
Synology NAS User's Guide
Based on DSM 4.3
100 Chapter 21: Perform Advanced Management Tasks
General
Under the General tab, you can see the basic information about your Synology NAS, including serial number,
model name, amount of physical memory, DSM version, time information, thermal status, or external devices.
Synology NAS’ thermal status is represented by green or orange lights:
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Green: Thermal status is normal.
Orange: Synology NAS’ thermal temperature is high. You need to cool down your Synology NAS, or it will shut
down to prevent system overheat.
The system's general information includes the following:
Basic Information: You can see the detailed information about your Synology NAS here, including serial
number, model name, memory size, DSM version, system time, operating time, and thermal status.
Time: You can see the time setting of your Synology NAS here, including time server and time zone. To set up
your time server, see "Set Up Time."
External Devices: You can see the model name of your external eSATA or USB devices here.
Network
Under the Network tab, you can view the status of network configuration and network interfaces.
The network status includes the following:
Basic information: See the basic information of your Synology NAS’ network configuration.
[Interface Name]: See the detailed information of the network interface(s) currently configured on your
Synology NAS.
Storage
Under the Storage tab, you can check the free or used space of your Synology NAS volumes and check the
status of the hard disks.
To check volume usage:
From the pie charts, you can see the free or used space of Synology NAS volumes.
Following are the possible status types of an internal hard disk:
Normal: System partition and volume are available for use on the hard drive.
Initialized: System partition is established, but no volume has been created.
Not Initialized: System partition and volume are not established on the hard drive.
No Disk Installed: No disk is installed in the corresponding hard drive slot.
System Partition Failed: System partition on the hard drive is unavailable. We recommend that you replace
the hard drive.
Crashed: Failed to access volume on the hard drive. We recommend that you replace the hard drive.
Note: For the system to function normally, there should be at least one disk in Normal or Initialized status.
Service
Under the Service tab, you can see the list of DSM services, which can be enabled or disabled by clicking
Enable or Disable under the Action column. The checkmarks under the Status column indicate whether the
services are enabled.
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The information is available for specific models only.
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