Learning FreeNAS Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: All About NAS and FreeNAS
Chapter 2: Preparing to Add FreeNAS to Your Network
Chapter 3: Exploring FreeNAS
Chapter 4: Connecting to the FreeNAS
Chapter 5: User and System Administration
Chapter 6: Configuring Storage
Chapter 7: Backup Strategies
Chapter 8: Advanced System Configuration
Chapter 9: General Troubleshooting
Chapter 10: FreeBSD and Command Line Tools
Index

• • Network Attached Storage
  • What is FreeNAS?
  • Features
  • What Does FreeNAS Do for Me and My Business?
    • How FreeNAS Meet These Needs
    • Practical Uses for the FreeNAS Server
    • Consolidation
  • Summary

• • Planning Your NAS
    • Capacity Planning
    • Choosing Your Hardware
      • CPU
      • Disks
  • Planning for Backup
  • What is RAID? And, Do I Need It?
    • Hardware or Software RAID
  • Network Considerations
    • Switch or Hub?
    • What About Wireless?
  • Summary

• • Downloading FreeNAS
  • What Hardware Do I Need?
    • Warning
  • Quick Start Guide For the Impatient
    • Burning and Booting
    • Configuring
    • Sharing with Windows Machines
    • Testing the Share
  • Detailed Overview of Installation
    • Making the FreeNAS CD
    • Booting from CD
      • Phoenix BIOS
      • Phoenix-Award BIOS
      • AMI BIOS
    • First Look at FreeNAS
    • Configuring the Network
      • What is a LAN IP Address?
  • Basic Configuration
    • FreeNAS Web Interface
      • System
      • Interfaces
      • Disks
      • Services
      • Access
      • Status
      • Diagnostics
      • Advanced
    • Adding a Disk
    • Accessing the Disk via CIFS
      • Testing the Share
    • Accessing via FTP
      • Testing FTP Access
  • Installing to Hard Disk
    • Embedded versus Full
  • Upgrading FreeNAS from a Previous Version
  • Summary

• • Introduction
  • Connecting via CIFS
    • Configure CIFS on the FreeNAS Server
      • CIFS Settings Explained
      • CIFS Advanced Settings
      • Options when Adding Shares
    • What does It Mean to Map a Network Drive?
    • Connecting with CIFS via Windows Millennium
    • Using CIFS with Windows XP
    • FreeNAS, CIFS, and Windows Vista
    • Accessing the FreeNAS via CIFS from Linux
    • A CIFS Connection from OS X
  • FTP
    • Using the Command Line FTP Client
    • Using a Web Browser for FTP
  • NFS
    • Using NFS from OS X
    • Mount FreeNAS via NFS on Linux
  • RSYNCD, Unison, AFP, and UPnP
    • Using RSYNC for Backups
    • Using Unison for Backups and Synchronization
    • Connecting to FreeNAS via AFP
    • Streaming Media with UPnP
  • iSCSI Target
    • Testing the iSCSI Target with Another FreeNAS Server
    • Testing the iSCSI Target with Windows Vista
  • Accessing Your Files Using HTTP and the Built-In Web Server
  • Summary

• • Introduction
  • Local User Management
    • Using CIFS with Local Users
    • FTP and User Login
    • Authenticating AFP Users
    • Connect to the FreeNAS Server via SSH
    • Services that Don't Use Local User Accounts
  • Using FreeNAS with the Microsoft Active Directory
  • System Admin
    • How to Change the Web GUI User Name and Password
    • Rebooting and Shutting Down
    • How to Set the Hostname of the Server
    • Configuring the Web Interface to use HTTPS
    • Changing the Web Interface Port
    • How to Set a DNS Server
    • How to Set the Language for the Web Interface
    • Date and Time Configuration
    • How to Disable Console Menu
    • How to Stop the Startup and Shutdown Beeps
    • Adding Predefined Network Hosts
    • Reset the Server to the Factory Defaults
    • Simple Network Administration
    • Disabling Bonjour/ZeroConf
    • Getting Status Information About the Server
    • Sending Status Report by Email
  • Summary

• • Introduction
  • How FreeNAS Handles Data Disks
    • UNIX Device Names
    • Adding the Disk
    • Formatting a Newly Added Disk
    • Mounting Your Newly Formatted Disks
    • Making the New Disk Available on the Network
  • Configuring Software RAID on FreeNAS
    • RAID All Starts with Adding the Disks
    • Configuring RAID 1
    • Configuring RAID 5
    • Configuring JBOD or RAID 0
    • Nested RAID Configurations
    • Configuring RAID 1+0
    • Configuring RAID 0+1
    • Configuring RAID 5+0
    • Configuring RAID 5+1
    • RAID 10+0 and Beyond
  • iSCSI Initiator
  • Summary

• • Backup Your FreeNAS Using Windows XP's Built-In Backup Utility
    • Setting Scheduled Backups with XP's Built-In Backup Utility
  • Restoring a FreeNAS Backup Made with XP's Built-In Backup Utility
  • Backing Up the FreeNAS Configuration Files
    • Backup Configuration
      • What is XML?
    • Restore Configuration
  • Using Another FreeNAS Server as a Backup Server
    • Debugging Your RSYNC Setup
  • RSYNC Internal Backup
    • Debugging Your Internal RSYNC Setup
  • Mirroring vs Conventional Backups
  • Summary

• • Disk Encryption
    • Encrypting a Disk in FreeNAS
    • Entering the Password When You Reboot
    • Encryption Tools
      • How to Unlock an Encrypted Disk—Attach and Detach
      • How to Change the Password on an Encrypted Disk—setkey
      • Checking the Status of an Encrypted Disk—list and status
  • Advanced Hard Drive Parameters (S.M.A.R.T)
    • Enabling and using S.M.A.R.T of the FreeNAS
  • File System Consistency Check—FSCK
  • Advanced OS Tweaking
  • Tweaking the Network Settings
    • MTU, Device Polling, Speed, and Duplex
    • Adding a Static Route
  • Using Wireless
  • Adding a Swap File
  • Enabling Secure Shell Connections (SSH)
    • Allow Root Login
    • Types of SSH Authentication
  • Summary

• • Where to Look for Log Information
    • Diagnostics: Logs
    • Understanding Diagnostics—Logs: System
      • Converting between Device Names and the Real World
  • Networking Problems
    • General Connection Problems
    • Using Ping
    • Using Ping from within the Web Interfaces
    • Using ARP Tables to Solve Network Problems
    • Gigabit Transfers are Slow
  • Problems Connecting to Shares (via CIFS)
    • Windows Vista Asks for My Username and Password for Anonymous Shares
    • There are Two FreeNAS Servers on the Network, but Windows Can only See One
    • Turning On Logging to Help Solve Windows Networking Problems
  • Diagnostics: Information
  • Replacing a Failed Hard Drive in a RAID Set
    • Rebuilding a RAID 1 Array After Disk Failure
    • Rebuilding a RAID 5 Array After Disk Failure
  • Where to Go for More Help
  • Summary

• • Introduction to FreeBSD
    • Your First FreeBSD Commands
      • Print the Working Directory with pwd
      • Directory Listings (ls)
      • Change Directory with cd
      • Copy a File and Change Its Permissions (cp and chmod)
    • Connecting to FreeBSD Using Putty
    • Monitoring your FreeNAS Server from the Command Line
      • See Which Disks are Mounted with mount
      • Check Disk Space Usage with df
      • Discover the Size of Directories Using du
      • Process Monitoring Using ps and top
  • Advanced FreeBSD Commands for FreeNAS
    • Starting and Stopping Services
      • Getting Drastic with kill and killall
    • RAID Command Line Tools
      • Warning
      • List and Status Commands
      • JBOD and gconcat
      • RAID 0 and gstripe
      • RAID 1 and gmirror
      • RAID 5 and graid5
  • Where the FreeNAS Stores Things
  • Miscellaneous & Sundries
    • Using ping and arp from the Command Line
    • Creating Directories and Deleting Things
    • Editing Files Using nano
    • Shutting Down Using the Command Line
  • Summary

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