D-Link DNS-323 - Network Storage Enclosure NAS... User manual

Quick Install Guide
DNS-323
2-BAY SATA NETWORKS STORAGE ENCLOSURE

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Package Contents
System Requirements
If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.
• 1GHz Processor / 512 MB RAM
• 200MB available space
• CD-ROM drive
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and above
• 3.5” Internal SATA Hard Drive
• Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Vista
• D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure
• CD-ROM with Manual and Software
• Quick Installation Guide
• Power Adapter (12V;3A / 5V;3A)
• Power Cable Clip
• CAT5 Ethernet Cable

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Hardware Overview
Power Button:
Press once to power on the DNS-323. Press and hold the button
until it begins blinking to power down the device.
Drive LEDs:
These LEDs will be solid BLUE when drives are connected. The
LEDs will blink when the drives are being accessed, formatted or
synchronized. They will illuminate AMBER if a drive has failed.
Activity LED:
This LED will illuminate solid BLUE when there is an Ethernet
connection. It will blink to indicate LAN trafc.
Front View
Power Button
Drive LED
Activity LED
Drive LED

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Rear View
Power Receptacle:
The 12V;3A / 5V;3A power supply connects here.
Ethernet Port:
A Gigabit Ethernet port that connects the DNS-323 to the local
network.
USB Port:
USB Print Server port for connecting a USB printer.
Drive Eject Lever:
Use the provided levers to eject the SATA hard drives.
Reset Button:
A pinhole button located beside the Ethernet port is used to reset the
system to the factory default settings.
Note: After resetting the unit you will still have access to the data on
your hard drives.
Ethernet Port
Drive Eject
Lever
Power
Receptacle
USB Port
Drive Eject
Lever
Reset Button

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Hardware Installation
1. Access the drive bays by
sliding the faceplate up until it
unlatches from the device.
2. Once the faceplate is unlatched,
pull it off of the device, exposing
the drive bays.
3. Insert a 3.5” SATA hard drive into
each available drive bay. Make
sure to align the drive connectors
to the endpoints in the DNS-323.
Gently push the drive in until it
connects.
Note: If only one 3.5” SATA drive is available place this drive in the LEFT
bay while the opening (front) of the DNS-323 is facing you.

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4. Attach the faceplate to the front
of the device.
5. Connect an Ethernet cable into
the available Ethernet port.
This cable should connect the
DNS-323 to your local network
or directly to a computer for
conguration.
6. Finally, connect the power adapter
to the power receptacle.

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Easy Search Utility
When rst powered on, during the initial boot sequence, the
DNS-323 will wait to be assigned an IP address via DHCP. If it does not
receive a DHCP assigned IP address, by default it will boot up with a
self-assigned IP address of 192.168.0.32.
The Easy Search Utility provided on the DNS-323 CD-ROM makes
it simple to nd any DNS-323 devices on your network, and it is
recommended to use the Easy Search Utility when accessing and
conguring the DNS-323 for the rst time. Each DNS-323 will have a
unique name of dlink-xxxxxx where “xxxxxx” is the last six digits of its
MAC address.
Note : If you want to use non-English character les, you will need to
change the Language setting from the Easy Search Utility to ensure full
compatibility with those les. See the manual for instructions.

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When logging into the DNS-323 for the rst time, you will be asked
to choose a drive conguration and format the drives. There are four
available options, Standard, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Highlight an available
DNS-323 and click
Configuration to access
the web-based utility.
At the login screen, type
admin for the user name
and leave the password eld
blank. Click Conguration.
Select a type of hard drive
configuration, and click
Next.
Getting Started
From the DNS-323 CD,
select Easy Search Utility.
When logging into the DNS-323 for the rst time,
you will be asked to choose a drive’s conguration
type and format the drives. There are four
available conguration options, Standard, JBOD,
RAID 0 and RAID 1.

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Amessage appears warning
that when the drives are
formatted all data will
be erased. Click OK to
continue.
As the drives are formatted, a
progress meter will display.
When formatting is complete,
the results will display. Click
Restart to continue.

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A message informing you
that the DNS-323 will restart
appears. Click OK.
The DNS-323 will restart.
After the DNS-323 restarts,
type admin for the user name
and leave the password eld
blank. Click Conguration.
Your DNS-323 setup is now complete.