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2-Bay NAS
3.5” SATA Network Attached Storage
Model # ANAS550
User’s Manual
Ver. 1.0
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Package Contents.......................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Features......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 LED Indicators ....................................................
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1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing Airlink101 2-Bay 3.5” SATA Network Attached Storage (NAS). This product provides two 3.5” SATA hard disk drives (not included in the package), allowing you to build a mass storage center for backing up your valued data. In addition, it supports RAID 1 mirroring technology that can effectively prevent your data from being lost because of the hard disk failure. (Note: You have to install two hard disk drives to take advantage of the RAID 1 mirroring
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• Automatic E-mail Alert system • Support UPnP AV Server for windows XP • Support NTP Server for system time synchronization 1.3 LED Indicators 1. Power LED – The steady Blue light indicates the server is powered on. This LED will be off when the 2-Bay NAS is on power saving mode. 2. HDD 1/2 LED – The steady Blue light indicates the hard disk drive(s) is connected but inactive. When it blinks, the hard disk drive(s) is reading/writing data. The steady Orange light indicates t
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2. Installing 2-Bay NAS 2.1 Installing Hard Drive(s) This section provides instructions on how to properly install a hard drive into the NAS device. WARNING: The 2-Bay NAS is not hot-swappable. Please make sure that it is turned off and not connected to the power outlet when performing the following assembly procedure. Step 1 Make sure the front panel is unlocked. Step 2 Slide the front panel up and then pull it off to access the drive bays. Step 3 Insert a 3.5” SATA ha
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Step 4 Replace the front panel onto the server. Step 5 Plug an Ethernet cable to the LAN port located on the rear panel, and then connect it to your switch or router. Step 6 Plug the AC power adapter to the power connector located on the rear panel, and connect it to a power outlet. Step 7 Press the power button to turn on the 2-Bay NAS. Verify the Power, HDD and LAN are lit. The HDD LED only lit up when the hard drive is properly installed. Congratulations! The hard drive inst
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2.2 Configuring 2-Bay NAS Before using the NAS device you may need to do some configuration which can be accessed in a few different ways. Step 1 Connect to the web configuration page of the 2-Bay NAS. There are multiple methods to access the NAS configuration. Method A: Using the Airlink101 2-Bay NAS Utility found on the Utility CD. This is only available for Windows operating systems. Step A1 Insert the Utility CD into your CD-ROM drive and select Install 2-Bay NAS Utility.
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Step A3 Double click the icon on your desktop or go to Start > (All) Programs > Airlink101> Airlink101 2-Bay NAS Utility. Step A4 Select the NAS device you want to connect to and click on Connect to Webpage Note: If you do not see any NAS device under Search Device box, please make sure you turn off all the firewall on your computer including the Windows Firewall. 8
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Method B: Using your web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox) To use your web browser, open up the browser and in the Address bar type in http://anas550 and press Enter or hit the Go button. Step 2 When prompted for a username and password, type in admin for the username and admin for the password in lowercase letters. (Optional: You can also type in the IP address of the NAS device instead of using its host name anas550.) If you ever change the username or password
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Step 4 Select a RAID type you want to use and click Next. Note: All data will be lost if you want to change the RAID type in the future. Step 5 Click OK to start formatting your hard drive(s). Warning: All data will be erased from the hard drive(s). 10
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2.3 Accessing 2-Bay NAS There are several ways to access the 2-Bay NAS. Method 1: Using the host name “ANAS550”. Step 1 To access 2-Bay NAS, go to Start > Run, and type in \\anas550 and click OK. Step 2 Click on the Volume_1 folder to begin accessing your files and using 2-Bay NAS to store/backup your data. Method 2: Mounting the hard drive to your local computer. (For Windows operating system users only) Step 1 Insert the Utility CD into the CD-ROM drive. When
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Step 2 When the setup wizard comes up, follow the screen instructions and click Next to finish installing the 2-Bay NAS Utility. To open the 2-Bay NAS Utility, double click the icon on your desktop or go to Start > (All) Programs > Airlink101 > Airlink101 2-Bay NAS Utility. 12
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Step 3 Select the NAS device under Search Device box and the disk drive you try to mount to your computer from Static box, and click Mount. Then, you will be able to access the disk drive from My Computer. Note: If you do not see any NAS device under Search Device box, please make sure you turn off all the firewall on your computer including the Windows Firewall. 13
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Note: If you have installed 2 hard drives, you will see both of them only when you configure the RAID type as “Standard” mode. Please refer back to 2.2 Configuring 2-Bay NAS, Step 3 to 5. 14
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3. Using Web Configuration You can access and manage the 2-Bay NAS through a web browser. This chapter provides you with instructions of how to use the Web Configuration, and explains how to set up your 2- Bay NAS with the web browser. There is a menu bar at the top of the window, where contains six items that allow you to configure your 2-Bay NAS. • SETUP – contain the 2-Bay NAS setup wizard, the LAN configuration and device settings. • ADVANCED – allow the 2-Bay NAS administra
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Step 2 You are recommended to set an admin password here. Enter the new password and re-enter it for confirmation. When completed, click Next. 16
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Step 3 For system management purpose, a correct time setting is critical to have accurate time stamps on the system logs. Set an appropriate Time Zone in this step. When completed, click Next. Step 4 You can select the connection type and enter the LAN information, or keep the current settings. When completed, click Next. 17
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Step 5 Enter a workgroup, name, and description for the 2-Bay NAS, or leave the default values. When completed, click Next. Step 6 When completed, click Restart to restart the 2-Bay NAS and save the configuration, or click Back to go back the previous steps and change the settings. 18
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SETUP – LAN The Local Area Network settings for the 2-Bay NAS are configured on the LAN page. Click Save Settings to save the configuration you make. • Link Speed: The LAN speed is set to Auto by default, but can be manually set to 100 or 1000 Mbps. • Connection type: Selecting DHCP Client will cause the 2-Bay NAS to obtain an IP address from the local DHCP server. Selecting Static IP requires the user to assign the IP information for the 2-Bay NAS manually. When completed, clic
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• Workgroup: Assign a workgroup name to the 2-Bay NAS. • Name: Assign a name to the 2-Bay NAS so that you can access it through a web browser by entering the device name. For example, http://anas550. When completed, click Save Settings to save the settings. 20
