euroNAS Premium Plus installation Guide
This document describes how to install and configure euroNAS Premium Plus, covering the process from initial deployment through to a working storage system, including networking, storage setup, access methods, and snapshots.
Introduction
This guide provides an overview of euronas Premium Plus and how to deploy the system. euronas Pre...
Prerequisites
Before starting the installation, it is assumed that the underlying infrastructure and access to ...
Base Installation
The base installation covers deploying euronas Premium Plus operating system onto the server usin...
Install OS onto the dedicated OS Drive
As outlined earlier, the euronas Premium Plus operating system is installed from a de...
Select Language
Once the system has fully loaded, you will be presented with the option to install the eurona...
License
Before installing the euronas Premium Plus operating system, you will be required to accept t...
Operating System Disk Selection
In this example, two drives are visible. The dedicated OS drive is vda (256,000 MB / 256 GB)...
Final Confirmation and Disk Formatting
This is the final confirmation before the selected drive is formatted.Selecting Yes and press...
Installation Progress and Completion
The system may take a short period of time to install euroNAS Premium Plus onto the system di...
Post-Installation Boot Configuration
The base installation is now complete. Ensure the ISO image is no longer mounted and that the s...
Initial Boot and Network Configuration
Once the system has booted, you will be presented with the console prompt screen. If DHCP is ...
1st Time Login
At the user prompt, enter admin (lower case) and press Enter. At the password prompt, ente...
Management Network Configuration
Once you have successfully logged in, you will be presented with the operating system managem...
System Configuration via GUI
This section moves on from the base install and focuses on building out the system properly using...
Accessing the GUI
Using HTTPS, connect to the management IP address. In this example, the address is https://...
Server Instance Creation and Storage Selection
Once you have successfully logged in, you will be presented with the option to create your serv...
Storage and Service Configuration
The base system is now configured. In this section, we will create the storage server instance,...
Storage Architecture Selection (ZFS vs XFS)
At this stage, you will be presented with the storage configuration screen, where you can c...
Server Configuration Complete
As shown, the server has now been successfully configured using the XFS-based storage option...
System Ready for Use
The system will now take you to the System Info screen. This provides a high-level overview ...
Server Name and Software Update
From the sidebar under System Settings, select the System icon to open the configuration page...
Storage Configuration and Provisioning
This section covers creating the storage pool, preparing the disks, and provisioning storage for ...
Storage Access Setup
SMB Access Setup
This section covers configuring SMB to present file-based storage to clients over the network. Th...
iSCSI Access Setup
This section covers configuring iSCSI to present block-based storage to clients. This includes cr...
NVMe-oF Access Setup
This section covers configuring NVMe over TCP to present block-based storage to clients. This inc...
Data Protection with Snapshots
Data protection with snapshots covers configuring and managing point-in-time copies of data withi...
Snapshot Overview
Snapshots provide a point-in-time copy of data that can be used for recovery, rollback, or testin...
Manual Snapshot Creation
From the main menu, select Snapshots to open the Snapshot Management screen. From the ...
Snapshot Scheduling
While creating snapshots manually is useful, it is generally more efficient to schedule them...