs at some internet
rates. So please make sure that you are using an appropriate tariff like a
flat rate.
Setup bandwidth
limitations for outgoing
(up) and incoming traffic
(down) here
To make changes
effective click on “Save”
To download certain data you need to upload its referring torrent file.
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By using the BitTorrent protocol it is possible to share and download files without a centralized server. These files are divided
into small portions which are then copied from client to client directly. So each client acts as a server too. Small portions
downloaded from a client can be transferred to another client immediately. This principle makes the protocol so interesting for
the educational sector, which is always short of server space.
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Click on “Browse…” to
open a dialogue where
you can select the
torrent file on your local
computer
Click on “Open”
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Place of downloads
Stop download
Delete download
Refresh display
It is possible to have several downloads running at the same time. These downloads can
be controlled via the control buttons in the last table column. The description of the other
columns can be found here:
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Twonky Media
The IB-NAS4220-B includes a 30 days trial version of the Twonky Media server. The
Twonky Media server is a UPnP-AV server. UPnP-AV is a protocol which allows network
media players to communicate with the IB-NAS4220 and access media content stored on
the IB-NAs4220-B, such as music, pictures or video.
The Twonky Media server is not part of the firmware of the IB-NAS4220-B. So it has to
be installed on the IB-NAS4220-B first. The reason why Twonky Media needs to be
installed on the IB-NAS4220-B is, that Twonky Media will be updated several times a
year. This will be done because Twonky Vision adapts this media server to various new
media players each year. In order to keep you up to date you can download the latest
Twonky Media Version from the RaidSonic Homepage:
http://www.raidsonic.de
To install the twonky media server you simply have to copy the “twonkymedia” directory
with all subdirectories to the “applications” directory of the “public” share. You can find a
Twonky Media version on the CD-Rom, which is part of the delivery of the IB-NAS4220.
If you download the latest version of Twonky Media from the homepage mentioned above
you might have to unpack the downloaded file first to disk of your local computer and
then copy the resulting “twonkymedia” directory to the “applications” directory in the
“public” share of the IB-NAS4220-B.
Control Panel
Network Service
Twonky Media
… click on “save” to
make the change
effective
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At the beginning Twonky Media will scan your complete IB-NAS4220-B for media content,
such as music, pictures or video files. Twonky is preset to work instantly out of the box.
For details on activating, licensing or how to use Twonky Media, pleas visit Twonky
Visions (Manufacturer of Twonky Media) Homepage:
http://www.twonkyvision.com
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To purchase a license
click here.
Symbol Description
Information on Server Status
Maintenance
In this section the submenu Maintenance is described. The Maintenance submenu
bundles tools for the hard disk setup (described already in point “Disk Utility”), firmware
upgrade, save or restore the configuration and a factory reset.
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Firmware Upgrade
The IB-NAS4220-B is constructed to allow a complete upgrade of the firmware. The
firmware upgrade form can be found selecting:
Control Panel
Maintenance
Firmware upgrade
The upgrade starts by selecting the upgrade file, which has to be located on the local
hard disk. By clicking on the “Browse…” button a dialog pops up where you are able to
select the file. When having selected please click on the “Start Upgrade” button and the
upgrade process starts by uploading the upgrade file, followed by process of initialization.
Attention: The firmware upgrade process might take up to 30 minutes time. This
process must not be interrupted. Please make sure that the power
supply is not turned off until the upgrade process is complete.
Attention: Please save all data and configuration externally before performing an
upgrade! Pay attention to all remarks along the upgrade file!
Click on the
“Start Upgrade” button
to upload the file and
start the upgrading
process, which might
take up to 30 minutes
and must not be
interrupted
When the firmware upgrade process is finished the IB-NAS4220-B restarts and the web
browser windows automatically switches to the start form.
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Save configuration
You will find the form for saving the configuration by selecting:
Control Panel
Maintenance
Save Configuration
Attention To grant security it makes sense not to store the configuration file on
the IB-NAS4220-B itself.
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Restore Configuration
You will find the form for restoring the configuration by selecting:
Control Panel
Maintenance
Restore Configuration
To restore all
configuration, please
click on the “Browse…”
button. A dialogue is
opened where you can
select the configuration
file.
Control Panel
Maintenance
Factory Reset
Attention: A factory reset may destroy all data on the disk. Please backup all
important data before you proceed resetting.
To reset to factory
settings please click on
the “Factory Reset”
button. Caution: You
will loose all data!
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As on the internal hard discs the IB-NAS4220-B supports EXT2, EXT3 and FAT32 on
external mass storage devices. The IB-NAS4220-B supports only one partition per mass
storage device. If the mass storage device has more than one partition, only the first
partition will be recognized.
1. Attach the referring USB mass storage device to the front USB port.
2. Press the OTB (One Touch Backup) button in the front for at least 2 seconds.
3. The content will then be copied to a directory in the “public” share which will be
named “backup-<DATE>”, where <DATE> is the date of the backup.
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Click on “Explore”
Enter “\\ib-nas4220-b” in
the address line of the
Windows Explorer, where
ib-nas4220-b is the
name of the NAS and hit
“” (Return Key).
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Click on “OK”
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Click on
“Map Network Drive…”
Click on “Finish” to
complete the mapping
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Select “A network
printer, or a printer
attached to another
computer”
Click on “Next”
Enter
“\\ib-nas4220-b\lp”,
where ib-nas4220-b is
the name of the NAS
Click on “Yes”
Click on “OK”
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Click on “OK”
Click on “Finish”
Now the printer is installed and can be uses as directly attached to the computer. Repeat
this procedure on all computers in your local network and you can use the printer from
all computers at the same time.
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Select “Network”
The IB-NAS4220-B is
displayed with its name
Double click on
“ICYBOX”, where ICYBOX
it the name of theIB-
NAS4220-B
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Click on “Add”
Click on “OK”
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Select
“Windows Printing”
Select “IB-NAS4220-B”
where IB-NAS4220-B is
the name of your
IB-NAS4220-B
Click on “Choose”
Click on “OK”
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or equivalent is:
To mount a share open a shell and type (<IP Address>= IP Address of the IB-NAS4220-
B, <share>=share of the IB-NAS4220-B):
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You may conduct internal benchmark testing of the firmware of the models IB-NAS1000,
IB-NAS4220-B and IB-NAS2000. You may disclose the results of any benchmark test of
the of the firmware of the models IB-NAS1000, IB-NAS4220-B and IB-NAS2000,
provided that you comply with the following terms: (1) you must disclose all the
information necessary for replication of the tests, including complete and accurate details
of your benchmark testing methodology, the test scripts/cases, tuning parameters
applied, hardware and software platforms tested, the name and version number of any
third party testing tool used to conduct the testing, and complete source code for the
benchmark suite/harness that is developed by or for you and used to test both the
RaidSonic Products and the competing implementation(s); (2) you must disclose the
date(s) that you conducted the benchmark tests, along with specific version information
for RaidSonic products tested, including the firmware version; (3) your benchmark
testing was performed using all performance tuning and best practice guidance set forth
in the product documentation and/or on RaidSonic support web sites, and uses the latest
updates, patches and fixes available for the RaidSonic product and the relevant operating
systems; (4) it shall be sufficient if you make the disclosures provided for above at a
publicly available location such as a website, so long as every public disclosure of the
results of your benchmark test expressly identifies the public site containing all required
disclosures; and (5) nothing in this provision shall be deemed to waive any other right
that you may have to conduct benchmark testing. The foregoing obligations shall not
apply to your disclosure of the results of any customized benchmark test of the RaidSonic
Product, whereby such disclosure is made under confidentiality in conjunction with a bid
request by a prospective customer, such customer’s application(s) are specifically tested
and the results are only disclosed to such specific customer. Notwithstanding any other
agreement you may have with RaidSonic, if you disclose such benchmark test results,
RaidSonic shall have the right to disclose the results of benchmark tests it conducts of
your products that compete with the RaidSonic Product, provided it complies with the
same conditions above.
Manufactured for:
RaidSonic Technology GmbH
Kurt-Fischer-Straße 50
D-22926 Ahrensburg
Germany
www.raidsonic.de
© 2006 RaidSonic Technology GmbH, Ahrensburg, Germany
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