Lenovo Iomega ix2 User manual

ix2 Network Storage

with LifeLine 4.0

User Guide

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CONTENTS

Setting up Your ix2 Network Storage 1

Setup Overview 2

Set up my ix2 Network Storage if it's not discovered 3

Discovering with LenovoEMC Storage Manager 3

Discovering the ix2 without the Internet 3

Setup Page 4

Network Connection 5

Connecting the ix2 Network Storage to Your Network 5

Connecting the ix2 6

Network Settings 6

Manually Configuring Network Settings 7

Naming Your ix2 Network Storage 8

Configuring Your ix2 Network Storage to Use Active Directory 9

Enabling Active Directory Trusted Domains 9

Customizing the Access to Features on Your ix2 Network Storage 11

Enabling the Display of Features 11

Enabling Access Permissions to Features 11

Non-Administrator User Log In 12

Obtaining Alerts About Your ix2 Network Storage 13

Tracing Events on Your ix2 Network Storage 14

Downloading the complete event log file 14

Obtaining System Status for Your ix2 Network Storage 15

Space Usage 15

Control Panel 15

Device Information 15

Using Your ix2 Network Storage in Various Time Zones 16

Setting the Display Language for Your ix2 Network Storage 17

Printing Documents 18

Setting up Personal Cloud, Security, and File Sharing 19

Sharing Files 21

Sharing Overview 22

Interfaces for Sharing 22

Shares 23

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What are Shares and How Do I Organize Content with Them? 23

Adding Shares 23

Managing Shares 24

Deleting Shares 25

Using Protocols to Share Files 26

What Are Protocols and How Do I Use Them to Share Files? 26

AFP File Sharing for Macs 26

Bluetooth File Sharing 26

FTP File Sharing 27

NFS File Sharing 27

rsync: Synchronizing Files with Another Storage Device or Other Computers 28

TFTP 28

Monitoring Your Device with an SNMP Management Tool 28

Managing File Sharing with Web Access (http/https) 29

WebDAV: Managing Files Using HTTP or HTTPS 29

Windows DFS: Creating a Distributed Windows File System 30

Windows File Sharing 30

Sharing Content through the Home Page 31

Sharing Your Content with the World 31

Adding a Custom Home Page 31

Automatically Sending Content to Multiple People at Once 33

How to Set Up an Email Distribution Active Folder 33

Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 34

Managing Your Content 35

Transferring Content to and from Your ix2 Network Storage with Copy Jobs 36

Copy Jobs Limitations 36

Getting Content from a USB External Storage Device 37

Safely removing external storage 37

iSCSI: Creating IP-Based Storage Area Networks (SAN) 39

iSCSI Overview 40

Adding iSCSI Drives 41

Enabling iSCSI Drives 41

Connecting to iSCSI Drives 41

Managing iSCSI Drives 42

Adding CHAP User Access to an iSCSI Drive 42

Deleting iSCSI Drives 43

Drive Management 45

Managing Drives 46

Setting Write Caching 46

Applying Global Drive Management Settings 46

Drive Status 47

Backing up and Restoring Your Content 49

Backup and Restore Overview 50

Backup of Data through RAID Protection 50

Backing up to and Restoring from Your ix2 Network Storage 51

Backing up Macs with Time Machine 51

Copy Jobs Overview 51

Backing up Your ix2 Network Storage 52

Copy Jobs 52

From: Settings 53

To: Settings 54

Setting a Schedule 54

Backing up with Mozy Backup 55

Restoring Files with Mozy Backup 56

Registering with Avamar for Backup and Restore 56

Backing up with Amazon S3 57

Restoring Files with Amazon S3 57

Backing up with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 57

Restoring Files with Personal Cloud 57

Securing Your ix2 Network Storage and Contents 59

What Is Security and Do I Need It? 60

Enabling Security and Creating an Administrator User 61

Disabling Security 61

Limiting Access to Your Content by Creating Users 62

Users 63

Users and Groups Overview 63

Adding Users 63

Managing Users 64

Deleting Users 65

Groups 66

Groups Overview 66

Adding Groups 66

Managing Groups 66

Deleting Groups 67

Using Active Directory Domain to Manage Users and Groups 68

Active Directory Users and Groups Overview 68

Managing Users and Groups with Active Directory 68

Deleting Active Directory Users and Groups 69

Managing Your ix2 Network Storage with Local and Active Directory Users 70

Personal Cloud: Accessing Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud From Anywhere in the

World 73

What Is LenovoEMC Personal Cloud ? 74

LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Key Terms 74

Is My Content Secure? 75

LenovoEMC Personal Cloud Setup Overview 76

Creating LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 77

Configuring Router Port Forwarding for Personal Cloud 78

Router Port Forwarding 78

Configuring Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 79

Enabling Internet Access to the ix2 79

Changing Personal Cloud Settings 79

Inviting People onto Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 80

Joining a Trusted Device to LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 81

Managing Trusted Devices on a Personal Cloud 82

Disconnecting Trusted Devices 82

Deleting Trusted Devices 82

Using Copy Jobs with a LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 83

Disabling or Deleting Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 84

Accessing Content Using Your LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 85

Informing Users What to Do with LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 86

Sharing Content Using Social Media 87

Sharing Content Using Social Media: Overview 88

Facebook 89

Flickr 90

YouTube 91

Share Content through LenovoEMC Personal Cloud 92

Media Management 93

Media Management Overview 94

Scanning for media content 94

Media Services Capabilities and Limitations 95

Sharing Media Content over the Internet 96

Enabling Internet Access from the Media Server Page 96

Media Aggregation 97

Enabling Media Aggregation 97

Social Media Sharing 98

Streaming Music, Movies, and Pictures 99

Example: Setting up iTunes 99

Example: Setting up Xbox 360 99

Photos 100

Photos Overview 100

Streaming Pictures 100

Creating a Slideshow on the Device Home Page 100

Automatically Resizing Your Photos 100

Getting Pictures from Your Camera 101

Music 102

Music Overview 102

Streaming Music 102

Torrents 103

Torrent Overview 103

Enabling Torrent Downloads 103

Deleting torrent jobs 103

Configuring Your Router for Torrent Downloads 103

Torrent Active Folders 104

Configuring a Torrent Active Folder 104

Videos 106

Video Capabilities Overview 106

Streaming Movies 106

Video Surveillance 106

Name 107

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Space 107

Model 107

Action 107

Adding Applications to Your ix2 Network Storage 111

Application Overview 112

Application Installation 113

Application Manager 114

Starting or stopping an application 114

Adding applications 114

Removing applications 114

Upgrading Your ix2 Network Storage 115

Software Updates 116

Auto-update process: installing a device software update 116

Manual update process: installing a device software update 116

Backing up and Recovering Your ix2 Network Storage Settings 119

Backing Up Your ix2 Network Storage Settings 120

Backing up Device Configuration 120

Restoring a Configuration Backup 120

Hardware Management 121

About the ix2 Network Storage Components 122

Front Panel 122

Rear Panel 123

Energy Saving 124

Power Down Drives 124

Brightness 124

Factory Reset 125

UPS Management 126

Troubleshooting Routers 127

Enabling the DMZ 127

Configuring Port Forwarding on Double NAT Networks 128

Bridging the Secondary Router 128

Bridging the Primary Router 128

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Additional Support 131

How to Get Help 132

Support 133

Legal 135

Safety Information 136

Open Source 137

Warranty Information 138

Limited Warranty Notice 138

Limited Warranty for Iomega Products 138

Regulatory Information 139

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 139

Canadian Verification 139

European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 140

Important WEEE Information 140

European Union RoHS 140

India RoHS 140

Lithium Battery – California Perchlorate Information 140

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable and Cord Notice 141

Recycling and environmental information 141

Export classification notice 141

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