The Status Screen

Use the login screen’s Administrator Login button or click Administration in the Playzone Home screen (Section 4.5 on page 57) to open the Web Configurator. You can also view the status screen, by clicking Status on the top-left of the navigation panel.

The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 16 Status

LABEL DESCRIPTION

Status Click this to refresh the status screen statistics. System Information

Server Name This displays the name which helps you find the NSA on the network. Click the

Edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this.

Model Name This displays which model this NSA device is.

Firmware Version This is the NSA firmware version. Click the Edit icon to go to the Maintenance >

FW Upgrade screen from which you can upload/upgrade new firmware.

MAC Address This displays the NSA’s unique physical hardware address (MAC). You need the MAC address to register the product at myZyXEL.com. Customer support may also request it for troubleshooting purposes.

Media Server Status This shows whether the media server function is enabled or disabled. It must be enabled for media clients to play content files stored on the NSA. Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this.

FTP Server Status This shows whether the FTP server function is enabled or disabled. It must be enabled to use FTP file transfer to/from the NSA. Click the edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this.

Web Publishing Status This shows whether the Web server function is enabled or disabled. It must be enabled to use HTTP to access shares on the NSA. Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this.

UPS This shows the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) capacity. Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can configure this.

CPU Usage This displays a summary of CPU usage by all current processes.

Click the Show CPU Info icon to display the ten processes currently using the most CPU capacity.

Click the Refresh icon to update this display. It also automatically updates itself every 10 seconds.

Note: If too many users are using the NSA then the NSA may appear sluggish.

CPU Temperature This displays the current temperature near the NSA’s CPU. The NSA generates an emergency log if the temperature goes out of the normal operating range. If the temperature goes even higher, the NSA shuts down automatically to avoid damage from overheating. If the NSA overheats, make sure the fans are working and it is in a well ventilated place.

Click the Refresh icon to update this display. It also automatically updates itself every 60 seconds.

Fan Speed This is the RPM (Rotations Per Minute) of the NSA’s fans.

Click the Refresh icon to update this display. It also automatically updates itself every 60 seconds.

Memory Usage This shows how much of the NSA's total memory is being used.

Click the Refresh icon to update this display. It also automatically updates itself every 10 seconds.

Volume Status A volume is a storage area on a single disk or spread across a number of disks within a single file system.

Internal Volume (or SATA Volume)

This displays the volumes created on the hard drives installed in the NSA. Click the Edit icon to open the Storage screen. You can create and edit the NSA’s internal volume. See Chapter 8 on page 161 for more details.

External Volume (or USB

Volume) This displays the volumes created on USB hard drives connected to the NSA. USB disks are numbered in the order that you insert USB devices. Click the Edit icon to open the Storage screen. You can create and edit the external volume. See Chapter 8 on page 161 for more details.

Status This icon indicates whether the volume is healthy, degraded, or down. Name This field shows the name for the volume.

Configuration This field (also known as Type) shows what type of data storage system (a RAID type or JBOD) an internal volume is using.

File System This field shows what file system an external (USB) volume is using.

Disk(s) For internal drives, this shows which hard drive bays are included in the volume. For external drives, this field shows front USB for the front USB port and rear

USB1 and rear USB2 for the rear USB ports.

Disk Usage This field shows total disk size, the percentage of the disk being used and the percentage that is available.

Active Sessions This shows how many users are currently connected to the NSA. Type This shows whether it’s a Windows/CIFS, web (web configurator), or FTP

connection to the NSA.

Share Name This displays the shared folder name on the NSA that the user is connected to for CIFS sessions and is blank for FTP and web sessions.

Username This displays the name of the user connected to the NSA if one is defined.

ANONYMOUS FTP displays if a username is not defined for the user’s connection.

Connected At This displays the date and time the user last connected to the NSA in year, month, day, hour, minute, second format.

IP Address This displays the IP address of the computerconnected to the NSA. Table 16 Status (continued)

CH A P T E R 7

System Setting

7.1 Overview

This chapter gives an overview of the various features included in the system setting screens. Upgrade the NSA firmware. Use package management to add more useful applications in your NSA. Identify your NSA on the network and set the time that the NSA follows for its scheduled tasks/logs.