Acer Altos EasyStore User manual

Altos easyStore Quick Installation Guide
1.1 Packing content:
One Altos easyStore with pre-installed Hard Disk Drives
One Power cord
One Software Installation CD
One DiskSafe Express Recovery CD
One RJ-45 Networking cable
1.2 Default Setting Name Default Setting
User name admin
Password storage
IP Address 192.168.0.101
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
DHCP Client Yes
1.3 Hardware Installation
In order to connect Altos easyStore, perform the following steps:
1. Carefully remove the Altos easyStore unit the package.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable from your computer directly to the back of the Altos easyStore in Figure
1-2.
3. Connect your host computer and Altos easyStore by RJ45 Networking cable in Figure 1-2.
4. Power on the Altos easyStore in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1: Front Panel
Figure 1-2: Rear Panel
Altos easyStore Quick Installation Guide

1.3 System Set-up
1. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. If the auto run application shown in Figure 1-3
opens when the CD is inserted, choose the options you want
Figure 1-3: Auto Run Application
2. To access the device, your computer will need to be configured to be on the same subnet as the
unit. The unit’s default IP address is 192.168.0.101 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
3. Open your web browser and type “http://192.168.0.101” in the address bar and press “ENTER”.
4. When you access Altos easyStore first time, system will display below interface for system
configuration. However, if your Altos easyStore comes with pre-installed and configured HDDs,
you can skip these steps.
Figure 1-4: System Initialization
Note: If you plug-in HDD in system but do not display at this page. Reinstall HDD then click SCAN to
search.
Altos easyStore Quick Installation Guide

5. Click “IE Browser” button and select latest firmware named “xxx.PKG” from the Software CD.
Then click “Open” and click “Upload” for uploading system firmware.
Figure 1-5: System firmware Figure 1-6: System firmware upload
6. System will start initialization. When system initialization is complete, please turn off browser
manually and wait for one minute.
Figure 1-7: System firmware upload Figure 1-8: System firmware upload complete
7. Open your web browser and type “http://192.168.0.101” in the address bar and press “ENTER”.
You will be taken to the “Welcome Page”, click “NEXT”
Figure 1-9: System Welcome Page
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8. The “License Agreement Page” appears, check “I accept the license agreement.” Then click “Next”.
Figure 1-10: End User Software License Agreement Page
9. The Host Name page appears. Click “Next” to accept the default name (NetworkStorage), or
enter a desired name for Altos easyStore. The Host name can be up to 15 characters long and
can include letters, numbers and hyphens.
Figure 1-11: System Host Name Page
Altos easyStore Quick Installation Guide

10. At the next step, configure your local “Date/Time”. When you are done with the setting, click
“Next”
Figure 1-12: Setup Date/Time Page
11. Setup “Network Setting”. Choose “Get an IP address automatically” (If you have DHCP server) or
use the default IP 192.168.0.101. When you are done with the setting, click “Next”
Figure 1-13: Network Settings Page
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12. Setup “Disk Configuration”. If you inserted more than one hard drive, you can select RAID 0 or
RAID 1. If you install over 3 HDDs, RAID 5 is enabled. When you are done with the setting, click
“Next”
Figure 1-14: Setup Disk Configuration
13. The storage will be divided into 2 portions: shared folders (default is 200MB) and backups, select
the desired volume for each one. When you are done, click “Finish”
Figure 1-15: Disk Space Distribution
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14. System will take a couple of minutes for RAID initialization depending on the HDD capacity and
type of RAID you chose.
Figure 1-16: System configuration started
15. After system configuration is complete, close browser manually and wait for several minutes.
16. Open your web browser and type “http://192.168.0.101” in the address bar and press “ENTER”.
Default setting of username and password is “admin” and “storage”
Figure 1-17: Logging into Altos easyStore Storage System
17. System initialization complete.
Altos easyStore Quick Installation Guide