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External Hard Drive NAS
User Guide
English
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Contents Introduction 6 Controls, Connectors and Indicators 6 Front Panel Area 6 Rear Panel Area 7 About the Hard Disk 8 Locating NAS Drive on Your Desk 8 Which Interface: USB or Ethernet? 8 Connecting NAS drive Using USB 10 Storing and Transferring Data via USB 10 Disconnecting NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host 11 Connecting NAS Drive Using Ethernet 12 About NAS Drive User Accounts 12 Connecting the NAS Drive to Your LAN 13 Web-Based Administration Tool 15 Administration Login 16 Basic Settin
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NAS Drive Operation Using Ethernet 22 Sharing fi les using Windows 23 Run Dialogue 23 Browse Network Neighborhood 23 Search Dialogue 24 Browse My Computer 24 Sharing fi les using Mac OS X 24 Attaching USB Devices 24 Attaching a Printer 25 Attaching a USB Storage Device 26 NAS Administration Reference 27 Users and Groups 29 User Management 29 Group Management 30 File and Print 31 File Server 31 Windows Setting 31 FTP Server Setting 31 NFS Server Setting 32 Guest Access Setting 32 Share
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Turn Off Server 34 Information 34 Disk Usage 34 Error Notifi cation 35 Monitoring Services 35 Check Interval 35 E-mail Notifi cation 35 Pop-Up Notifi cation 35 Network Service 35 DHCP Server 36 Bonjour 36 Maintenance 36 Disk Utility 37 Format 37 Scan 37 Unmount 37 Detail 38 Firmware Upgrade 38 Save Confi guration 38 Restore Confi guration 38 Factory Reset 39 Log File 39 Samba Log 39 FTP Log 39 DHCP Server Log 39 4
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System Log 39 Administration Log 40 Account Information 40 Logout 40 Technical Support 41 Limited Warranty Terms 41 Rights 42 FCC Compliance 42 WEEE Notice 43 CE Declaration 43 ROHS Compliance 44 5
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Introduction Your Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external hard drive featuring high-performance storage and a choice of either high-speed USB 2.0 or Ethernet interface. Once your drive is connected properly to your network or computer, you will be able to use it as you would any hard drive for storing your data and for performing data back-up functions. Before you begin to use the NAS drive there are a few important things to learn about your new product. Con
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Rear Panel Area Along the rear panel you will fi nd the interface connectors and a recessed micro-switch that is used for reset functions. Refer to the fi gure below. 1 2 3 4 5 1. Reset Button. If the NAS drive is having a problem connecting to the local area network (LAN) or appears to be hung, press the Reset button momentarily with the end of a paper clip. This will cause the unit to reset, similar to rebooting your PC. If the problem persists, or if you are unsure of current settings (such a
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About the Hard Disk The NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-formatted in three partitions. The largest partition is pre-formatted in the FAT32 format and is available for your data storage through either a USB or Ethernet connection. The other two partitions are in Linux EXT2 format and are used by the NAS drive’s internal software for supporting the various networking features of the product. Note: Capacity dependent on model. Your operating system may report capacity as fewer gigabytes.
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If you do not have LAN setup, or you primarily want to provide additional storage to a single computer, then you should consider USB as your interface choice. Please refer to the next section to learn how to install and use your NAS drive using USB. If your PC is connected to a LAN over Ethernet (either wired or wireless), and you primarily want to provide shared storage amongst two or more computers on the LAN, then you should consider Ethernet as your interface choice. The fi gure below prov
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Connecting NAS drive Using USB Connecting your NAS drive to a USB host, such as a PC or Mac, is extremely simple. Follow the steps below. Note: If your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you will need some additional software that you can download from the Verbatim web site. Refer to the Getting Help section. 1. Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a wall outlet using the included power cord. 2. Next press the ON/OFF button on the front of the NAS drive.
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Disconnecting NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host While connected using the USB-B interface, your NAS drive is hot- swappable. It can be connected and disconnected without restarting your computer. To disconnect your drive at any time, perform the following steps. You can also disconnect your hard drive at any time while your computer is powered off. Note: Please be careful to follow the correct procedure when disconnecting your unit. Simply unplugging the unit without fi rst following the inst
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Connecting NAS Drive Using Ethernet Installing the NAS drive using Ethernet requires that you have an available Ethernet port on a router or switch. Before attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be useful fi rst to review some background information about how the NAS drive handles data over the network. Basic to this understanding are the fundamental concepts of user accounts and shared folders. About NAS Drive User Accounts The NAS drive keeps track of data stored by its n
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Here are other initial properties of these pre-defi ned groups, accounts, and shares: • The group @guest-share contains two members, which are user “admin” and user “guest-share”. • Only user “admin” can access the share “public”. • The folder “guest-share” is a private folder for user “guest-share”. This means only user “guest-share” can access this folder. • The folder “admin” is a private folder for user “admin”. This means only user “admin” can access this folder. By using the web-based adm
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4. Connect the included Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on the NAS drive to an Ethernet switch (100 Base-T), a wired or wireless router, or a wireless access point. 5. Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a wall outlet. 6. Press the ON/OFF button on the front of the NAS drive. The green LED will come on to indicate that the unit is now powered on. 7. Wait for the NAS drive to boot up and to auto-confi gure its connection on the network. Depending on your parti
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drive will negotiate an address within the Bonjour range of 169.254.x.x. If you want to determine the specifi c address within this range, you can use the network “ping” function to “ping sohonas” or “ping sohonas. local”. ii. If the NAS drive has been previously accessed in order to disable Bonjour and you are now connecting to a network with no DHCP server present, then a different auto-negotiation takes place. In this case the NAS drive will automatically launch its internal DHCP serv
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Administration Login In most cases you need only to enter the default hostname (i.e., “//sohonas” for Windows, or “//sohonas.local” for Bonjour) in your browser’s address window to access the administration tool. If for some reason the default hostname was not assigned to the NAS drive’s IP address during auto- confi guration, then you can alternatively enter the NAS drive’s IP address into the browser’s address window. As described previously, your router or other network equipment will have a
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Basic Settings for Initial Setup Now, from within the administration tool perform the following steps to defi ne the basic settings. For more advanced features note that a full description of all settings is provided later under “NAS Administration Reference”. 1. Click on Quick Setup to expand the selection group. Set Language, Password, Hostname, IP Address, and Time A special setup wizard will lead you through the confi gurations for user interface language, administrator password, hostname,
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5. The next screen allows you to defi ne a new Hostname for the NAS drive. If you want to keep the current Hostname, simply press Next to advance to the next screen. 6. The next screen allows you to select between automatic and static addresses for the NAS drive’s IP Address and Domain Name System (DNS) address. It is recommended that your network equipment be enabled to provide DHCP service, and that both settings on this screen remain at the factory settings. Alternatively, if your network re
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Fill in the initial screen with a User Name and Password. It is recommended that these fi elds match the User Name and Password that this user normally enters when logging into Windows or to Mac OS X. The User Name must be lower-case and may be a maximum of 20 alphanumeric characters, without spaces. The User Name must begin with an alphabetic character. Note: If your Windows username currently contains a space character, or begins with a number, you may want to modify your Windows username s
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10. The next screen allows you to assign this user to an existing group. As described above, the initial factory setting provides for the default group named “@guest-share”. When done with this form, press Next to continue. 11. The fi nal screen for adding a user allows you to assign access privileges to currently defi ned shares. Of course, if you checked “Create Private Folder” in step (9), then read/write access has automatically been provided to this user’s private folder. Though the initi
