New Cisco nss 324 nas - need help- please.

[bdk1973]

I recently acquired a Cisco NSS 324 nas, and I am trying to install freenas so that it will work with my macs.
I have tried to create a USB boot disk, and a cd boot disk. Both of these attempts have failed. I have been reading and scanning some of the other posts. I have installed kensya, and it keeps failing when attempting to mount the images from the iso. Files. I need some help with getting this installed.

 

[cyberjock]

Does that thing have an x86 based CPU? If not it's not compatible with FreeNAS.

 

[bdk1973]

here are the spec's from the nas, I think that I should be ok.

• Manufacturer:
  Cisco​
• Part Number:NSS324D08-K9

General

• Packaged Quantity 1
• Device Type
  NAS server​
• Host Connectivity Gigabit Ethernet
• Total Storage Capacity 8 TB
• Max Supported Capacity 8 TB
• Installed Devices / Modules Qty 4 (installed) / 4 (max)
• Width 7 in
• Depth 9.2 in
• Height 6.9 in
• Built-in Devices Status LCD,
  LED panel
• Localization English,
  Japanese,
  Spanish,
  German,
  French,
  Italian

Processor / Memory

• Processors Installed 1 x Intel Atom D510 1.66 GHz
• Number of Cores Dual-Core
• RAM Installed DRAM 1 GB - DDR2 SDRAM
• Flash Memory Installed 512 MB Flash

Storage Controller

• Type RAID - Integrated
• Controller Interface Type Serial ATA-300
• RAID Level RAID 5 hot spare,
  RAID 1,
  RAID 6,
  RAID 5,
  JBOD,
  RAID 0

Hard Drive

• Type Hot-swap
• Capacity 4 x 2 TB
• Compliant Standards S.M.A.R.T.,
  256-bit AES

Hard Drive (2nd)

• Type None

Optical Storage

• Type None

Optical Storage (2nd)

• Type None

Storage Removable

• Type None

Networking

• Type Network adapter - Integrated
• Data Link Protocol
  Fast Ethernet ,​
  Ethernet ,​
  Gigabit Ethernet​
• Network / Transport Protocol TCP/IP,
  DHCP,
  FTP,
  SMTP,
  Bonjour,
  SMB,
  iSCSI
• Remote Management Protocol HTTPS,
  Telnet,
  SNMP 2,
  SNMP 3,
  HTTP,
  SSH
• Network Services Compatibility DHCP,
  Server Message Block (SMB),
  FTPS,
  FTP,
  Apple Bonjour Protocol,
  DNS,
  HTTP,
  HTTPS,
  Microsoft CIFS,
  Microsoft Active Directory (AD),
  Apple File Protocol (AFP),
  Network File System (NFS),
  DDNS
• Features DHCP server,
  iTunes server,
  FTP server,
  IPv6 support,
  RADIUS support,
  IP address filtering,
  SMS alert,
  256-bit encryption,
  Manageable,
  Web server,
  DHCP support,
  Jumbo Frames support,
  Trunking,
  E-mail alert,
  Syslog support,
  Wake on LAN (WOL),
  Firmware upgradable
• Compliant Standards IEEE 802.3ad (LACP),
  DLNA CERTIFIED

Expansion / Connectivity

• Expansion Bays 4 (total) / 0 (free) x Hot-swap - 2.5" / 3.5" shared
• Expansion Slot(s) None
• Interfaces 2 x Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45,
  5 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A,
  2 x eSATA - 7 pin external Serial ATA

Miscellaneous

• Cables Included 2 x Network cable
• Features Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately)
• Compliant Standards FCC Class B certified,
  C-Tick,
  WEEE,
  AES-256,
  UL,
  CE

Power

• Power Device Power supply - Internal
• Voltage Required AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
• Power Provided 250 Watt

Software / System Requirements

• Storage Operating System Linux 2.6
• Software Included iTunes Server,
  Web Server with WordPress Publishing & MySQL Database,
  Web File Manager,
  RADIUS Server,
  Syslog Server,
  Download Station,
  Multimedia Station,
  Twonky UPnP/DLNA Media Server
• OS Required Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits),
  UNIX,
  Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
  Apple MacOS X,
  Microsoft Windows 7,
  Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP,
  Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Edition,
  Microsoft Windows Server 2008,
  Linux

 

[survive]

Hi bdk1973,

I'm sorry to tell you this, but you are likely out of luck with running FreeNAS on that.

Here's a more detailed list of the hardware:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps4159/ps9954/data_sheet_c78-599859.html

Looks like the thing only has a gig of RAM and a 512MB boot device, both of which are way under what FreeNAS needs.

If you were feeling particularly plucky you could crack t open & see if there isn't a DIMM\SO-DIMM slot or 2 so you could stuff in some more RAM, but even if you could I would be surprised if Cisco gave you the option to get into the BIOS to change the boot order or that it was able to boot from a USB key.

That being said, you might want to give this a look:

http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?p=264144

It looks like even though FreeNAS really isn't an option you could still turn it into a QNAP (is that thing just a re-badged QNAP by any chance?).

-Will