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