System Configuration

The System section of the administrative GUI contains the following entries:

• Cron Jobs: provides a graphical front-end to crontab(5)

• Init/Shutdown Scripts:

• NTP Servers: used to configure NTP server settings

• Reporting: provides reports and graphs monitoring the system's CPU, disk capacity and other metrics

• Rsync Tasks: allows you to schedule rsync tasks

• S.M.A.R.T. Tests: allows you to schedule which S.M.A.R.T. tests to run on a per-disk basis

• Settings: used to configure system wide settings such as timezone, email setup, HTTPS access and firmware upgrades

• Sysctls: provides a front-end for tuning the FreeNAS® system by interacting with the underlying FreeBSD kernel

• System Information: provides general FreeNAS® system information such as hostname, operating system version, platform and uptime

• Tunables: provides a front-end to load additional kernel modules at boot time

Each of these is described in more detail in this section.