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Technical Overview

for the Cobalt NASRaQ

NASRaQ Hardware “Files best served reliably”

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Hardware Specifications

• 10/100 Ethernet • External Ultra Narrow SCSI • 45W max power • LED status lights; front and back • 1 RU form factor enables up to 40 units in a standard rack • Various RAM sizes (upgradeable) • Various hard drive configurations • Serial Console Interface

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LCD Panel

• Set IP number* (ifconfig) • Set subnet mask (ifconfig) • Set gateway (ifconfig) • Can restart or shutdown system (shutdown) • Note: Panel has “root”-level access • Small pinhole resets admin password *DHCP server can assign IP number

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Software Specifications “LINUX…Cobalt’s Way”

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Software Specifications

• Cobalt LINUX ported from Red Hat LINUX to MIPS platform • Kernel 2.0.34 (with Cobalt enhancements) • Samba for Windows Files Sharing • Netatalk for AppleShare IP

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NASRaQ Initial Setup The Welcome Screen and Setup Wizard

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“Welcome” From ANY html browser access the RaQ 2 using the IP number (Windows, MacOS, LINUX, etc.)

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Web Setup – Page 1/6 Setup hostname Setup other network settings Click NEXT button

Web Setup – Page 2/6 Input password for administrator twice By inputting an email address, the system can notify the admin of system status

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Web Setup – Page 3/6

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Decide on what services to use

Web Setup – Page 4/6 Set the time and input an NTP server if desired

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Web Setup – Page 5/6

store

Decide if the NASRaQ will use login accounts locally or from a Windows NT Server Primary Domain Controller (PDC) WARNING!

Your choice of user authentication mode cannot be

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Web Setup – Page 6/6 Decide whether to stripe or mirror the hard drives - Striping allows faster access and larger, single volume storage space - Mirroring allows for better data security replicating drive contents between the two drives This dialogue confirms your choice

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Click here to enter administrative mode or use the URL as represented here

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NASRaQ Administration “Reducing work…”

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The Role of the “admin” User

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Control Panel: Services The Control Panel | Services allows services control and configurations

Control Panel: RAID

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RAID settings cannot be modified…to change the RAID setting, the NASRaQ requires rebuilding

Control Panel: Access Rights

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Default setting has telnet access off

Add Users To add a user, click on Add User Here, a couple of users have already been added Screen changes to add users

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Add Groups Same for adding groups Click on Add Group Only lowercase alphabetic, digits, (.), (-) and (_) are allowed in group names.

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Add Shares A self-explanatory way to add shares Shares create folders for users to utilize either through Network Neighborhood or Chooser

Maintenance: Backup To backup, select Enable, choose who to backup, and click Save Changes NASRaQ creates a share called Backup and includes a file named etc.tar. Once mounted, a backup server, like Legato Networker, will backup the folder and its contents

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Maintenance: Restore

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System Status: Disk

System Status: RAID

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RAID system status

Active Monitor Active Monitor quickly gives notice of pending problems

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The Role of the User

User Self Administration Users can change their own passwords and email addresses without contacting the admin users

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