FreeNAS Mini and FreeNAS Mini XL Storage Device Quick Start Guide

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1 FreeNAS Mini and FreeNAS Mini XL Storage Device Quick Start Guide October 2016 Edition For more information about the FreeNAS Mini product line and a digital download of this guide, visit

2 Quick Start Guide Table of Contents, Welcome... 1 Parts List... 2 Setting up the FreeNAS Mini Storage Device Installing Hard Drives Plugging in the FreeNAS Mini Storage Device FreeNAS Mini Front Panel Layout... 4 Connecting to the FreeNAS Mini... 5 FreeNAS Software Setup First-time Log In Initial Configuration Wizard Volume Configuration Directory Services Shares and Permissions Miscellaneous Settings Completing the Configuration Connecting to the Share IPMI Information Additional Resources Welcome to the FreeNAS Mini and Mini XL Storage Device Quick Start Guide. This guide demonstrates the initial setup and configuration of the FreeNAS Mini Storage Device with a web browser. Directions are included to additional resources for custom configuration and for learning more about the features provided by the FreeNAS operating system. Follow this guide and your FreeNAS Mini will be up and running quickly! 1

3 PARTS LIST FreeNAS Mini or Mini XL Drive trays with dummy drives or hard drives Drive screws Power cable Ethernet cable Case keys Quick Start Guide When ordered with drives, they are already installed in the trays. Four (Mini) or eight (Mini XL) populated drive trays. When ordered without drives, the drive trays are already installed in the drive bays. Four (Mini) or eight (Mini XL) drive trays filled with dummy drives, each secured by two screws. SETTING UP THE FREENAS MINI STORAGE DEVICE Setting up the FreeNAS Mini requires a few additional things: A switch or router connected to the other computers in the network. A Phillips screwdriver (if installing your own hard drives). A computer running a modern web browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer 10 or later, connected to the same switch or router as the FreeNAS Mini or Mini XL. If the FreeNAS web interface does not work properly, please use the latest version of Mozilla Firefox from getfirefox.com. 2

4 INSTALLING HARD DRIVES If drives were ordered with the FreeNAS Mini, they have been shipped mounted in trays. Diskless systems come with a dummy drive mounted in each tray with two screws. Remove the screws and dummy drives. User four screws per tray to mount your own storage drives. Additional screws are supplied in the included accessory kit. Insert each tray into a drive bay until it stops, then swing the latch closed until it locks. PLUGGING IN THE FREENAS MINI STORAGE DEVICE. Connect the Ethernet cable to the router or switch and to the bottom Gigabit LAN Port (#4 below).. Plug the power cable into the FreeNAS Mini and an outlet Serial Port 2 IPMI Lan Port 3 UID Switch 4 Gigabit LAN Ports 5 USB 2.0 Port 6 VGA Port Port LED Indicators Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED Blinking Data Activity Off 100Mbps connection On 100Mbps connection Green 1Gbps connection 3

5 FREENAS MINI FRONT PANEL LAYOUT x Hot Swap, Tool-Less Drive Bays 2 Drive Inserted (Blue) 3 Drive Activity (Green) 4 Unit Identify 5 Network Link/Activity 6 HDD Access Indicator 7 Power Indicator 8 Power Button 9 2 x USB Reset Button FREENAS MINI XL FRONT PANEL LAYOUT x Tool-Less Drive Bays 2 Drive Inserted (Blue) 3 Drive Activity (Green) 4 Unit Identify 5 Network Link/Activity 6 HDD Access Indicator 7 Power Button 8 Reset Button 9 Power Indicator 10 2 x USB

6 CONNECTING TO THE FREENAS MINI The FreeNAS Mini is compatible with the Multicast DNS service, also known as Bonjour or MDNS, and will be visible to other machines that support mdns. The FreeNAS adminstrative interface can be accessed by typing freenas.local in the address bar of a browser on a computer connected to the same network. TIP: When more than one FreeNAS device is connected to the network, mdns can experience name conflicts. To avoid these problems, give each FreeNAS device a unique hostname like freenas1.local and freenas2.local. After completing the initial configuration wizard, the hostname can be edited by changing Network Global Configuration Hostname. FREENAS SOFTWARE SETUP 1. First-time Log In With the FreeNAS Mini connected and powered on, wait one minute for it to boot, then log in to the graphical user interface with: Username: root Password: abcd1234 Figure 1: Log in to the FreeNAS Mini Web Interface. Warning: It is important to immediately change the administrative password to prevent unauthorized access. Click the Account icon on the top left of the web interface, then click the Users tab in the main panel. Click the root entry, then click the Modify User button on the bottom left. Enter the new password in the Password and Password confirmation fields, then click OK to apply it. 5

7 2. Initial Configuration Wizard After logging in, a wizard provides guidance for configuring the FreeNAS Mini Storage Device. If the wizard does not start automatically, click the top hat Wizard icon in the top menu bar. Those who wish to configure the system manually can leave the wizard at any point, but any settings changed by the wizard are only saved at the end of the process. Some of these steps take some time to complete, so there will be a short pause before the next screen of the wizard is displayed. The first screen of the wizard is used to set the language, keyboard map, and time zone. Make the selections, then click Next. Figure 2: Select the Time Zone, Language, and Keyboard Layout. 3. Volume Configuration The appearance of the next screen varies depending on whether the storage disks have already been formatted with ZFS. Note: If pre-configured drives were requested when the FreeNAS Mini was ordered, the wizard skips the screen shown in Figure 3. On systems without preconfigured storage, the wizard presents choices for volume configuration. 6

8 Figure 3: Name the Volume and Select a Volume Configuration. 4. Directory Services If the FreeNAS device will be connected to a network with an existing Active Directory, LDAP, or NIS infrastructure, select the type of directory service, enter the connection credentials, then click Next. If the network does not use a directory service, click Next to skip this step. Figure 4: Enter Directory Service Information. 7

9 5. Shares and Permissions At least one share must be created to be able to store and share files on the network. Click Next to skip this step if shares will be created later. To create a share now, enter a name and choose a Purpose. Windows shares are the most commonly used, supporting Windows, Mac OS X, most Linux distributions, and FreeBSD clients. To assign an owner to the share, click Ownership, enter the name of the user who owns the share and the group who will have access to it. Put a check in the Create User and Create Group boxes to create the user and group. The password to be used by the new user will be requested, and the permissions for the owner, group and other users are set. Shares are typically configured to prevent users from accessing files without being logged in. In some situations, it may be desirable to allow anyone on the network to access a share without requiring a login. This can be set by clicking Allow Guest. When all of the desired properties have been set, click Add to add the share. When done adding shares, click Next. Figure 5: Choose Share Name and Purpose. 8

10 6. Miscellaneous Settings The wizard presents a screen with additional options. Enabling Console messages displays the message log at the bottom of the web interface. The remainder of these settings are for configuring the alerts sent by the FreeNAS device if there are problems or updates. Figure 6: Log and Configuration. 9

11 7. Completing the Configuration Click Confirm for the wizard to apply the settings and save the configuration. To modify entries, click Return to Wizard to restart the wizard with all the previously entered values. Figure 7: Save or Confirm your settings. 8. Connecting to the Share To connect to a Windows share from a Windows computer, open File Explorer. In the address bar at the top, enter \\freenas.local Figure 8: Connected to a Windows Share. When prompted, enter the user name and password that were set when the share was created. If Allow Guest was set for this share, user name and password are not needed. After connecting, the share behaves like a local folder. 10

12 9. IPMI Information This system supports IPMI for remote management. The default IPMI connection information is Username: admin Password: admin See for more information. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES The FreeNAS Mini supports many features and configurations not mentioned in this Quick Start Guide. For complete documentation, refer to The FreeNAS Forums provide an opportunity to interact with other FreeNAS users and to discuss their configurations. Visit the forums at ixsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. FreeNAS and the FreeNAS logo are registered trademarks of ixsystems.