NETGEAR ND508 - Network Drive

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

The NETGEAR

™

Model ND508 Network Disk Drive and Model ND520

Network Disk Drive provide an effective, scalable solution for networked PCs to

share stored ﬁles. The Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive will be up

and running on your network in minutes.

This guide provides installation instructions for:

• Users of Microsoft

Windows

95, Windows 98, or Windows NT

• Users who have a compatible network card installed in their computers

All others should refer to the

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive

Resource

CD for hardware and software installation instructions.

This guide provides information for the Model ND508 Network Disk Drive and

the Model ND520 Network Disk Drive. The Model ND508 drive has 8

gigabytes (GB) of disk capacity, and the Model ND520 drive has 20 GB of disk

capacity. Illustrations may show either model; however, all information applies

to both models unless otherwise speciﬁed.

If you have not yet installed network cards in your computer, you can use the

NETGEAR Model FA310 network card. If you are setting up a network, you

can also use a NETGEAR Network Starter Kit, available at your local computer

retail store.

Start Here

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

Verify that the package contains the following items, as shown in the

illustration:

• Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive

• Power cord

• Rack mount kit

• Rubber footpads

• Category 5 10/100 Mbps UTP cable

• This installation guide

• Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Resource CD

• Please Read: MAC Address Labels

• Warranty & Owner Registration Card

• Support Information Card

Package Contents

9280FB

Rack mount kit

Rubber

footpads

Normal/Uplink

SS510

Model

LinkRX

HDLinkTx/Rx

Test

40%60%60%DiskUtilization

20%

Power

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive

Power

cord

Resource

Installation Guide,

Warranty & Owner

Registration Card,

Support Information Card,

MAC Address Labels

Auto 10/100 Mbps

DUAL SPEED

Auto 10/100Mbps

Network Disk Drive

10GByte

Category 5

10/100 Mbps

UTP cable

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

The front panel of the Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive has the

following features:

•Power LED

•Diagnostic LEDs:

—1 Ready LED

—1 HD LED

—1 100M LED

—1 FDX LED

—4 Disk Utilization LEDs

•Vista RJ-45 Network Port with built-in Link and Tx/Rx LEDs

•Normal/Uplink button

LED Description

The Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive provides front-panel LEDs for

monitoring activity. The following table describes the LED indications.

Label Color Activity Description

Power Green On The network disk drive is on.

Ready Green Blinking The system is starting up or powering down.

On The system started up successfully and is ready for

use.

HD Green Blinking The network disk drive is reading from or writing to its

internal hard drive.

100M Green On The 100 Mbps Ethernet link is active.

Off The 10 Mbps Ethernet link is active.

FDX Green On Transmission is in full-duplex mode.

Off A link is not established, or the operation is in half-

duplex mode.

20% Green Off The network disk drive is less than 20% full.

On The network disk drive has reached 20% capacity.

40% Green On The network disk drive has reached 40% capacity.

60% Green On The network disk drive has reached 60% capacity.

80% Green On The network disk drive has reached 80% capacity.

All four Green Blinking The network disk drive has reached 95% capacity.

Link Green On The Ethernet link is established.

Tx/Rx Green Blinking The network disk drive is transmitting or receiving

data.

Product Illustration

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

Vista RJ-45 Network Port with Built-in LEDs

The front panel of the Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive provides one

vista RJ-45 network port. This standard connector accepts two-pair Category 5

unshielded twisted pair (UTP) copper wiring. The connector contains two

LEDs. The left LED is the Link LED, and the right LED is the Tx/Rx LED.

The following illustration provides an example of your Model ND508/ND520

Network Disk Drive in simple network.

Caution:

100 Mbps operation requires the use of Category 5 UTP

wiring with 100 Mbps certiﬁed connectors. NETGEAR highly

recommends using Category 5 cable so your network can operate at

either 10 or 100 Mbps.

Typcial Application

Pow Col

Auto 10/100 Mbps

DUAL SPEED

DUAL SPEED HUB

DS108

Model DS108

hub

Key

10 Mbps

100 Mbps

Model ND508/ND520 Network

Disk Drive

Network Disk Drive

ND508

MODEL

10Gbyte

Auto10/100 Mbps

DUAL SPEED

9281FA

PCs

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

To connect your Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive to the network:

1. Connect one end of a Category 5 10/100 UTP Ethernet cable to the RJ-

45 connector on the front panel of the Model ND508/ND520 Network

Disk Drive.

2. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to a network hub port, as

shown in the example below.

Installation Procedures

Connect to the Network

Pow Col

Auto10/100 Mbps

DUAL SPEED

DUALSPEED HUB

DS108

Model DS108

hub

Key

10 Mbps

100 Mbps

Model ND508/ND520

Network Disk Drive

NetworkDisk Drive

SS510

MODEL

10Gbyte

Auto10/100 Mbps

DUALSPEED

9219FA

PCs

Auto 10/100 Mbps

DUAL SPEED

DUAL SPEED HUB

DS108

Network Disk Drive

SS510

MODEL

yte

Auto 10/100 Mbps

DUAL SPEED

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

To connect the power cord to the Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive:

1. Connect one end of the power cord to the power receptacle on the rear

panel of the Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive, as shown below.

2. Connect the other end of the power cord to a standard power outlet.

3. Power on the network disk drive by pressing the power button on the

rear panel.

4. Verify that the LEDs on the front panel display the following:

•The Power LED is green, indicating that power to the network disk

drive is on.

•The Link and Ready LEDs are green, indicating that the network disk

drive is connected to the network and ready for use.

5. Verify that the Link LED is on. If this LED is not on, depress the

Normal/Uplink button on the front panel of the drive.

Caution:

Use the appropriate power cord as required by your national

electrical codes and ordinances.

Connect the Power Cord

Rear Panel of the Model ND508/ND520

Network Disk Drive

9282FA

Fan Power

button

Power receptacle

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

NETGEAR provides an automapping program to simplify setting up drive

mappings for your network disk drives. (Mapping is a Windows term that means

“assigning.”) This program automatically maps (or assigns) a drive letter to the

public folder of each network disk drive on your network. The NETGEAR

Network Disk Drive Automap Utility is located on the

Model ND508/ND520

Network Disk Drive Resource

CD. For instructions for manually mapping to

folders through Network Neighborhood, refer to

“Manually Mapping to Network Disk

Drives

,”later in this section.

Installing the Network Disk Drive Automap Utility

To install the utility:

1. Insert the

Resource

CD in the CD drive of your computer.

The Network Disk Drive Resource CD window opens.

2. Click on Map to NETGEAR Network Disk Drives.

If the Automap Utility was not previously installed on your computer, you

will be asked if you want to install it now.

3. Click on Yes to proceed with the installation.

The Welcome window opens.

4. Read the Welcome window, and click on Next.

The Choose Destination Location window opens.

5. Click on Next to install into the default location.

The Select Program Folder window opens.

6. Click on Next to install into the default location.

The Start Copying Files window opens.

7. Verify that the information in the Start Copying Files window is

correct, or go back to change information as necessary.

8. Click on Next to install the Automap Utility.

The Setup Complete window opens when installation is complete.

9. Click on Finish.

Some versions of Windows may require you to reboot. If you are prompted

to reboot, you should do so at this time.

Note:

When you power on your PC, be sure to enter your network

password at the logon prompt. If you select Cancel to bypass the

network logon, you will be unable to access network disk drives or

any other drives on your network.

Map to the Network Disk Drive

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

Automatically Mapping to Network Disk Drives

To automatically map to network disk drives:

1. Click on the FirstGear for Network Drives icon on your Windows

desktop.

TheAutomap Utility searches the network for network disk drives. The next

available drive letter will automatically be assigned to the Public folder of

any new NETGEAR network disk drives that have been added to your

network.

Manually Mapping to Network Disk Drives

For some network conﬁgurations, it is necessary to manually map the network

disk drive. If the Automap Utility did not locate your network disk drive, you

must map to it manually.

To manually map to network disk drives:

1. From the Start button, select Find > Computer, type the name of your

network disk drive at the prompt, and click on Find Now.

The default name of the network disk drive is NETGEARxxxxxx. The

xxxxxx of the default name is the last six digits of the 12-digit MAC address

of the network disk drive. The MAC address can be found on the bottom of

your drive or on the Please Read: MAC Address Labels card included in

your shipment.

2. Double-click on the network disk drive that you want to connect to.

3. Right-click on the Public folder of the network disk drive.

A menu opens.

4. From the menu, choose Map Network Drive.

5. In the Drive ﬁeld, enter or select the drive letter you want to use for this

network disk drive.

6. Click on OK.

The network disk drive is ready for use.

If you cannot locate the network disk drive on your network, or if you prefer

to manually conﬁgure the IP address of your network disk drive, refer to

Reference Guide for the Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive

on your

Resource

CD.

Model ND508/ND520 Network Disk Drive Installation Guide

You can start using the network disk drive as you would any other drive on your

network. For example:

•Browse to the drive in Windows Explorer or Network Neighborhood.

•Create and save shared ﬁles in the drive’s Public folder.

•Copy ﬁles to the drive for storage.

•Create shortcuts to folders that you use often.

In its default conﬁguration, the network disk drive permits everyone on your

network to access ﬁles saved on the drive. The administrator can use the

Web-based administration tools to change access, if necessary.

Use the Network Disk Drive

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