Buffalo Tech TeraStation TS-XL/R5 User manual

TeraStation User Manual
TS-XL/R5 and TS-WXL/R1 models
www.buffalotech.com v2.3

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Introduction
Congratulations on your new TeraStation! The TeraStation is a powerful le server that’s
as easy to use as a hard drive. With its straightforward Web Admin Tool, anyone can
easily congure the TeraStation’s settings. You don’t even necessarily need to congure it
at all; right out of the box it’s ready to be plugged in and put to work. But the TeraStation
remains a fast, reliable, Linux-based server, with multiple hard drives that may be
congured in RAID arrays. This user manual is intended to assist you in conguring your
new TeraStation.
Because we’re constantly updating our product, the images and text in this manual may
vary slightly from the images and text displayed by your TeraStation. These changes
are minor and should not affect the ease of setup adversely. As time passes, future user
interfaces, updated software, and later versions of this manual may be freely available for
download at our web site: http://www.buffalotech.com.

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Introduction
Diagrams and Layout 4
TS-XL/R5 4
TS-WXL/R1 7
Power Mode 10
Using your TeraStation
Using your TeraStation with a PC 11
Using your TeraStation with a Mac 13
Finding your TeraStation’s IP address 17
Settings and Conguration
Web Admin Tool 18
Users/Groups
Adding Users 21
Adding Groups 24
Disk Quotas 25
Network
Settings 26
Port Trunking 27
Workgroup/Domain 29
NFS 31
DFS 32
System
Settings 33
Disks
RAID Conguration 34
Hot Spare 36
Hot Swap 37
USB Hard Drives 38
Formatting Hard Drives 39
Encryption 39
Adding Shares 40
Mapping Additional Shares 43
TeraSearch 45
Maintenance 48
Replication 49
Backup Jobs 50
Initialization 51
NS-SHFT 54
EXT3 Reader 56
UPS 57
Extensions
Sleep Timer 58
Print Server 59
Time Machine 63
DLNA Media Server 68
Bittorrent Client 70
Direct Copy 72
Remote Access
WebAccess 73
FTP 78
Troubleshooting
Error codes 79
Troubleshooting Multiple Shares 81
Replacing a Hard Drive 84
Appendix
Specications 85
Factory Defaults 86
Contact Information 87
GPL Information 88

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TeraStation Quick Setup
Front Panel (TS-XL/R5)
Power On/Off
LCD Display
Door Lock
Display Button
Status LEDs
Function Button

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TeraStation Quick Setup
Open Front Panel (TS-XL/R5)
Diagnostic Port
(Buffalo factory use
only)
Drive Lock
(Press left to
open drive)
Drive LED
Init Button

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Serial Port for UPS
TeraStation Quick Setup
Rear Panel (TS-XL/R5)
USB
Ethernet 1
Ethernet 2
Power Connector
Security Mount
Power Mode Auto
Manual

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TeraStation Quick Setup
Front Panel (TS-WXL/R1)
Power On/Off
LCD Display
Door Lock
Display Button
Status LEDs
Function Button

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TeraStation Quick Setup
Open Front Panel (TS-WXL/R1)
Diagnostic Port
(Buffalo factory use
only)
Drive Lock
(Press left to
open drive)
Drive LED
Init Button

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Serial Port
for UPS
TeraStation Quick Setup
Rear Panel (TS-WXL/R1)
USB Ports
Ethernet 1
Ethernet 2
Power
Connector
Security
Mount
Power Mode
Auto Manual

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Power Mode
The “Power Mode” switch on the back of the unit has two positions: “Auto” and “Manual”. The
“Auto” position automatically powers the unit on or off with your computers. If any of your
computers are turned on, the TeraStation will power up; if all computers are turned off, the
TeraStation will power down.
You must have installed the NAS Navigator2 software on each of your computers for this feature
to work. Otherwise, if you move the switch to “Auto”, your unit will power down by itself and you
will have to manually turn it back on.
Also note that the unit needs to be powered on if you want to use the Web Access feature. When
using Web Access, it is best to leave the Power Mode switch set to “Manual”.
The “Auto” mode does not work if “NasNavi Detection” is disabled in Network/Settings/Network
Services, or if Port Trunking is enabled. In either of these cases, use the “Manual” mode.
To turn the TeraStation off, hold down the power button on the front panel for ve seconds. It
will take about 30 seconds to shut down. Do not unplug or interrupt power to the unit until
shutdown is complete and all LEDs are off.

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On your desktop is a new shortcut to Buffalo NAS Navigator. Double-click it to
open the NAS Navigator2 client utility.
Using the TeraStation with a PC
Double-click on your NAS
device’s icon to open it. Or,
right-click on it for more
options.

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From NAS Navigator2,
you can easily browse
the shares on your
TeraStation, open its
Web Admin Tool, map a
drive letter to a share, or
make a desktop shortcut
to the main share on the
TeraStation. Clicking
I’m Here causes the
TeraStation to beep and
ash its LEDs, making it
easy to identify.

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Using your TeraStation with a Mac
After installing the TeraNavigator software, your Mac will have
“NASNavigator” in the dock.
The NASNavigator icon opens the TeraStation’s client utility. If you
have more than one NAS device on the network, each will be visible
here. Click on the chosen device to highlight it. Click on the “gear”
symbol to drop down available commands.
Open Web opens the Web Admin Tool. Congure opens the menu
on the next page. Color Label lets you color-code your NAS devices
in NAS Navigator2. Show View Options lets you choose the size and
order of icons in the NAS Navigator2 display.

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In NAS Navigator2, choose Congure from the drop-down menu to
get to the Web page. Click Open Web Page to go the Web Admin
Tool, or click IP Address to change the TeraStation’s IP Address
settings.
The IP Address page lets you change the TeraStation’s IP address
settings.
If you have more than one NAS on your network, Show View Options
can be useful. It lets you choose the order of icons in the NAS
Navigator2 display. You may also adjust the size of the icons from
here.

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You can manually add shares (folders) to your
desktop by adding them to the Mac’s server
list. Begin by clicking Go, and then choose
Connect to Server.
In the Server Address eld, enter your
TeraStation’s IP address in the form smb://
ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your
TeraStation’s IP address), and click Connect.
If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP
address, see page 17.

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Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have congured share
permissions on your TeraStation, select Registered User and enter your
login credentials.
Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share, from the list
of folders on the TeraStation.
The share will open.

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If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, there are
several ways to get it.
One simple method is to use the NAS Navigator2 client utility
(included on your CD) to nd your TeraStation(s). Just click
on the icon for your TeraStation and you’ll be able to read its
IP address.
You can get the TeraStation’s IP address from the LCD display
on the front of the TeraStation. Press the Display button until
the IP address is displayed.
You can always get the TeraStation’s IP address from your
router’s conguration utility. Many Buffalo routers list this
information on the Client Monitor page, as shown to the right.
Consult your router’s documentation for instructions on
identifying the TeraStation’s IP address.
Finding your TeraStation’s IP Address

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Advanced Settings
To access the Web Admin Tool, right-click on your
TeraStation in NAS Navigator2 and choose Open
Web Admin.
Alternately, you may access the Web Admin Tool
by typing the IP address of your TeraStation into
the URL bar of a browser running on a computer
connected to the same network as the TeraStation.
This works perfectly with OS X, Linux, and other
non-Windows PCs.
Web Admin Tool

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This login prompt will appear. Enter admin for the user name. Until you change it, the password
for the admin account will be password. Press the Login button when nished.
User name: admin
Password: password
Advanced Settings

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Welcome to the Web Admin Tool! On the left side, you can see your TeraStation’s system
information. Tabs and submenus along the upper edge allow easy access to all of the settings
pages for your TeraStation.
Category Tabs
Individual
Settings
Submenus
Help and
Instructions