Verbatim NAS HARD DRIVE User manual

NAS Hard Drive

User Guide

English

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INTR

N 3

CONTROLS, CONNECTORS AND INDICATORS

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Rear Pane

Area 4

T THE HARD DI

K 5

LOCATING NAS DRIVE ON YOUR DESK 5

BUNDLED

FTWARE 6

Fin

er.exe 6

Backu

Software 6

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TING T

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DRIVE

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THE NA

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WEB-BA

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Basic Settin

s for Initial Setu

DRIVE

PERATI

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HARING FILE

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Run Dialo

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Browse Network Neighborhood 1

Searc

Dia

ogue 1

Browse M

Com

uter 1

SHARING FILES USING MAC OS X 20

ATTA

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Attac

a Printer 20

Attachin

a USB Stora

e Device 2

ADMINI

TRATI

N REFEREN

E 22

AND

User Mana

ement 25

roup Management 26

FILE AND PRINT

erver 2

Share Mana

ement 28

Printer

erver 2

TEM 3

LAN Settin

s 3

Time Settin

s 3

Turn

erver 3

Information 3

Disk Usa

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NETWORK SERVICE 32

erver 32

Bonjour 3

iTunes

erver 3

ia Server 3

TorrentF

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MAINTENAN

E 38

Dis

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Firmware U

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Save Con

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uration 4

Restore Conﬁ

uration 4

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Install New Service 4

LOG FILE 42

Samba Log 42

FTP Log 42

erver Log 42

ystem Log 42

ministration Log 43

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HNI

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LIMITED WARRANTY TERM

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Intro

uction

our Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external hard drive

eaturing

erformance stora

e with an Ethernet interface. Once

our drive is connected

erl

our network,

ou will be able to use it as

ou would an

hard drive for storin

our data and for

erformin

data back-u

functions.

efore

ou be

in to use the NAS drive there are a few im

ortant thin

s to learn about

our new

uct.

Contro

s, Connectors an

icator

First familiarize

ourself with the control ke

s and the various connectors on the unit.

ront Panel Are

ront panel contains only the status LED, as illustrated below.

1. T

reen LED wi

come on to in

icate t

ower-on state. Durin

ower

own

sequence, the LED will

ﬂ

ash

or about 15 seconds while the drive’s internal so

tware shuts

down in an orderl

fashion. The LED will then turn off to indicate that the drive is now full

turned o

ff.

ar Pan

Alon

the rear

anel

ou will ﬁnd the interface connectors and a recessed micro-switch that is

used

or reset

unctions. Re

er to the

ﬁ

ure below.

1. ON/OFF Button. Once the AC Adapter has been properly connected to the NAS drive and

n AC outlet, you can press the ON/OFF button to power on the drive. To turn o

the drive,

ress the ON/OFF button a

ain. The LED will ﬂash for about 15 seconds while the drive shuts

desc

bed

abo

2. DC In

ut Connector. Connect the DC cable of

our included AC Ada

ter to the DC In

onnector

. Et

ernet Connector. Use t

is connector to attac

our networ

ment. T

e connector

LED

4. USB-A Connectors (2 each). Use either of these connectors for attachin

a USB

rinter, USB

ﬂ

ash disk, or other USB storage device

. Reset Button. If the NAS drive is havin

roblem connectin

to the local area network (LAN)

or appears to be hung, press the reset button momentarily using the end o

a paper clip. This

will cause the unit to reset, similar to rebootin

our PC. I

the

roblem

ersists, or i

ou are

nsure of current settin

s (such as for

ettin

our administration

assword),

ress and hold

n the Reset button

or 5 seconds. This will restore the

actory de

ault settings.

6. Fan. The fan is desi

ned to turn on for added coolin

whenever the internal tem

erature

ises above the thermal set point. To allow

or adequate air

ﬂ

ow take care not to block the

ir vents. Since the s

innin

disk will

enerate heat even when no data is bein

transferred,

you can help to prevent the

rom remaining on needlessly by shortening the disk

in-down time (see later under NAS Administration Reference / Advanced / Maintenance /

Disk Utility).

About the Hard Dis

he NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-

ormatted in EXT2

ormat

or immediate use

network storage.

Note: Ca

acit

ent on mo

. 1 MB = 1,000,000

tes / 1 GB = 1,000,000,000

tes / 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000

tes.

ome capacity used

or pre-loaded so

tware,

ormatting and other

unctions, and thus is not available

or data storage. As a result,

nd due to differin

calculation methods,

our o

eratin

stems ma

ort as fewer me

tes/

tes/ terab

tes

Your

uct’s

rive is a com

ex e

ectronic stora

e s

stem an

wit

care,

as you might treat a sensitive portable computer or other state-o

-the-art consumer electronics

product. Do not subject it to shock, high temperatures, or strong magnetic

ﬁ

elds.

To extend the use

ul li

e o

your NAS drive, turn the unit OFF when not in use.

Locatin

NAS Drive on Your Des

Place the NAS drive on a sturd

desk or table that is free from clutter that could block airﬂow

aroun

e unit.

Bundled Software

he included CD-ROM contains co

ies of the User Guide, as well as three software a

lications:

1) Finder.exe, 2) Nero backu

software and 3) TorrentFlux

inder.exe

his is a Windows application that can locate all Verbatim NAS drives on your LAN and display the

corresponding IP address o

each drive. To run this application, copy the Finder.exe

ﬁ

le to your

client Windows computer and double-click on the ﬁle to launch it

ackup So

tware

ero backu

software is included on CD-ROM. To install this a

lication on one of

our client

Windows com

uters, o

en the Nero folder on the CD and then double click the setu

x ﬁle to

start insta

ation. T

e Nero Insta

ation win

ow wi

appear. Fo

ow t

e setup wizar

to insta

tware. To backup

ﬁ

les to your NAS drive using Nero, you must

ﬁ

rst assign a drive letter to your

destination

older, as described later under NAS Drive Operation / Sharing

ﬁ

les using Windows

Browse My

omputer

ntF

lux

orrentFlux is an im

lementation of the BitTorrent

rotocol. Installation of this o

tional network

service is described later in NAS Administration Reference / Advanced / Maintenance / Install

ew Service.

Connecting to your networ

nsta

e NAS

rive re

uires t

ave an avai

e Et

ernet

ort on a router or switc

. Use

e supp

CAT-6 Et

ernet ca

e to connect your NAS

rive to your LAN. Power up your router (or

thernet switch)

ﬁ

rst, and then power up the NAS drive. The

ﬁ

gure below provides one example o

a typical LAN con

ﬁ

guration

ore attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be use

ﬁ

rst to review some

background information about how the NAS drive handles data over the network. Basic to this

understandin

are the fundamental conce

ts of user accounts and shared folders

out NAS Drive User Account

he NAS drive kee

s track of data stored b

its network users b

mana

the data’s destination

older (also referred to herein as a “shared folder” or sim

a “share”). Furthermore, the NAS

drive must kee

track o

who ma

read

rom, and write to, each

older. It does this b

settin

user accounts and groups. A group is a collection o

speci

ﬁ

c user accounts. When you assign

access privileges to a new share you have the option o

either making assignments

or individual

user accounts, or

or an entire group o

users at once by re

erring to the group’s name

he de

ault

actory settings provide

or two pre-de

ﬁ

ned user accounts, each with their own

unique properties. These user accounts are

•

• guest-share

ach of these two user accounts has an associated

re-deﬁned folder. The name of the folder is

he same as its associated user account. The name “

uest-share” also ha

ens to be

re-deﬁned

as a

rou

name. Additionall

, there is a

re-deﬁned folder called “

ublic” that initiall

is not

associate

wit

user account. T

ese

erties are summarize

in t

e ta

ow.

re-deﬁned Nam

Grou

ser Accoun

older

(

)

ublic

ubli

min

uest-s

are @guest-s

uest-s

are guest-s

are

ere are other initial

erties of these

re-deﬁned

rou

s, accounts, and shares:

• The

older “public” can be accessed by anyone on the LAN who has set up a user account.

ccess to this folder re

uires authentication usin

our user name and

assword

• The

older “guest-share” can be accessed by anyone on the LAN, even i

they have not set up

user account. Access to this folder does not re

uire enterin

a user name and

assword.

This

older can also be accessed by anonymous FTP

• T

rou

uest-s

are contains two mem

ers, w

are user “a

min” an

user “

uest

hare”.

• The folder “admin” is a

rivate folder for user “admin”. This means onl

user “admin” can

ccess this

older.

By using the web-based administration tool you can modi

y these initial properties

ore you can begin storing data (other than as user “admin” or as an anonymous user to the

uest-share folder),

ou must use the web-based administration tool to setu

a new user account

that deﬁnes

our User Name and Password. Furthermore,

ou have the o

tion to deﬁne other

erties for

our user account. For exam

le, each user can o

tionall

iven their own

rivate folder, which is automaticall

assi

ned the same name as that user’s User Name. A user

an also be given read-only-privileges, or read/write-privileges, to other

olders on the drive.

Connecting t

e NAS Drive to Your LA

Now that

ou have some understandin

of user accounts,

ou are read

to connect

our NAS

rive to t

e LAN. Fo

ow t

ese steps.

1. Ensure that

our LAN e

ment is

owered on and that the LAN is o

eratin

erl

2. We recommended that you

ollow the directions o

your LAN equipment to enable a Dynamic

Host Conﬁ

uration Protocol (DHCP) server. This ma

be referenced in

our e

ment’s

ocumentation as “Assign IP a

resses automatica

y”

3. Since

ou will administer the NAS drive settin

s usin

a web browser on

our PC or Mac,

ensure t

at t

is PC or Mac is powere

on an

connecte

to t

e LAN.

4. Connect the included CAT-6 Ethernet cable from the Ethernet

ort on the NAS drive to an

Ethernet switch (100 Base-T or 1000 Base-T), or a wired or wireless router. Make sure that the

NAS

rive an

e c

ient com

uter are on t

e same su

net

omain (e.

., 192.168.1.x)

. Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a wall outlet.

6. Press the ON/OFF button on the rear of the NAS drive. The front

reen LED will come on to

ndicate that the unit is now powered on.

7. Wait for the NAS drive to boot u

and to auto-conﬁ

ure its connection on the network.

Depending on your particular LAN con

ﬁ

guration and settings, this may take several minutes.

The followin

rotocols will be followed durin

auto-conﬁ

uration, de

endin

on current

etwork settings:

. DHCP client is enabled b

default. Therefore,

our router or other LAN e

ment that

s providing the DHCP service will automatically assign an IP address to the NAS drive and

ete t

e networ

connection.

. I

no DHCP server is available on your isolated network, then the auto-negotiation

process will proceed in one o

two ways, depending on whether Bonjour protocol is enabled

r disabled. Bon

our

rotocol is built-in to recent Mac OS X s

stems, and can also be

ptiona

y insta

on Win

ows systems.

i. A

le Bon

our

rotocol is enabled b

default. In this case if

ou are connectin

to an

isolated Bonjour-enabled network and no DHCP server is present, your NAS drive will

otiate an address within the Bon

our ran

e of 169.254.x.x. If

ou want to determine

he speci

ﬁ

c address within this range, you can use the network “ping”

unction to “ping

erbatimnas” or “

verbatimnas.local”. Alternativel

, if

ou have a PC on the LAN,

ou can run the included Finder.exe utility (provided to you on CD) to determine the

add

ess.

ii. I

the NAS drive has been previously accessed in order to disable Bonjour and you

are now connectin

to a network with no DHCP server

resent, then a different auto

negotiation takes place. In this case the NAS drive will automatically launch its internal

HCP server. This will result in the NAS drive taking the de

ault IP address o

192.168.1.1

and will also assi

n addresses (in the ran

e of 192.168.1.2-50) to other DHCP clients on

the

8. After successfull

connectin

our network

ou will be able to see the NAS drive on

our

etwork. Its de

ault name is “verbatimnas” and it will be located in the network workgroup

amed “Work

rou

”. In Windows

o to M

Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft

indows Network / Workgroup, or in Mac OS X go to Finder / Network / Workgroup. You

an o

en the device to see the followin

default folders

. admin

uest-s

. public

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