Manage & Monitor Multiple QNAP NAS with Q’center

4/28/2015 QNAP Inc. Demo: QNAP TVS-463

Agenda

�  Introducing Q’center

�  Live Demo

�  Benefit

�  Limitation

�  Useful Links

What is Q’center �  A powerful central management tool

�  Manage multiple NAS in one place

�  Monitor system resource and storage usage

�  Perform management tasks (e.g. software update)

Login  from  QTS   Q’center  UI  

Setting it up – Demo: TVS-463 1.  Login through QTS

2.  Go to App Center

3.  Search: “Q’center” and install

4.  Find Q’center on the QTS desktop and launch application

Q’center initialization 1 2

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Enter each NAS’ credentials

Q’center management interface

Memory usage & CPU usage overview of all NAS

Available firmware updates available for download May download once, and install on all NAS

Errors / Logs for all individual NAS

Q’center Dashboard �  Dashboard for customizing

widgets for quick view/access to info that you need

�  3 categories of information: �  Capacity

�  Performance

�  Monitor

�  Open multiple or different dashboards at once

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Capacity Performance Monitor

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Dashboard View

Add Servers 1.  Choose what NAS servers you want to add to

manage with Q’center server

2.  Check the NAS you wish to manage and enter all the credentials

3.  Click next to proceed to next step

4.  Shows if you need to upgrade firmware/ can download once and apply to multiple NAS

Report �  Download and view specific reports/logs

Different reports that can be generated

Report generated on every NAS -> e.g. hard drive capacity, serial number, model number, type, vendor and more.

Log �  Q’center retrieves all the logs from all the NAS servers such as event and

connection logs.

�  Sort by clicking on column header, and also a search function for a more specific notification/message

�  Export logs in CSV

Rule – create rules for specific groups/servers �  Create rules to change system settings for multiple NAS, or apply to new

added NAS (same rule as the rest that is pre-configured) �  Network, security notification, privilege settings, network services e.g

FTP server

Select server-group for specific rules Enable/disable certain network settings etc.

Firmware Library store multiple firmware for multi-NAS updates

�  Instantly check for newest software/firmware available to download

�  Check if NAS are up-to-date

�  Download and store software in the Q’center server, which can update the rest of the servers �  IT administrators do not need to login to each QNAP NAS to perform software

updates one by one

Updates at once (same series)

notification �  Receive email notifications when events occur

�  Hard drive failure �  System overheat

�  Set up SNMP trap �  so SNMP agent in Q’center will send traps to your network management system

�  Create alerts for instant notification

Benefit

�  Manage multiple QNAP NAS in one place

�  Custom dashboard

�  Historical data for analysis

�  Self-defined rules for easy configuration

�  Centralized software update

Keep in mind that…

�  Q’center is only available for Intel and AMD-based NAS

�  Q’center can only search for NAS servers within the same subnet

�  Q’center does not support NAS behind a NAT router

Useful Links

�  How to use Q'center to Centrally Manage and Monitor Multiple QNAP Turbo NAS �  Click here

�  Download Q’center �  Click here

Learn More About QNAP NAS

Thank You! Please contact us if you have any questions

EMAIL: USASALES@QNAP.COM