Cisco NSS3000 NAS Device Overview

What does a Network Attached Storage Device Overview have anything to do with VoIP or IP PBX systems? The simple answer is that it doesn’t exactly, but that’s not the final answer. The fact is, the IP PBX system is running on the client’s network, you will be plugging devices into either existing switches or new ones you are providing which is an excellent time to try to up sell client on additional products and services such as IP Video Surveillance Cameras, Network Storage-based backups, UPS devices, etc. Since the Cisco NSS3000 Storage device works extremely as a video storage component of a complete video security system, it can be a simple sell to include it and a few cameras into your overall proposal. In this overview we will show how easy it is to setup and manage the NSS3000 and how you can use it as a complete video recording solution.

Summary

The NSS300 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis (hard drives purchased separately) is a chassis for data storage and backup. The NSS3100, NSS3200 and NSS3400 models come with hard drive storage.

As small companies move from paper-based processes to digital applications, they become more vulnerable to the huge costs and disruptions that can result from losing vital business information. Small businesses are also challenged to comply with growing regulatory requirements governing the storage of customer information. They need strong data security, advanced encryption capabilities, and tools to control the way users access sensitive data. The common data storage solutions used in many small businesses — backup disks and flash drives, primitive tape backup systems, and simple hard drives directly attached to employee PCs — cannot provide the advanced security and control features that today’s small businesses require. Such ad-hoc storage solutions can also diminish productivity by impeding employees’ ability to easily transfer and share files.

The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series Network Storage System

Small Business NSS3000 Series Network Storage System provides the robust security and advanced data backup capabilities your business needs, at a price small companies can afford. With support up to 4 TB of data and up to 15 concurrent users per chassis, the Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series provides the ideal solution for storing, sharing, and archiving your mission-critical business information. And unlike entry-level network-attached storage (NAS) systems, the Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series delivers the advanced backup, encryption, user authentication, and high availability you need to protect your business.

The Cisco NSS3000 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis, supports any approved hard disk drive. It provides a wealth of features in a desktop-size system designed specifically for small businesses. And it gives you the flexibility to configure the system without any connected drives, to reconfigure it at any time, and to link multiple Cisco NAS chassis together, providing a solution that can continually grow with your business.

You can use the Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series to:
Automatically back up important information from every PC and server in your business Provide centralized storage and sharing of important files Employ Continuous Data Protection (CDP) to automatically back up every version of every file saved by employees, allowing you to easily restore data Store and archive digital video from your video surveillance system

The Cisco NSS3000 Series Network Storage System provides:

• Robust reliability: Traditional small business NAS systems require each hard drive to run its own operating system software, making them inherently less stable. The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series integrates the Linux operating system that controls the storage system into the chassis itself, helping ensure that your business remains protected even if an individual hard drive fails.
• Maximum flexibility: The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series supports a variety of data storage schemes (Redundant Array of Independent Disks [RAID] 0, 1, 5, and 10 and “just a bunch of disks” [JBOD]) and file systems, and allows you to link Windows-based users, Mac users, UNIX/Linux users, and FTP clients into a single data storage system, providing a complete storage solution for virtually any business environment.
• Advanced storage capabilities: The solution’s rich network storage features include support for the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) monitoring system for hard disks, file journaling, and virtualization of RAID storage systems across Cisco NSS chassis, giving you a full suite of tools to create a robust file-sharing and data backup system for your business.
• Strong security: The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series supports a variety of security features to protect your data and help you comply with regulatory standards, including file encryption support, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) file-based disk encryption, virtual LANs (VLANs), and user authentication and access control.
• Easy setup and operation: The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series simplifies configuration and ongoing status monitoring with a two-line LCD display that provides unit health status, storage status, network status, and more.
• Reduced costs: By integrating the operating system into the chassis, instead of individual hard drives, the solution eliminates the need to purchase and maintain third-party licenses, upgrades, and accessories for each hard drive in the system.
• Out-of-the-box compatibility with other business applications: The Cisco Small Business NSS3000 Series is designed to fully integrate with other Cisco Small Business Series solutions in a single, easy-to-manage network environment. For example, the solution provides the ideal data storage foundation for Cisco IP video surveillance and CDP applications.

Cisco NSS3000 Technical Specifications

Model

• Cisco NSS3000 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis
• Cisco NSS3100 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis with two 500-Gigabyte HDDs
• Cisco NSS3200 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis with four 500-Gigabyte HDDs
• Cisco NSS3400 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis with four 1-Terabyte HDDs

System memory

• 128 MB synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM)

Flash memory

• 256 MB internal flash memory

Encryption

• AES 256

Power supply

• 150W Internal Power Supply

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) drive bays

• Support for up to 4 internal SATA hard disk drives with hot-swap capability

LAN ports

• One 10/100/1000 Mbps auto medium dependent interface (MDI) and MDI crossover (MDI-X)

Ports

• 3 AUX ports (supports USB flash disk for configuration backup only)
• 1 UPS-USB port (APC Smart-UPS only)

Temperature

• Internal thermal temperature sensors for automatic fan control

Buttons

• Power, system reset/network default settings restore

LEDs

• Unit Power, LAN Link, System Error, Hard Disk Drive Activity (4), Hard Disk Drive Error (4), 2 Line LCD provides realtime product status

Operating system

• Linux 2.6

Mean time between failures (MTBF)

• Calculated 300,000 hours

Power consumption

• 19W with no hard disk drives; 56W with (4) 250GB SATA hard disk drives
• (Power consumption varies depending on the number and type of hard disk drives installed.)

Form factor

• Desktop form factor

Warranty

• 3-year limited hardware warranty with return to factory replacement and 90-day limited software warranty

Package Contents

• NSS3000 System Chassis
• AC Power Cord
• CD-ROM with Discovery Tool & User Documentation

Network Attached Storage Features

• Supported RAID levels
  • RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID5, RAID 10
• JBOD
  • Just A Bunch Of Disks – Independent Disk Linear Concatenation
• Intelligent drive
  • Intelligent SATA HDD spin-up/spin-down with built-in hysteresis to avoid HDD power up/down “flapping”

File and Storage System Support

• Server Message Blocks (SMB)/ Common Internet File System (CIFS)
  • File sharing for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX/Linux (using Samba client) systems using SMB or CIFS
• Network File System (NFS)
  • File sharing for UNIX/Linux systems via NFS v3
• FTP/Secure FTP (FTPS)
  • File sharing via FTP. Secure sessions supported via FTP over SSL
• Journaled file system
  • XFS
• Unified file locking
  • Provides common file-locking mechanism that allows simultaneous, multiprotocol access to common shares by Windows/Mac (CIFS), UNIX/Linux (NFS), and FTP
• Virtualization
• Supports virtualization of RAID sets across multiple chassis (requires at least 1 Cisco NSS6000/NSS6100 on the same network). Supports up to 4 exported RAID sets per master unit.
• Distributed File System (DFS)
• Use multiple NAS systems as a single system via DFS

Security Features

• On-disk file
  • On-disk file encryption (AES 256)
• VLANs
  • Port and 802.1Q/p
• Access control lists (ACLs)
  • Windows-like ACLs (user, group, access, and filters)
• Network filtering
  • MAC/IP address filtering

LAN Network Features

• VLANs
  • 802.1Q/p
• Quality of service (QoS)
  • 802.1p
• Jumbo frame
  • Up to 9 KB jumbo frames

Hard Drive and RAID Configurations for the Cisco Small Business Network Storage System

• NSS3000
  • none
  • N/A
• NSS3100
  • 2×500GB (1TB Total)
  • RAID1
• NSS3200
  • 4×500GB (2TB Total)
  • RAID5
• NSS3400
  • 4×1TB (4TB Total)
  • RAID5

Ordering Information for the Cisco Small Business Network Storage System

• NSS3000
  • 4-Bay Desktop Gigabit Network Storage System
• NSS3100
  • 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis with Two 500-Gigabyte Hard Disk Drives
• NSS3200
  • 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis with Four 500-Gigabyte Hard Disk Drives
• NSS3400
  • 4-Bay Gigabit Storage System Chassis with Four 1-Terabyte Hard Disk Drives

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