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.

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3. Windows Tool
3.1 Quick Setup Wizard
This tool gives the possibility to search for every device on the network and show some informa-
tion about the NAS server, it also gives the possibility to access the NAS server web page and to
change the settings of the device such as description, time zone, date, time, IP etc. The Quick Setup
Wizard is able to access the NAS server even if it is in another IP or subnet range (default IP of the
NAS server is 192.168.16.1). The Setup wizard also gives the possibility of changing the standard IP
address to either DHCP (automatic IP) or to a specic IP address in the network.
3.1.1 Refresh List
Refresh List updates the device list and will show all devices in the same subnet. It will also
show the IP of units even if the subnet is dierent.

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3.1.2 Access via Web
This function will link to the webpage of the chosen device.
3.1.3 Setup wizard
To access the setup wizard the admin password needs to be entered. Default name is: admin,
default password is: admin
Step 1
Select the “Don’t input password next time”if you do not want to enter the username & password
next time when you want to enter the“Setup wizard”. If this option is not selected, the system will
ask for username and password next time as below.
It is also possible to change the description, time zone, date and time of the device from here. After
the settings are set correctly, click“Next” to save the settings and go on to step 2, or if you want to
leave the setting as it was, click “Skip”

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Step 2
In step 2 the IP, subnet, gateway and DNS of the device can be altered. It is recommended to
use DHCP as this will automatically get these options from the network. If a specic (Static IP) is
to be used, please get the information from the ISP or network administrator. When the settings are
complete, click“Next” to save and go to step 3 or if you want to leave the setting as it was, click
“Skip”.
Step 3
Click “Finished” to complete the setup wizard and go back to the Main menu.
The NAS server will disappear shortly from the NetTool to use the settings specied in the setup
wizard. When done, the NAS server will be shown again with the new settings including a new IP
address that conforms to your network standards.

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3.1.4 Share mapping
Step 1
Input current administrator’s name and password and click OK. Please note that the default
name is: admin and default password is: admin.
Step 2

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Login name and password: only needed if the folder you wish to share requires username and
password, e.g. if you have created a folder through the web interface and set a specic user for this
folder, it is necessary to enter the user name and password to obtain access to the folder
Map share to local: select the folder that is to be mapped from the NAS server to the local com-
puter in the rst drop down box, (the folder admin is not to be used), public and any folder created
in the web tool will be shown in this drop down box. If all folders are not shown, please exit share
mapping and click the refresh button on the NetTool page to update the NAS server settings
Map to: select the drive letter that the folder on the NAS server is to be mapped to in the last drop
down box. The new drive will be shown in (My) Computer when the share is made and the folder
from the NAS server can be accessed through (My) Computer.
The button “Map”: will create the drive mapping, it is important to click this button.
List of mapped share: shows the folders currently mapped from the NAS server to the local PC.
Unmap: will remove the selected drive mapping
Unmap all: will remove all drive mappings
Step 3
In (My) Computer it is now possible to access the shared folders from the NAS server directly,
the drives will be listed as shown above.
Please note: the way the drive mapping is shown may vary depending on the computers
operating system.
Please note: on some computers the share mapping the share mapping may disappear from
(My) Computer, if it does, please use the below drive mapping method instead.
Open the NetTool.exe and click on the NAS server in the device list

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Write down the IP address of your NAS Server in the above case 192.168.1.43
Windows XP: click on Start and Run, this will give you a small window called run
Windows Vista / Windows 7: click on the start bubble and click the search area at the bottom of
the start menu Type in the IP address like this \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx remember to use your IP address
This will open a new window that shows all the folders that are on the NAS server.
Right click the folder you wish to map from the NAS server to (My) Computer and select “map
network drive”this will open a window where it is possible to select drive letter in “Drive”.
When done, press apply and the new share will be added to (My) Computer. If a username and
password is required for the selected folder, a popup window will ask for this, there is a
checkbox that enables the computer to store the password so that it does not need to be entered
again on that computer.
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4. Web
Input the NAS server IP in the browser to enter the NAS server web conguration page, this can
also be done by starting the NetTool and clicking on “Access via web”.
Please note: to access the NAS servers web conguration page it is necessary that the PC and NAS
server are in the same IP and subnet range, please congure this using the“Setup Wizard” in the
NetTool
4.1 Web login page
Logging on to the NAS server web conguration page requires a username and password.
The default username is “admin”and password “admin”.
4.2 Home
The basic information of the NAS server will be shown here.

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4.3 Administration
4.3.1 LAN Setting
This section contains all LAN settings used to congure the NAS server on the network.
Depending on how the network is set up, changes to this page may or may not be necessary.
It is possible to choose DHCP or Static IP from “Protocol”
4.3.1.1 Work Group
It is possible to change the name of the workgroup the NAS server belongs to. Enter the name of
your home network work group (standard work group name for windows is workgroup).
4.3.1.2 DHCP
Selecting this option enables the NAS server to request an IP and auto-congure itself to
the network if there is a DHCP Server present.
Note: If DHCP Client is enabled, but there is no DHCP server, the NAS server will fall back to
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4.3.1.3 Static IP
Click this option if no DHCP Server present on the network or to manually enter network
settings in the elds provided below this option.
IP Address Enter the static IP address
Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask address
Default Gateway Enter the Gateway IP address
DNS1 and DNS2 (both optional) If available, enter those IP addresses here
If you need assistance in manually entering the above information, contact your ISP
(Internet service provider) or network administrator for additional help conguring the
network settings.
4.3.2 DHCP Server
The DHCP server function enables the NAS server to act as DHCP server for the network
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4.3.3 System Settings
The basic settings of NAS server can be set at here. Including “Device Name”,“Description”,
“Date”, “Time Zone”, “Http Port” and the NTP can be enabled or disabled here.
Device Name Enter a valid name for the NAS server, includes: ’0-9’, ’a-z’, ’A-Z’, ’-‘, ’_’
Description Enter a valid description of the NAS server, includes: ’0-9’, ’a-z’, ’A-Z’, ’-‘,
’_’, ‘ ‘
Date Select the current month ,day and year
Time Enter the current time, and Select PM or AM
Time Zone Select the appropriate time zone
NTP Choose Enabled to activate Network Time Protocol for automatic
adjustment of the time and date
NTP Server Enter the correct NTP server
Http Port Enter the valid name, from 80 to 65535
When the NTP option is enabled, you will need to enter a valid NTP server to make it work
correctly. The NAS server will get the time from the NTP server. (The selection for the date
and time will close after NTP is enabled) standard NTP server is “time.windows.com”