Manual Ib Nas4220 B Eng

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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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Add one or more users to a single group .......................................................... 43

Remove one or more users from a single group................................................. 44
File server, share and printer management ...................................................... 45
File Server Settings ......................................................................................... 45
Windows Setting........................................................................................... 46
FTP Server Settings....................................................................................... 46
NFS Server Setting ....................................................................................... 46
Guest Access Setting..................................................................................... 47
Share Management.......................................................................................... 48
Creating a new share .................................................................................... 49
Deleting a share ........................................................................................... 49
Set up Windows, FTP access restrictions for a share........................................... 50
Set up NFS access rights................................................................................ 52
Printer Server ................................................................................................. 54
System settings ................................................................................................ 55
LAN Settings................................................................................................... 55
Time Setting ................................................................................................... 56
Restart or turn off the IB-NAS4220-B remotely .................................................... 56
System Information ......................................................................................... 57
Disk Usage ..................................................................................................... 57
Network Service ............................................................................................... 58
DHCP Server................................................................................................... 59
Automatic DHCP configuration ........................................................................ 59
Manual DHCP configuration ............................................................................ 60
Bonjour (including iTunes support)..................................................................... 61
BitTorrent protocol support ............................................................................... 62
Twonky Media ................................................................................................. 65
Install Twonky Media..................................................................................... 65
Enabling/disabling Twonky Media .................................................................... 65
Using Twonky Media...................................................................................... 66
Maintenance ..................................................................................................... 67
Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................................... 68
Save and restore configuration .......................................................................... 69
Save configuration ........................................................................................ 69
Restore Configuration.................................................................................... 70
Resetting to factory settings.............................................................................. 70
USB-Sticks and USB hard discs ......................................................................... 71
Supported file systems .................................................................................. 71
USB access via Network ................................................................................... 71
One Touch Backup........................................................................................... 71
Mapping shares and Printers ............................................................................ 72
Mapping Windows shares in Windows ................................................................. 72
Mapping the printer in Windows......................................................................... 75
Mapping Windows shares on Mac OS X ............................................................... 78
Mapping the Printer on Mac OS X ....................................................................... 79
Mounting Windows shares in Linux ..................................................................... 81
Mounting NFS shares in Linux............................................................................ 81
Benchmark Conditions RaidSonic IB-NAS1000, IB-NAS4220-B, IB-NAS2000
Firmware .......................................................................................................... 82
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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).
More than a NAS

But the IB-NAS4220-B is more. You can print via Network or if you want to access to
your music, pictures or video files by using your network at home the UPnP-AV protocol
offers a communication mechanism for your network media player to access all media
files on the IB-NAS4220.
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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.
Bonjour and iTunes Support
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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BitTorrent protocol Support
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:
RAID 0 (Stripe Set)
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.
Spann or NRAID or Linear mode
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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Take a look at the IB-NAS4220-B
Front
Power Switch
HDD access
Power
One Touch Backup
USB 2.0 Interface
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
Button for reboot
Button for factory reset,

press 5 sec.
Attention: All settings
will be lost!
For Kensington Lock Network interface
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.
6. Install the second hard drive by

placing it in the enclosure and
connecting the SATA plus power cables.
3. Install the first hard drive by placing it

in the enclosure and connecting the
SATA plus power cables.
7. Mount the drive with two screws on

each side.
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8. Slide the inner enclosure back into the 9. Fasten the four screws to finish the
outer chassis. assembly.
How to access the management interface

The NAS modus is controlled by a web based interface which could be accessed by using
a standard web browser. In a normal network environment this is simply done by
entering “http://IB-NAS4220-B” in the address line of the web browser. But whether that
works is determined by the configuration of the network environment.
The following Possibilities are given:
DHCP controlled Network with automatic DNS update

In a DHCP1 controlled Network the ICY BOX IB-NAS4220-B is assigned with an IP
Address2 by the DHCP server. In case the DHCP server updates this information
automatically to the DNS3 Server (see RFC 2136). The ICY BOX IB-NAS4220-B could be
accessed by simply entering “http://IB-NAS4220-B” in the address line of a standard web
browser. Continue with point “Using the management interface” for setting up the IB-
NAS4220-B on Page 18.
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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.
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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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DHCP controlled Network without automatic DNS update

In a DHCP1 controlled Network environment the IB-NAS4220-B gets its IP Address from
the DHCP server. If the DHCP server does not update that information to the DNS server
the necessary name resolution for entering “http://IB-NAS4220-B” will not work because
the DNS server has no information about the actual IP Address of the IB-NAS4220-B. To
find out the IP Address you can turn on the UPnP Support in Windows or use the
“SearchNAS.exe” Program on the CD to find out the IP Address.
Click on „Setup“
IB-NAS4220-B is found
The actual IP Address of

the IB-NAS4220-B is
displayed
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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Not configured Network / Direct Attachment

If the IB-NAS4220-B is attached to a not configured network where no DHCP server
provides the IP configuration (or the IB-NAS4220-B is directly attached to the computer)
and the computers are configured to use DHCP (which is default setting) the
IB-NAS4220-b will activate its own DHCP Server with the default IP Address 192.168.0.1
and will provide IP Addresses in a range from 192.168.1.2 till 192.168.1.50 with a net
mask4 of 255.255.255.0, which is part of the subnet5 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.254. In this
case the IB-NAS4220-B can be reached by typing “http://192.168.1.1” in the address
line of a standard web browser.
Network configured on fix IP-Addresses

In a network where no DHCP Server is present and all IP-Addresses are configured
manually and fixed for example between 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.254 with
255.255.255.0 as net mask, 192.168.1.1 as default gateway6 and 192.168.1.1 as
DNS server you have to define the IP Address of the IB-NAS4220-B also manually.
To configure the IP Address of the IB-NAS4220-B to for example 192.168.1.100 please

start the SearchNAS.exe on the CD and proceed as follows:
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“
4
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
The actual IP Address

configuration of the IB-
NAS4220-B is displayed
Click on “OK” to continue
Enter the password of the

IB-NAS4220-B. Default
password is “admin”
Click on “OK”
The current IP Settings

are displayed
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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Select your time zone
Set the date and time

manually or …
… select a time server

(requires an internet
connection)
Click on “Next”
Click on “Save”
Click on “OK”
Click on “Exit”
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After the procedure, the IB-NAS4220-B could be accessed by typing

“http://192.168.1.100” in the address line of the web browser. Continue with point
“Using the management interface” for setting up the IB-NAS4220-B on page 18.
Using the management interface

When entering the URL as mentioned in the points above in the address line of the web
browser, for example “http://192.168.1.100” the browser connects to the IB-NAS4220-B
and displays the management interface of the IB-NAS4220-B.
Logging in
This is password protected. The administrative user name is “admin” and the default
password is also “admin”.
Enter “admin” as
Username
Password (default
setting)
Click on “Login”
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Management interface structure

After successfully logged in the management surface is displayed. The management
surface is structured in the main menu tab, the sub menu column and the setting’s
space.
Main menu tab
Sub menu column
Setting’s space
In the main menu tab you can choose between the
Main menu tab section Description

Basic Short settings
Control Panel All settings referring to the administration
Personal Info Basic system information and set up
Logout Logging out
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.
Chosen items are highlighted in white color when selected.
Hard disk initialization

The first step in the setup of the IB-NAS4220-B should be the initialization of the hard
disk. This is necessary because the IB-NAS4220-B saves some settings in specialized
system partitions on the hard disk.
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.
Choosing the appropriate RAID level

As described in point “What is RAID?” on page 8 the IB-NAS4220 is able to organize its
discs in different RAID levels. These RAID level can provide more security, flexibility or
more disc space. In order to enable you to choose the best level for your purpose the
following table lists the pros and cons of each level:
RAID level Pros Cons

JBOD • Flexible • Inefficient use of disc
• Single disc possible space
• Encryption possible • Second disc is open to
everybody in the
network
RAID 0 (not recommended) • Disc space double of the • Less secure, because if
smaller disk one disc fails all data is
completely lost
RAID 1 • Very secure • Just the capacity of the
smaller disc used
SPAN • Disc space of both discs • Just single security
is added up.
• More secure then RAID
0, because data might
be reconstructed with
special tools if one disc
fails
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.
RAID level File systems Features

JBOD • EXT2 • Encryption
• EXT3
• FAT32
RAID 0 (not recommended) • EXT2
• EXT3
RAID 1 • EXT2
• EXT3
SPAN • EXT2
• EXT3
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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.
Choosing the appropriate file system

In opposite to many other SOHO NAS products at the IB-NAS4220-B you can choose the
file system the IB-NAS4220-B uses. The File systems have different pros and contras. Yo
have the ability to choose and adapt the IB-NAS4220-B best to your purposes. The data
partition of the IB-NAS4220-B could be set up using three different file systems:
File system Description

EXT2 Linux file system
EXT3 Linux journaling file system
FAT32 Windows file system
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.
OS file system accessibility without NAS (directly attached to PC)
File system Operating systems capable accessing without NAS

EXT2 • Linux
EXT3 • Linux
FAT32 • Windows (98,NT, ME, 2000, XP, 2003)
• OS X (Mac)
• Linux
File system features
File system Features
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File system Features

EXT2 • write protection
• archive bit
• user level access control
EXT3 • write protection
• archive bit
• user level access control
• quota8
FAT32 • write protection
• archive bit
• Unicode file names
File system limits
max. allowed max.

filename filename pathname max. file max. volume
File system length characters9 length size10 size10
EXT2 255 byte any byte no limit 2 TiB 32 TiB
except NUL defined
EXT3 255 byte any byte no limit 2 TiB 32 TiB
except NUL defined
FAT32 255 byte Unicode except no limit 4 GiB 2 TiB
NUL defined
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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
File system selector
Command button for

formatting the disk
Command button for

unmounting the disk
Command button for

refreshing the display
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!
Select a file system type,

for example “EXT3”
Click on “Format” button
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Click on “OK”
The Status changes to

“formatting”
When the formatting

process is completed, the
IB-NAS4220-B needs to
restart.
Please, do not
interrupt this process!
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After the restart it is

necessary to log in again
Username
Password (default
setting)
Select “Control Panel”
The sub menu column

has now several new
items, which are not
displayed as long as the
hard disk hasn’t been
initialized
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Select
Control Panel
Maintainance
Disk Utility
As you can see the

entries in the Table have
been changed
Also can be chosen after

which time of inactivity
the disk is set to an
energy saving mode.
To make this change
effective press “Save”
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.
Creating a RAID array
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.
Select RAID level, for

example RAID 1
Select File System, for

example EXT3
Click on “Create raid

system”
The RAID level is

initialised on the hard
disks
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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When the creation

process of the RAID
array has been finished,
the IB-NAS4220-B needs
to reboot.
Username
Password (default
setting)
Select
Control Panel
Maintenance
RAID Setting
The RAID array has been

created and the status of
the RAID array is
displayed
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Removing a RAID array
Attention: Removing a RAID array will erase all data on the hard disk.
To remove the RAID

array click on “Remove
raid system”
Please confirm the

security warning with
“OK”
After the removal of a RAID array, the IB-NAS4220-B will boot again as described above.
Hard disc failure in RAID 1
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.
Attention: If the IB-NAS4220-B declares a disc to be defect, please consider

this disc to be defect and replace it for sure. The error of the disc
might not be in the beginning of the disc, and if you use the defect disc
again, the IB-NAS4220-B might not recognize the error when rebuilding
the RAID array, but the error might still be there. This can lead to a
complete data loss!
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The defect HDD is

displayed with an
exclamation mark
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.
To replace a disc choose

“Power Off”
Please confirm the

security warning with
“OK”
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The System will shut

down now! Pleas wait
until the power LED of
the IB-NAS4220-B
turns off, before you
begin to replace disk.
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.
If you return now the

RAID Setting dialogue
you can see how the
RAID array is rebuilt.
This process might take
several ours, depending
on the disk size, because
the disk has to be copied
byte by byte completely.
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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Manually exchanging a hard disk in RAID 1
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:
To exchange one Disk

manually, first, choose
the disk to be
exchanged, and note
which
Now click on “Exchange

Disk”
Now confirm the security

warning by “OK”
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.
If you return now the

RAID Setting dialogue
you can see how the
RAID array is rebuilt.
This process might take
several ours, depending
on the disk size, because
the disk has to be copied
byte by byte completely.
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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.
Changing the admin password

To change the admin password please select:
Personal Info
Personal Information
Account
Enter new admin
password here and
retype it again in the line
below
The language of the

menus can be changed
here
Optional a description to
the admin account could
be entered
Clicking on “Refresh” will

reset the form
Clicking on “Save” will

change the settings
Managing users and groups

In order to be able to control the Network access on the NAS, the IB-NAS4220-B is able
to setup access restrictions user and group definitions. A user is a personal identifier
authenticated by a password. A user can be part of one or more groups. So access rights
can be defined for users or groups.
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User Management
The user management could be found selecting:
Control Panel
Users and Groups
User Management
List of existing users
Field for user name
Field for password
Field for a description
Checkmark inducing to
create a private folder
(share)
Control button to delete

user
Control button change to

group membership form
Control button resetting

the form
Control button for saving

changes
Checkmark inducing to
set a quota for the user
and a field defining it
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Create a new user
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 user name of the

new user
Enter password of the

new user and retype it in
the confirm field
Enter a description
Check here to create a

private Folder
Check here to set a

quota and enter the
value in the associated
field
Click on the “Save”

button to save changes
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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Change user settings
To Change a user setting open the “User Management” form:
Control Panel
Users and Groups
User Management
Then all detailed settings of the user are displayed and can be changed.
Select an existing user
The entry in the

“Password” field is
represented by
several . To change
the value enter here the
new password and
retype it in the
“(Confirm)” field
Make the desired

changes in the other
fields
Click the “Save” button

to save changes
Delete a user
To delete one or more users, select these users in the “Existing Users” List and click on
the “Delete User” button.
Select an existing user.

If you want to select
more than one hold the
<CTRL> key pressed
while selecting
Click the “Delete User”

button to delete the
selected users
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Assign a single user to one or more groups
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.
Click the “Groups” button

to change to the groups
adding form
The group membership form is opened.
Select the group the user

should be added to
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Select the group to be

added to. If you want to
select more than one
hold the <CTRL> key
pressed while selecting
Click on “<<Add” button
Click on “Save” button to

save changes
Remove a single user from one or more groups

In a similar way a user is removed from one or several groups
Click the “Groups” button

to change to the groups
adding form
The group membership form is opened.
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Select the group the user

should be removed from.
more than one hold
<CTRL> key pressed
while selecting
Click on the
“Remove>>” button to
remove the user from
selected groups
Click on “Save” button to

save changes
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Group Management
The group management could be found selecting:
Control Panel
Users and Groups
Group Management
List of existing groups
Field for group name
Control button to delete

group
Control button to change

to members form
Control button to reset

form
Control button to save

changes
Create a new group
To create a new group it is just necessary to enter the group name and click on the
“Save” button.
Enter the group name

here

button to create the
group
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The group is created and

added to the “Existing
Groups” list
Delete a group
To delete one or more groups, mark them in the “Existing Groups” list and click on the
“Delete Group” button.
Select the group to be

deleted. If you want to
hold <CTRL> key
Click on the “Delete

Group” button to execute
the deletion
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Add one or more users to a single group
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.
Select the group you

want the user to be
assigned to
Click on the “Members”

button to change to the
“Group Management”
form
Select the users you

want to add to the
group. If you want to
hold the <CTRL> key
Click on the “<<Add”

Button to add the
selected users to the
group
Click on “Save” to save

changes
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Remove one or more users from a single group
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.
Select the user the to be

removed from the group.
more than one hold
<CTRL> key pressed
while selecting
Click on the
“Remove>>” button
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File server, share and printer management

In this section it explains, how the disk space is provided to the network how a printer is
attached to the IB-NAS4220-B, and how this is controlled. The Web interface divides this
management into three logical parts. Global server settings, share orientated settings
and printer server settings.
File Server Settings

What is a file server? – A file server offers disk space to a network. The term server used
to name a service offered to the network. As described in point “What is NAS?” (Page 4)
the IB-NAS4220-B uses 3 different services to provide hard disk space to the network:
Samba (Windows), FTP and NFS. The basic settings regarding these 3 services are done
in the “File Server” item of the “File” submenu.
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
Samba basic settings
FTP basic settings
NFS basic settings
Guest account settings
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.
Windows offers possibility to structure network participants in so called “Workgroups”.

Via this identifier – which is just a name – it gives the opportunity to assort logical units
of network participants to give a better overview. This could be set up in the referring
field on the form. Also you can enter a description term which will be displayed when
browsing11 the windows network. If the windows network has a WINS12 server for
providing a network directory, the IP Address could be specified here.
FTP Server Settings
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.
NFS Server Setting
Here the NFS Server can be enabled or disabled.
11
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.
13
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.
14
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.
15
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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Guest Access Setting
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.
To save changes been made please click on the “Save” button.
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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.
The share management could be found selecting:
Control Panel
File and Print
Share Management
List of existing shares
Field for share name
Internal path to the

share folder is displayed
here
Field to enter an optional

description
Button to delete a share
Button resets form
Button saves changes
Button to change to NFS

access defining form
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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Creating a new share
To create a new share please enter a share name and click on the “Save” button.
Enter the new share’s

name
Enter a comment

How to set up your computer to access a share on the IB-NAS4220-B is described in

point “Mapping shares and Printers” on page 72.
Deleting a share
To delete a share select the share in the “Existing Shares” list and click on the “Delete
Share” button.
Select the share to be

deleted
Click on the “Delete”

button
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Set up Windows, FTP access restrictions for a share
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.

managed
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”.
User/group right Description

Read Only The user is only allowed to read or copy a file or directory
on the share
Writable The user is allowed to read, write or delete a file or
directory on the share and also to create new files or
directories
To allow access for everybody, check the “Allow for all” check button and click on the
“Save” button to save this change.
Check the “Allow for all”

button to grant access to
everyone

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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.
Select user or group you

want to grant all rights
Click on “<<Writable”
button

Select the user or group

you want to grant read
only rights to
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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Select the user or group

you want to revoke
rights from
Click on the
“Remove>>” button


Set up NFS access rights
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.

managed
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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Select the „Allow for all“

check button to grant
NFS access to any host

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 single

IP Address, select this
radio button
Enter the IP Address
Click on “Add” to add the

IP Address to the allowed

To give access to a
complete subnet
Address, select this radio
button
Enter the subnet

definition here
(<net>/<mask>)

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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.
Select the IP Address or

Subnet to be revoked
Click on the “Remove”

button


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 enable the printer

server function check
marc here
The network name and

the description name of
the printer is displayed
here
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
Change the network

name here
To change the network

settings you can select
and change here all the
values witch have been
already described in
point “Network
configured on fix IP-
Addresses” (page 15)
To save changes click on

the “Save” button
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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
To change the time

settings you can select
and change here all the
values witch have been
already described in
point “Network
configured on fix IP-
Addresses” (page 15)
To save changes click on

the “Save” button
Restart or turn off the IB-NAS4220-B remotely

In some cases it might be necessary to restart or even turn off the IB-NAS4220-B. This
could be done via the web interface. To access the referring form, please select:
Control Panel
System
Turn off Server
To restart or turn off the

IB-NAS4220-B, please
click on the referring
button
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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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If “User” is selected here

a detailed list referring
the user’s disk usage is
displayed
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:
Network Service Description

DHCP A DHCP server allows configuring all network devices in a
subnet automatically and centralized.
Bonjour Bonjour is a protocol, which broadcasts a list of services
to other network devices. These devices can than
recognize automatically the services offered by the IB-
NAS4220-B. Mac computers use this protocol mainly.
iTunes support This service offers all music and video content stored in
the directory “music” of the “public” share to all iTunes
programs in the local network.
BitTorrent protocol support BitTorrent is a protocol, which allows sharing files via the
internet. It is used for example to share open source
project files. Please mind copyrights when sharing
files! Sharing of copyright protected data without
permission is illegal. It might lead to severe punishment!
Twonky Media A UPnP-AV17 server, which allows to broadcast music,
picture and video content to network media players in the
local network. Twonky Media is integrated as 30 days trial
version and can upgraded to a full version by simply
purchasing a license from Twonky Vision.
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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.
Automatic DHCP configuration
When the IB-NAS4220-B is configured to automatically obtain an IP-Address by DHCP

and it can’t find a DHCP server when starting up, the IB-NAS4220-B assigns itself the
IP-Address 192.168.1.1 with a subnet18 mask19 255.255.255.0. It also activates
automatically its DHCP Server, distributing IP-Addresses from 192.168.1.2 to
192.168.1.50 with a Maximum Lease Time of 1 day. This behavior ensures an easy auto
configuration of the IB-NAS4220-B in a Network with no auto configuration
infrastructure.
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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.
19
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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Manual DHCP configuration
To access the manual setup of the DHCP server select:
Control Panel
Network Service
DHCP Server
By en-/disabling this
checkmark the DHCP
server can be activated
or deactivated
Here the DHCP server

settings can be changed
Clicking on “DHCP lease

list” changes to a list of
already distributed IP-
Addresses
Clicking on “Static IP”

changes to a dialogue
defining fix IP-Addresses
Click on “Save” to make
per MAC address
changes effective
The following settings could be done:
DHCP Setting Description

Subnet Mask If the subnet mask should be different to the one of the
one assigned to the IB-NAS4220-B in point “Network
configured on fix IP-Addresses” on page 15 or in point
“LAN Setting” on page 55.
Default Gateway20 IP-Address of the default gateway. The default gateway in
a home network is mostly the IP-Address of the internet
access router.
Primary DNS21 IP-Address of the DNS server. The DNS server in a home
network is mostly the IP-Address of the internet access
router.
Secondary DNS An alternative DNS server.
Other DNS Another alternative DNS server.
DHCP IP Address Start Start of the range of IP-Addresses which form the pool
out of that the DHCP server distributes the IP-Addresses
to the asking clients.
20
In a TCP/IP based Network a computer can send directly data 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 and 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.
21
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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DHCP Setting Description

DHCP IP Address End End of the IP-Address range.
Maximum Lease Time Maximum period of time in which the distributed
IP-Address is valid. Clients normally try to update the IP-
Address at half of this time. The longer this period is the
more likely it is that the DHCP server runs short with
addresses.
Bonjour (including iTunes support)

Bonjour is a protocol to distribute service information among network devices. This
protocol is mainly used by Mac computers. Enabling the support of this protocol simplifies
the use together with Mac computers. If Bonjour is enabled, the iTunes support could be
enabled too. The iTunes support distributes the content of the “music” directory in the
“public” share to all iTunes programs in the local network. So if iTunes is enabled, the
content of the “music” directory in the “public” share can be played directly using iTunes
on any computer in the network.
To activate these services select:
Control Panel
Network Service
Bonjour
To enable Bonjour check

mark here
To enable iTunes support

check mark here
To make changes
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BitTorrent protocol support

The BitTorrent22 protocol is used to share files over the Internet. A lot of scientific and
open source projects are using this service to distribute files in the internet.
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
To download certain data you need to upload its referring torrent file.
Attention: The technique of BitTorrent automatically causes an upload of the files

you are downloading again. So please mind any copyrights of data you
are downloading. Distribution of copyright protected data without
permission is illegal and might lead to severe punishment. Also
RaidSonic forbids you to use its Firmware to do so, by its license
herewith.
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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
Select the torrent file
Click on “Open”
Click on “Add” to add the

torrent for download
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Click on “Start” to start

the download
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:
BitTorrent table column Description

ID ID Number of torrent download
Name Name of Torrent to download
Size Size of Torrent download
Percentage Percentage of what is already downloaded
Download Download speed
Upload Upload speed
Client Number of clients connected with
Status Status of download
Start Start Download
Stop Stop Download
Delete Delete Download
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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.
Install Twonky Media
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.

Enabling/disabling Twonky Media
To enable the Twonky Media server select:
Control Panel
Network Service
Twonky Media
To enable the Twonky

Media server click on
“Enable” and …
… click on “save” to
make the change
effective
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To change to the Twonky

Media user interface click
on “Link to Twonky
Server”
The Twonky Media User

Interface will be
displayed in another
browser window.
Using Twonky Media
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
Or click on the referring symbols of Twonky Medias user interface:
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To purchase a license
click here.
To visit Twonky Visions

homepage for details on
the usage of the Twonky
Media server click here
Symbol Description
Information on Server Status
Link to Twonky Vision homepage for details on Twonky

Media
Link to licensing of Twonky Media
Browser based media player
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 “Browse…”

button to open a file
selecting dialogue to
select the firmware
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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After the restart, it is

necessary to log in again
Save and restore configuration

The IB-NAS4220-B offers an opportunity to save all settings been made to disk and
restore them if necessary.
Save configuration
You will find the form for saving the configuration by selecting:
Control Panel
Maintenance
Save Configuration
To save all configuration,

please click on the
“Save” button. A
dialogue is opened where
you can select the path
where the configuration
file should be stored at
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.
Click on the “Restore”

button to start the
restore process.
Resetting to factory settings

To reset the IB-NAS4220-B to all default settings and factory presets you can find the
referring form by selecting:
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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USB-Sticks and USB hard discs

The IB-NAS4220-B can be extended with external USB mass storage devices, such as
USB-Sticks or USB hard discs. The IB-NAS4220-B so far supports up to 2 external
storage devices, since it has 2 USB 2.0 interfaces. If one of these interfaces is already
used for a USB Printer the IB-NAS4220-B supports only one USB mass storage device.
Supported file systems
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.
USB access via Network

If any USB mass storage device with a compatible file system is attached to any USB
interface of the IB-NAS4220-B it will automatically be recognized and a share containing
the fist partition of the external USB mass storage device will be created and presented
to the network without any password restriction. The name of the share is
“usb<number>”, where <number> is a number counted up from 1 in the chronological
order of attachment. So the USB mass storage device, which is attached first will become
the share “usb1” and the second “usb2”.

One Touch Backup

The first partition of the mass storage device attached to the front USB interface can be
backed up to the internal disk of the IB-NAS4220-B at pressing only one button. To do
so, just follow these steps:
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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Mapping shares and Printers
Mapping Windows shares in Windows

To access the IB-NAS4220-B shares in windows proceed as described below:
Right click on “My

Computer”
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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Enter the user name

defined while creating a
new user here
Enter the referring

password defined while
creating a new user here
Click on “OK”
All shares offered by the

IB-NAS4220-B are now
listed here
To map this share now

permanently to the local
computer, right click on
it
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Click on
“Map Network Drive…”
Select the letter you

want to map the share to
Click on “Finish” to
complete the mapping
From now on you can

find and access the share
here via the Letter
assigned to
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Mapping the printer in Windows

To map the printer in Windows go Click on “Start” and select “Printers and Faxes”.
Select “Add a printer”
Click on “Next >”
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Select “A network
printer, or a printer
attached to another
computer”
Click on “Next”
Select “Connect to this

printer…”
Enter
“\\ib-nas4220-b\lp”,
where ib-nas4220-b is
the name of the NAS
Select “Next >”
Click on “Yes”
Click on “OK”
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Select a printer from the

dialogue or …
… select “Have Disk…” to

select a driver from a
disc
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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Mapping Windows shares on Mac OS X

To map Windows shares on Mac OS X proceed as described below:
Open the Finder
Select “Network”
The IB-NAS4220-B is
displayed with its name
Double click on
“ICYBOX”, where ICYBOX
it the name of theIB-
NAS4220-B
Select the share you

want to map
Click “OK” to complete

the mapping
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The share is now

accessible on the desk
top
Mapping the Printer on Mac OS X

Open the “Printer Setup Utility” by selecting the Menu “Go” and than “Utilities”:
Open „Printer Setup

Utility“
Click on “Add”
Click on “OK”
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Select
“Windows Printing”
Select the workgroup

name of the
IB-NAS4220-B, default:
“WORKGROUP”
Select “IB-NAS4220-B”
where IB-NAS4220-B is
the name of your
IB-NAS4220-B
Select the printer model
Click on “Choose”
Enter user name and

password of a user
defined for the
IB-NAS4220-B
Click on “OK”
The printer connected

with the IB-NAS4220-B
is now added to the
printers of the Mac
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Mounting Windows shares in Linux

To mount the Windows shares in Linux open a shell and type (<IP Address>= IP Address
of the IB-NAS4220-B, <share>=Windows share of the IB-NAS4220-B,
<user>=username, <pass>= password, <mountpoint>= path of the mount directory):
mount –t smbfs //<IP Address>/<share> <mountpoint> –o

username=<user>,password=<pass>
or equivalent is:
smbmount //<IP Address>/<share> <mountpoint> –o

username=<user>,password=<pass>
Mounting NFS shares in Linux

To view the possible NFS shares in Linux open a shell and type (<IP Address>= IP
Address of the IB-NAS4220-B):
showmount –e <IP Address>
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):
mount –t nfs <IP Address>:<share> <mountpoint>
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Benchmark Conditions RaidSonic IB-NAS1000, IB-

NAS4220-B, IB-NAS2000 Firmware
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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More than a NAS

Bonjour and iTunes Support

BitTorrent protocol Support

RAID 0 (Stripe Set)

Spann or NRAID or Linear mode

Take a look at the IB-NAS4220-B

One Touch Backup

USB 2.0 Interface

Button for reboot

Button for factory reset,

6. Install the second hard drive by

3. Install the first hard drive by placing it

7. Mount the drive with two screws on

How to access the management interface

The following Possibilities are given:

DHCP controlled Network with automatic DNS update

DHCP controlled Network without automatic DNS update

The actual IP Address of

Not configured Network / Direct Attachment

Network configured on fix IP-Addresses

To configure the IP Address of the IB-NAS4220-B to for example 192.168.1.100 please

The actual IP Address

Click on “OK” to continue

Enter the password of the

The current IP Settings

Select your time zone

Set the date and time

… select a time server

After the procedure, the IB-NAS4220-B could be accessed by typing

Using the management interface

Management interface structure

Main menu tab

Sub menu column

In the main menu tab you can choose between the

Main menu tab section Description

Chosen items are highlighted in white color when selected.

Hard disk initialization

Choosing the appropriate RAID level

RAID level Pros Cons

RAID level File systems Features

Choosing the appropriate file system

File system Description

OS file system accessibility without NAS (directly attached to PC)

File system Operating systems capable accessing without NAS

File system features

File system Features

File system Features

File system limits

max. allowed max.

File system selector

Command button for

Command button for

Command button for

Select a file system type,

Click on “Format” button

The Status changes to

When the formatting

After the restart it is

Select “Control Panel”

The sub menu column