Thecus N5550 User Manual

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External Devices ................................................................................ 176
Printers .................................................................................... 176
Uninterrupted Power Source ........................................................ 181
Chapter 5: Tips and Tricks ......................................................... 182
USB and eSATA Storage Expansion .................................................... 182
Remote Administration ...................................................................... 182
Part I - Setup a DynDNS Account ................................................. 183
Part II - Enable DDNS on the Router ............................................. 183
Part III - Setting up Virtual Servers (HTTPS).................................. 183
Firewall Software Configuration ........................................................ 183
Replacing Damaged Hard Drives ....................................................... 184
Hard Drive Damage ................................................................... 184
Replacing a Hard Drive ............................................................... 184
RAID Auto-Rebuild ..................................................................... 184
Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ....................................................... 185
Forgot My Network IP Address .......................................................... 185
Can't Map a Network Drive in Windows XP ........................................ 185
Restoring Factory Defaults ................................................................ 185
Problems with Time and Date Settings .............................................. 186
Dual DOM Supports for Dual Protection (N12000 series/N16000
series/N8900 series only) ................................................................. 186
Chapter 7: Updates for FW v2.03.01 .......................................... 187
General .................................................................................... 187
Status ...................................................................................... 187
Added Hardware Information ....................................................... 188
Disk Information ........................................................................ 188
Data Guard (Local Backup) ......................................................... 191
Volume Expansion Management ................................................... 207
Appendix A: Customer Support .................................................. 208
Appendix B: RAID Basics ........................................................... 209
Overview ........................................................................................... 209
Benefits ............................................................................................. 209
Improved Performance ............................................................... 209
Data Security ............................................................................ 209
RAID Levels ....................................................................................... 209
Appendix C: How to open the top cover ..................................... 212
N8900 series: .................................................................................... 212
N12000 series: .................................................................................. 213
N16000 series: .................................................................................. 213
Appendix D: Active Directory Basics .......................................... 214
Overview ........................................................................................... 214
What is Active Directory? .................................................................. 214
ADS Benefits ..................................................................................... 214
Appendix E: Licensing Information ............................................ 215
Overview ........................................................................................... 215
Source Code Availability .................................................................... 215
CGIC License Terms ........................................................................... 216
GNU General Public License ............................................................... 216

Thecus N5550 Specifications

General

RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD
Hot-swap drive bays	Yes
Storage drive capacity	0 GB
Supported file systems	ext3, ext4, XFS
Storage drive interface	Serial ATA
Total installed storage capacity	0 TB
Number of storage drives installed	0
Number of storage drives supported	5
Internal memory	2 GB
Internal memory type	DDR3
Processor family	Intel Atom®
Number of processors installed	1
Wi-Fi	No
Data link protocols	TCP/IP/AppleTalk
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Maximum data transfer rate	1000 Mbit/s
Supported network protocols	SMB/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, NFS v4, AFP
I/O ports	1 x mic in 1 x line in 1 x audio out
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
Compatible operating systems	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/ 7 UNIX/Linux Mac OS X
Security algorithms	256-bit AES
Cables included	AC
FireWire 400	FireWire-interface with a data transmission speed of 400 Mbit/s (50MB/s). FireWire is a serial computer bus technology designed as replacement of SCSI and is based on the IEEE 1394 and 1394b standards.
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	2
Bundled software	Acronis True Image Thecus Backup Utility
Display type	LCD
Product color	Black
Power supply unit (PSU) capacity	200 W
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	0 - 80 %
Sustainability certificates	RoHS
Certification	CE/FCC/C-Tick/VCCI/BSMI VMware, Citrix, WEEE

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	240 mm
Width	190 mm
Height	230 mm