ALDI P50696 User manual

DUAL BAY NASSERVER
MANUAL
After Sales Support
Congratulations on purchasing this Dual bay NAS server
With the purchase of this unit you get a storage unit for pictures, music, video and other
les that needs safe keeping. In addition to this you also get a dedicated helpline and web
support solution for your convenience.
Website: www.unisupport.net

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1. Hardware Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Power ....................................................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Ports ....................................................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Buttons ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.4 LED’s .................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. Installation .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3. Windows Tool .............................................................................................................................................................. 11
3.1 Quick Setup Wizard ...................................................................................................................................... 11
3.1.1 Refresh List ....................................................................................................................................... 11
3.1.2 Access via Web................................................................................................................................. 12
3.1.3 Setup wizard..................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.4 Share mapping................................................................................................................................ 14
4. Web .................................................................................................................................................................. 17
4.1 Web login page .............................................................................................................................................. 17
4.2 Home ................................................................................................................................................................. 17
4.3 Administration ............................................................................................................................................... 18
4.3.1 LAN Settings..................................................................................................................................... 18
4.3.1.1 Workgroup.............................................................................................................................. 18
4.3.1.2 DHCP........................................................................................................................................ 18
4.3.1.3 Static IP.................................................................................................................................... 19
4.3.2 DHCP Server ...................................................................................................................................... 19
4.3.3 System Settings............................................................................................................................... 20
4.3.4 FTP Server Setting ......................................................................................................................... 21
4.3.5 USB devices....................................................................................................................................... 22
4.3.6 Printer Server .................................................................................................................................... 23
4.3.6.1 Windows XP............................................................................................................................ 23
4.3.6.2 Windows Vista........................................................................................................................ 28
4.3.6.3 Windows 7 .............................................................................................................................. 31
4.3.7 Web Based Management ............................................................................................................ 35
4.3.8 User Management ......................................................................................................................... 36
4.3.9 Group Management ..................................................................................................................... 36
4.3.10 Folder Management .................................................................................................................. 37
4.3.11 Media Server Settings ............................................................................................................... 38
4.3.12 iTunes Server Settings ............................................................................................................... 38
4.3.13 Backup ............................................................................................................................................ 39
4.3.14 BitTorrent ....................................................................................................................................... 42
4.3.15 Tools ................................................................................................................................................. 44
4.3.15.1 Restart Device ................................................................................................................... 44
4.3.15.2 Hard Disk Utilities ............................................................................................................. 45
4.3.15.3 Hard disk Suspend Management .............................................................................. 46
4.3.15.4 Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................................................... 46
4.3.15.5 Save & Restore Conguration Files ............................................................................ 47
4.3.15.6 Factory Default ................................................................................................................. 47
4.3.15.7 Security Setting ................................................................................................................. 47
4.3.15.8 System Log.......................................................................................................................... 48
4.3.15.9 E-mail sending .................................................................................................................... 48
FAQ .................................................................................................................................................................. 49
Appendix 1 .................................................................................................................................................................. 50
Disposal .................................................................................................................................................................. 51

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1. Hardware Overview
1.1 Power
The unit uses an external power adapter (12V DC, Maximum 4 Amps, 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz)
*the power LED is only a LED not a button.
1.2 Ports
LAN Port One Gigabit RJ45 Ethernet port. This connects to your router or switch via
Ethernet cable.
USB Ports There are two ports for USB connection to the NAS server. Used for
connecting USB devices such as external hard drives and printers to the
NAS server.
*
Status LED
Power LED*
Switch

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*Please note:
1. The “Back to default”button is hidden behind a hole on the front panel of the NAS server.
To press this button a hand tool with a pin of diameter < 1.5mm is needed, this tool is not
supplied.
1.4 LED’s
LED Color LED-status System status
Power ON/OFF Blue Constant light Power ON, System ready
LEDS Blinking Hard Disk Drive Reading/Writing
Blinking, 2 times/second System initialization not ready
Blinking, 1 time/2 seconds Hard Disk Drive in suspend mode
Status-LED Orange Constant light RAID error
RAID rebuilding
Blinking, 2 times/second
Blinking, 1 time/2 seconds Hard drive capacity remaining is
less than 5%.
LAN LED (These LED’s are ON LAN connected.
located on rear side of O LAN disconnected.
the NASserver) Blinking Data access
1.3 Buttons
Item Description
Power ON/OFF switch Press this switch to turn on or o the NAS server on the backside.
One-Touch Copy button USB device (Flash
or External hard
disk drive) to NAS
server hard disk
*Back to default button Press for 3 seconds
Copy data from the connected USB device into the
“public” folder of NAS server hard disk (it does not
matter which USB port is used).
Reset the NAS server to factory default settings.
The Default IP will be 192.168.16.1. Please note:
all settings will be deleted
1.System is booting up
2.2nd Hard Disk Drive not yet formatted.
3.Hard Disk Drive is under formatting
4.RAID is under conguration
5.Firmware is under upgrade

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*Please Note:
1. The 1st Hard Drive is dened as the NAS server drive as the NAS server system is installed on
this drive. The 2nd Hard Drive is data storage only as not NAS server system is installed on this
drive.
2. Installation
Requirements
The following items are required when using the NAS server.
 •TCP/IPProtocolmustbeinstalledinyourPCorLaptopcomputer.
 •NASserverisconnectedtoaswitchorhubconnectedtothenetwork.
HW Installation
•Partlist.
Item Part Part Description Quantity Remark
Illustration
1 Top Cover 1
2 Housing Assembly 1
3 Hard Disk Holder 2
4 Screw 6 x 32 x H7 8
5 SATA Hard Disk Drive 1 or 2 Max.2TB Not included.
pr. drive

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Hard drive holder assembly
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF ONLY 1 HARD DRIVE IS USED, PLACE IT INTO THE
HOLDER AT THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE NAS
SERVER, OTHERWISE SETTINGS CANNOT BE STORED
1. Use 3(1 piece), 4(4 pieces), 5(1 pieces), and a screwdriver (not included) mount the SATA HDD
onto the Hard disk holder using the four screws
2. If two hard drives are to be used, repeat Step 1 to install the second SATA HDD into the other
HDD Holder Assembly 6, as shown above.
3. Put the Housing Assembly 2 horizontally on the desk, and then install 6 (1 piece) into 2 as per
the illustration. If two hard drives are to be used, install the other 6 (1 piece) into 2.
Please Note:
Due to the weight of the assembled HDD Holder, The mechanical design was made to
protect the PCB Assembly within the Housing from unwanted damaged caused by installing
as shown in below. Please notice that this is NOT a recommended installation method..
6 HDD Holder Assembly 2 Hard drives are to be
mounted into the
HDD Holder
*this is an illustration of an assembly by user
HDD mounted in HDD
Holder, this is the combined
product of items 3,4 and 5

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4. Install the Cover 1 (1 piece) and whole assembly is complete.
• AftertheHardDiskDrivesareinstalledasperstep1to4,connectthenetworkcableto
LAN port of the NAS server. A typical network setup consists of computers and the NAS
server connected to a router.
• ConnectthepowertotheNASserver,thenpressthePowerON/OFFbuttonatthebackof
the NAS server to turn on the NAS server. Please note that the system boot up will take
around 1 minute.
• InserttheCD-ROMwhichcamewiththeNASserverproductandrun“NetTool.exe”from
the folder“NetTool”to discover to this NAS server as shown below.
Please note: HIt is a good idea to copy the “NetTool.exe”to the desktop of the computer for easy
access to the NAS server. To copy the “NetTool.exe”, select it by clicking on it with the left mouse
button once, right click once and a mini menu will be shown. Select “copy” from the menu, to insert
the copied le “NetTool.exe”on your desktop, minimizes all windows and right click on the
desktop, this will bring up the mini menu again. Select “paste”to copy the le from the CD to your
desktop.
The “NetTool.exe”le is now located and can be started from the desktop

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• PleasecheckiftheHDDisdetectedonthelistof“USBInformation”.Afterthisclickonthe
“Access via web”button and the below window will be shown.

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• ToinstalltheNASserverfeatures,clickthe“Browse”buttonandselecttoinstallNASserver
features by selecting the image le “new_rmware.bin”from the folder FW release that is located
on the CD-ROM that came with the NAS server.
• SelecttheHDDandthelesystemwhichisgoingtobeformatted.

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• Click“Startnow”toinstallandformattheHDD,pleasenotethatitmaybenecessaryto
conrm the format and installation by clicking OK in a popup window.
• RuntheWindowsutility“NetTool”todiscovertotheNASserveragain.
• Clickonthebutton“accessviaweb”andenterusernameandpasswordtoenterthe
web GUI. The default values are admin/admin.
Notes:
• WhentheBlueLEDisconstantbluethebootupcompleted.
• PressthePowerON/OFFswitchtothe“OFF”positiontoturnotheNASserver.