Verbatim POWERBAY NAS Array - Advanced Setup - Section

9
Wor
k
group
:
The Workgroup is used by Microso
f
t Windows Network to
organize available network groups within the same network.
Nam
e
: The uni
q
ue Name a
pp
ears for other network services includin
g
shared libraries on iTunes and other media players. The name can be
used to access your device from a web browser instead of using an IP
address, for ex¬ample, http://powerbay.
By default the device name is “PowerBay”.
Descri
p
tion
:
This fi eld assi
g
ns a device descri
p
tion to hel
p
identif
y
the
device in the workgrou
p
If
y
our network is confi
g
ured in an Active Director
y
make sure the
followin
g
conditions are true:
1. Ensure t
h
at t
h
e Time an
d
Date is sync
h
ronize
d
b
etween t
h
e
d
evice an
d
t
h
e Win
d
ows Active Directory server. T
h
e
d
evice
an
d
Active Directory server wi
ll
on
l
y to
l
erate a maximum time
di
ff
erence o
f
5
minutes.
2. Ensure that
y
ou can
g
et the IP address o
f
the 2008 AD server
f
rom the DNS server. The DNS1 and DNS2 settings are the same
as the LAN Setu
p
. Please make sure this is workin
g
p
ro
p
erl
y
.
To con
fi
gure the PowerBay NAS array to use Active Directory, click
the Active Directory radio button and con
fi
gure the parameters as
described below:
U
ser
N
ame: Input the user name o
f
an account setup on the Active
Directory t
h
at requires access to t
h
e resources on t
h
e
d
evice.
Pa
ss
w
o
r
d
: In
p
ut the
p
assword of the chosen Active Director
y
user
account.
N
am
e
: Input a Domain Name Service (DNS) name
f
or the PowerBay
NAS arra
y
. If the device connectin
g
to the PowerBa
y
NAS arra
y
is a
b
rowser or
l
ogon server t
h
is wi
ll
b
e t
h
e name t
h
at t
h
ese services are
advertised by.
Workgroup:
E
nter your Workgroup name here. The workgroup
name should be the same as the computers on the network. Devices
using the same workgroup will have additional fi le sharing methods
available
.
R
e
alm Nam
e
:
I
nput the FQDN (Fully Quali
fi
ed Domain Name) o
f
the
Active Directory Domain in this fi eld. This option specifi es the Kerberos
realm to use.
A
D
S
erver Name: Input the name o
f
the Active Directory Server in this
fi eld. When the Windows user attem
p
ts to access the device at lo
g
in
time, t
h
e
d
evice wi
ll
connect to t
h
e 2008 AD Server an
d
attem
p
t to
authenticate the given user with the given password.
L
an
g
ua
g
e Settin
g
s - Pa
ge
T
he web based confi guration tool for the PowerBay NAS array is
confi gured at the factory to use English as its user interface language.
T
he language settings page allows you to select a di
ff
erent user
interface language
.
S
elect Language: To use a di
ff
erent user inter
f
ace language select an
available option from the pull-down list. Click ‘Save’ to apply the new
l
an
g
ua
g
e se
l
ection.
Advanced Setu
p
- Section
T
he PowerBa
y
NAS arra
y
kee
p
s track o
f
data stored b
y
its network
users b
y
mana
g
in
g
the data’s destination folder (also referred to herein
as a “shared folder” or simply a “share”). Furthermore, the PowerBay
NAS arra
y
must kee
p
track o
f
who ma
y
read
f
rom, and write to, each
f
older. It does this b
y
settin
g
u
p
user accounts and
g
rou
p
s. A
g
rou
p
is a
collection of specifi c user accounts. When you assign access privileges
to a new share
y
ou have the o
p
tion o
f
either makin
g
assi
g
nments
f
or
individual user accounts, or for an entire
g
rou
p
of users at once b
y
referrin
g
to the
g
rou
p
’s name
.
T
he de
f
ault
f
actory settings provide
f
or no de
f
ault user accounts or
default
g
rou
p
s. Thou
g
h there is one default folder (named Volume_1),
this folder has no default access
p
rivile
g
es and so will not be accessible
at
fi
rst. The simplest way to make the Volume_1
f
older accessible is to
use the web confi
g
uration tool (Advanced Setu
p
/ Shared Folders) to
defi ne the Volume_1 folder
p
rivile
g
es as “Allow ever
y
bod
y
read and
w
rit
e”.
Th
e Users/Groups menu is use
d
to create an
d
manage user an
d
group
accounts. These are used
f
or user access and read/write privileges
f
or
speci
fi
ed
f
old¬ers on the network drive (using the Network Access
menu), or to setup FTP access an
d
privi
l
eges. W
h
en t
h
e
d
evice is
connecte
d
to a Wor
k
group up to 128 users an
d
10 groups can
b
e
create
d
. W
h
en t
h
e
d
evice is connecte
d
to an Active Directory a
combined total of 10000 users and groups can be displayed. By
de
f
ault all users have read and write access to all newly created
f
olders,
b
ut access ru
l
es can
b
e create
d
in t
h
e Networ
k
Access menu
.