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T E C H N O L O G I E S
User Guide
NAS 4.0 Adapter
(NAS40ESU)
www.addonics.com
Technical Support
If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please have your
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Overview Power LED Status LED Storage Ports Network port Reset button Storage Ports: eSATA (1.5Gbps) or USB (2.0). Each port supports one eSATA device and one or more USB based devices, up to 16 physical drives. Network Port: Supports 10/100/1000. Power LED: glows when unit is on. Status LED: glows steady when unit is idle, other states are dark or dim to indicate a problem, slow or fast blinking between dark and bright or dim and bright to indicate the unit is busy. www.addonics.com Technica
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Quick Install In order to start sharing storage as soon as possible, follow these steps: 1. Attach the NAS 4.0 unit to a network with a DHCP server present (most home routers provide this by default). 2. Follow the steps described in the Initial Setup section below. 3. Attach one hard disk. The Status LED should begin to blink after a few moments, then settle back to a steady glow. Confirm at least one partition was detected using the View Drive Information feature in the
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The NAS 4.0 Unit Boot Process Upon powering up the unit, the status LED will blink at first between bright and dim, then remain dark for a few moments, then begin to blink between bright and dark for a while and finally settle down to glowing steadily. Once this pattern is complete the unit is ready to communicate. This process normally takes about a minute or less, but may take longer depending on the complexity of the configuration, storage and LAN connections. With the 240 possible file
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Once you have connected to the Web Interface, the Initial Setup page will appear: Click Next, then set a custom password for the admin account. The admin account name may also be changed. Next, set up the Date and Time. Choose a city nearest you in the same Time Zone and be sure the Date and Time are correct. www.addonics.com Technical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:00pm PST) Phone: 408-453-6212 Email: www.addonics.com/support/query/
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Finally, review and confirm the settings: After clicking on the Update settings button, Initial Setup is complete. Sharing Files Using the NAS 4.0 SMB (Windows Sharing) Connecting to the NAS for direct file access through Windows Explorer is very similar to sharing files between Windows systems. Typing “\\ADDNAS” (or the NAS 4.0 unit's hostname if changed from the default) or the double-backslash followed by the NAS 4.0 unit's IP address is the easiest way to gain direct access quickly. After
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FTP Server The NAS 4.0 FTP server works by offering a private “home” folder to each user with exclusive access to the resources through FTP. FTP cannot be used to access shares defined under the Sharing tab in the web interface. Each user will also have access to their private FTP space using SMB. Getting Started with MLDonkey MLDonkey is a powerful, multi-protocol Peer-to-Peer (P2P) client included with the NAS 4.0 unit. The features and capabilities of this tool are beyond the scope of thi
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Note: The MLDonkey admin account is not the same account as the NAS 4.0 unit's web interface admin account. It is recommended that the password matches for simplicity, but not necessary. MLDonkey will perform most of the remaining steps automatically and connect to some servers on the Donkey network. To download a file using the Donkey network, begin by clicking search, then enter some criteria and click the Search button. After a query message appears, click the "Search Results" button. T
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Update Admin Username and Password Changes the web interface management login. Configure User Home Directory Drive Determines which drive on the system carries the HOME directory for users. The user's home folder is used for FTP transfers and as a network share for private files. If a home directory is already defined it will be shown. Choose a volume and click Save. If any files exist in a previous Home directory they will be moved to the new location. Change Current Date and Time Settings f
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Configure the Network Settings Starts the network configuration wizard. Choosing Automatic will configure the NAS 4.0 unit as a DHCP client and the configuration wizard will skip to the end. Choosing Manual configuration will proceed to Step 2. Step 2 configures the NAS 4.0 unit's static IP address and subnet mask. To choose a working static IP address, make sure you meet these criteria: 1. The subnet mask must match the rest of the network exactly. 2. The IP address must match the router's
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The next step is to configure network connections. The gateway is usually the internal IP address for the router the NAS 4.0 unit is connected to. DNS entries are usually the same as used by the router's external network configuration (determined by your ISP). Setting an NTP server will synchronize the NAS 4.0 unit to a time server, usually on the Internet. This can be a name or IP address. Use the keywords “free NTP servers” on your preferred search engine if you wish to configure this fea
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View Drive Information Displays details of all connected drives. If network shares are configured for drives that have been disconnected, those drives will also appear in this list as unavailable. Device: The letter after “sd” is the drive's letter, in order of when the drive was first encountered by the NAS unit. The number at the end of the device label is the partition on the drive, in order of the drive's partition map. Vendor: The drive's manufacturer. Model: The drive's model number. M
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View User Samba and FTP Login Information Displays a list of open sessions for file sharing of Windows sharing and FTP. The login username, the computer's hostname and IP address are listed for each session. Format Drive Formats a specific drive using a choice of ext3 or XFS file systems. Caution: this function destroys data. Choose a drive to format. If the drive is greater than 2TB in capacity choose the GPT boot record, otherwise choose MBR. Finally, choose Linux EXT3 or Linux XFS for the
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Upgrade the System Firmware In the case of a firmware update release, this utility applies the update. Update will not proceed unless only one volume (one partition on one drive) is present. Instructions on updating firmware are provided with the firmware update. Caution: All of the NAS 4.0 unit's settings will be lost in the process of applying firmware. Make sure to notify any and all users this will be done to prevent data loss and use the Backup Internal System Configuration Information u
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Step 1 is to define the name of the share. The share name will become the folder name on the drive. Note: The shared folder name will be written to disk using all capital letters. If an existing folder of the same name appears and is not all capital letters, the NAS 4.0 considers that not a match and writes the same folder name in all capital letters anyway. This can cause unpredictable results if the drive is subsequently connected to a computer. If a folder exists of the same name with al
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Step 3 is to set the initial permissions for the new share. A permission setting for “Everyone” as well as each individual user is listed, with the default permission set to None. Once you have reviewed the permissions for all users and made any desired changes, clicking on “Create Share Folder” will complete the Wizard. Rename A Shared Folder Changes the name of the directory as well as the share name for an existing shared folder. Select the share to change and type in a new name, then cli
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Remove a Shared Folder Deletes a share from the NAS 4.0 unit. As a precaution this screen requires the word “yes” is typed in as confirmation. Note: Removing a shared folder also deletes the associated directory and all of its contents from the drive. It is however possible to delete the share without destroying any data: simply disconnect the drive physically from the NAS 4.0 unit before proceeding. Update Security Settings Changes permissions for a share for each user and the general permi
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