D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User manual

iD-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
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Package Contents ...................................................2
System Requirements ............................................. 2
Features ..................................................................3
Hardware Overview ................................................. 4
Front Panel ........................................................4
Rear Panel (Connections) ................................. 5
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ShareCenter Software CD ....................................... 6
D-Link Storage Utility ............................................... 7
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Setup Wizard (Standalone) .....................................9
Remove the Front Cover and Install the Hard
Drives ...............................................................10
Replace the Front Cover and Connect to the
Local LAN ........................................................11
Power and Device Selection ............................12
Admin Password ..............................................13
Networking Setup ............................................ 14
Dynamic DNS ..................................................15
DDNS Account and System Time .................... 16
E-mail Settings and Volume Information .........17
RAID Conguration and Network Drive
Mapping ...........................................................18
Conguration Summary and Drive Formatting 19
Format Complete and Add-on Packages ......... 20
Setup Complete ...............................................22
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Web UI Login ......................................................... 23
Web UI General Layout .........................................24
Management .......................................................... 25
Setup Wizard (Web UI) ....................................26
Disk Management .................................................. 30
Hard Drive Conguration .................................30
Hard Drive Conguration Wizard .....................31
S.M.A.R.T. Test ...............................................35
Scan Disk .........................................................37
Account Management ............................................ 38
Users / Groups .................................................38
Adding New Users Wizard ...............................39
Adding New Groups Wizard ............................43
Quotas .............................................................47
Network Shares ...............................................48
Adding New Network Shares Wizard ............... 49
Adding New ISO Mount Shares Wizard ........... 55
Admin Password ..............................................59
Network Management ...........................................60
LAN Setup ....................................................... 60
Dynamic DNS ..................................................62
FTP Server ......................................................63

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Application Management ....................................... 63
UPnP AV Server ..............................................64
iTunes Server ..................................................65
Add-on .............................................................66
AFP Service .....................................................67
NFS Service .....................................................68
Language .........................................................69
System Management ............................................. 69
Time and Date .................................................70
Device ..............................................................71
System Settings ...............................................72
Power Management .........................................74
E-mail Alerts - E-mail Settings .........................76
E-mail Alerts - SMS Settings ...........................77
Adding an SMS Service Provider ....................78
E-mail Alerts - Event Settings ..........................79
Logs .................................................................80
Firmware Upgrade ...........................................81
System Info ......................................................82
Status ....................................................................82
Hard Drive Info ................................................. 83
Applications ...........................................................84
FTP/HTTP Downloads .....................................84
Remote Backups ............................................. 86
Local Backups ................................................. 91
Local Backups - Time Machine ........................ 92
P2P Downloads - Settings ...............................93
P2P Downloads - Downloads ..........................94
Web File Server ...............................................95
My Favorites ..........................................................96
Re-arranging the My Favorites View ...............96
Add an Icon to My Favorites ............................97
Remove an Icon from My Favorites ................. 98
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What is RAID? .......................................................99
Mapping a Drive ..................................................100
Mapping the Recycle Bin ...............................103
USB Print Server .................................................104
Yahoo! Widget Installation ................................... 107
Yahoo! Widget Display ........................................108
USB Copy Function .............................................109

1D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 1 - Product Overview
The D-Link ShareCenter™ Shadow (DNS-325), 2-Bay Network Storage, when used with internal SATA drives1, enables
you to share documents, les, and digital media such as music, photos, and video with everyone on the home or ofce
network. Remotely accessing les through the Internet is also possible with the built-in FTP server2, Web File server
and WebDAV protocol. Whether you are allowing access locally or over the Internet, keep data safe by only giving
rights to specic users or groups. When conguring the DNS-325, you can create users and groups and assign them
to folders with either read or read/write permissions. This is ideal for an ofce environment with employee-specic
sensitive data or for the home where you can ensure your children will only have access to age appropriate material.
The DNS-325 will be available to any computer (PC, MAC, or Linux-based) on your network, without the need to install
any software on the computer.
Back up your music, photo, and video collections to the DNS-325 for safekeeping. Then, enjoy the benets of the built-
in DLNA certied UPnP AV media server3 as you stream digital content to compatible media players (such as those
found in D-Link’s MediaLounge product line). This feature is highly convenient as it allows you to turn off a computer
that would normally be needed for the same function.
The availability of four different hard drive modes (Standard, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID1) allows you to choose the
conguration best suited to your needs. Standard mode creates two separately accessible hard drives. JBOD combines
both drives in linear fashion for maximum space efciency. RAID 0 combines both drives in a ‘striped’ conguration,
which provides the highest performance when using a Gigabit Ethernet connection. RAID 1 causes the drives to mirror
each other, providing maximum protection. If one drive fails while congured as RAID 1, the unaffected drive continues
to function as a single drive until the failed drive is replaced. The new drive will then be re-mirrored, allowing the DNS-
325 to return to its full protection.
To further enhance your ShareCenter’s capabilities you can expand the applications available with the ShareCenter by
using the Add-on feature which allows you to add supported software applications. These applications can add over
the web audio streaming, le and media sharing and even blogging capability to your ShareCenter.
Introduction
3 D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. Playback capability depends on the codec support of the UPnP™ AV media player.
2 Note that use of an FTP Server to access les over the Internet does not provide for secure or encrypted transmissions.
1 Hard Drive(s) not included.

2D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 1 - Product Overview
Product Overview
D-Link ShareCenter™ Shadow DNS-325
CD-ROM with Manual and Software
Quick Installation Guide
Power Cable with 12 V DC 4 A Power Adapter
Cat5 Ethernet Cable
Package Contents
Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the ShareCenter™ will cause damage and void
the warranty for this product.
If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.
System Requirements
For best results, the following minimum requirements are recommended on any system used to congure and
use the ShareCenter™:
Computer with: 1Ghz processor / 512 MB RAM / 200 MB available space / CD-ROM drive
Internet Explorer version 7, Mozilla Firefox 3 or Apple Safari 4 and above
Windows® XP (with Service Pack 2) or Vista™ or Windows 7™
3.5” SATA Hard Drive(s)

3D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 1 - Product Overview
Features
Two hard drive bays for 3.5” SATA hard drives, up to
2TB HDD (or higher)
Four hard drive configurations: Standard, JBOD
(Linear), RAID 0, and RAID 1
RAID Migration: Standard to RAID1
Disk Diagnostic Functions (S.M.A.R.T Test and
Scandisk)
High performance Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
Simplied hard drive installation process
USB port supports an external storage device, printer
server, or UPS Monitoring
FAT16/32, NTFS (read only) for USB external storage
USB copy function
NFS/AFP server
DDNS
UPnP, Bonjour
PnP-X / LLTD
Local backups
Full or incremental backups
Backup and recover your PC with the included backup
software
Apple Time Machine
Users and Groups can be assigned to folders with
read or read/write permissions
Quotas for users and groups
ISO mount shares
Power Management for conserving energy and
extending hard drive life
Auto power recovery
Schedule power off
Internet audio streaming
UPnP AV Server for streaming music, photos, and
video to compatible media players
iTunes software will be able to automatically nd and
play music directly from the ShareCenter
Logitech Squeeze Center
P2P downloads
D-Link Storage Utility
Congurable by web browser
HTTPS management function
Network recycle bin
Yahoo! Widget
System Logging/FTP Logging
Automatic E-Mail and SMS Notications
Remote File Access via Built-in Web File Server, FTP
Server, or WebDAV, or via the AjaXplorer add-on
application
Built-in FTP server for le access over the Internet
FTP Server supports FTP over SSL/TLS and FXP
Uni-code for both Samba and FTP Server
Scheduled downloads from web or FTP sites
Add-on software and multiple language packages
The ShareCenter™ Shadow DNS-325 is an easy-to-install data storage platform that can be accessed remotely through a local
network or via the Internet. This ShareCenter™ the features listed below:

4D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 1 - Product Overview
Hardware Overview
Front Panel
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USB LED This light will illuminate when a USB device is inserted into the USB Port. This light will blink when
there is trafc.
HDD LEDs These lights will be solid when the drives are connected but inactive. The lights will blink when the
drives are being accessed, formatted or synchronized. They will illuminate AMBER if a drive has
failed.
Power Button Press once to power on the ShareCenter. Press and hold the button until it begins to blink to power
down the ShareCenter.
Drive Tray With the front cover off, SATA hard drives can be slid in and out of the of ShareCenter. Use the tabs
on the rear of the ShareCenter to initially push a HDD out of its connector and tray.
Power Button
HDD LED (L)
Drive Trays
HDD LED (R)
USB LED

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Section 1 - Product Overview
Rear Panel (Connections)
USB Copy/Unmount Button
USB Connector
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Cooling Fan The cooling fan is used to cool the hard drives and features speed control. When the unit is rst
powered on the fans rotate at a low speed and rotate at a high speed when the temperature
rises above 49 °C.
Gigabit Ethernet Port Use the Gigabit Ethernet Port to connect the ShareCenter to the local network. The port is
equipped with both a LAN LINK (R) and Trafc LED (L) to indicate connectivity and trafc
respectively to the local LAN
Power Receptacle Connect the supplied power cord to the receptacle.
USB Connector A single USB 2.0 (Type A) connector. The USB Host port is for USB Printers, USB memory
disks or USB UPS monitoring.
Reset Button Press this button for more than 5 seconds to reset the unit to factory defaults.
HDD Eject Lever With the power removed and the front cover off use each slot’s lever to eject the HDD drive .
USB Copy/
Unmount Button
Press 1~3 seconds to copy data from a USB drive to your ShareCenter. Press and hold 5
seconds to unmount a USB drive.
Power Receptacle
Reset Button
HDD Eject Lever
Cooling Fan
Gigabit Ethernet Port

6D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 2 - Getting Started
To run the Storage Utility or the ShareCenter Setup wizard insert the ShareCenter™ CD into your CD-ROM drive:
Click Storage Utility.
Getting Started
ShareCenter Software CD

7D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 2 - Getting Started
When rst powered on, during the initial boot sequence, the ShareCenter will wait to be assigned an IP address via
DHCP. If it does not receive a DHCP assigned IP address the Auto-IP process will assign a 169.254.xxx.xxx address to
the ShareCenter. It is recommended that the included D-Link Storage Utility be used when accessing and conguring
the ShareCenter for the rst time. If you want to change the IP address before logging in or are unable to connect to
the ShareCenter IP address, you can use the Storage Utility provided on the product CD to locate the device on your
network and make any needed changes.
D-Link Storage Utility
Network
Storage Device
The D-Link Storage Utility displays any
ShareCenter™ devices it detects on the
network here.
Refresh Click Refresh to refresh the device list.
Configuration Click Conguration to access the Web based
conguration of the ShareCenter™.
LAN Configure the LAN Settings for the
ShareCenter™ here.
Apply Click Apply to save changes to the LAN
Settings.
Connect Click Connect to connect to the iSCSI target.
Management Click Management to edit the information.
Drive Mapping Volumes available for mapping are displayed
here.
Available Drive
Letters
Choose an available drive letter. Click Connect
to map the selected volume. Click Disconnect
to disconnect the selected mapped volume.
About Click About to view the software version of the
Easy Search Utility.
Exit Click Exit to close the utility.

8D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 2 - Getting Started
Select the ShareCenter from the list and click the
 button. This will launch the computer’s
default web browser and direct it to the IP address listed
for the device. Make sure the browser is not congured
to use a proxy server.
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web-based conguration manager must be on the same
subnet as the ShareCenter. If your network is using a
DHCP server and the computer receives IP settings from
DHCP server, the ShareCenter will automatically be in
the same subnet.

9D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 3 - Installation
The Setup wizard will guide you through the process of setting up your ShareCenter ready for immediate use. The
wizard will do the following:
Installation
Setup Wizard (Standalone)
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web-based conguration manager must be on the same subnet
as the ShareCenter. If your network is using a DHCP server
and the computer receives IP settings from DHCP server, the
ShareCenter™ will automatically be in the same subnet.

10D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
Section 3 - Installation
Remove the Front Cover and Install the Hard Drives
This step above shows you how to open your ShareCenter so that you can
install one or two hard drives
This step below shows you how to slide either one or two hard drives into the
open hard drive bays of your ShareCenter.

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Section 3 - Installation
Replace the Front Cover and Connect to the Local LAN
Once the hard drives are installed properly in each bay then you can replace the
face plate.
A standard CAT-5 ethernet cable with an RJ-45 connect is needed to connect your
ShareCenter to your LAN.

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Section 3 - Installation
Power and Device Selection
Connect the power adapter connector to the power connection at the back of the
ShareCenter. Then power on the ShareCenter™ pressing the power button located
under the faceplate LEDs
With the power on, check that the Power LED is blinking. If they are blinking
answer yes to the confirmation window otherwise select no and check the power
connectivity to the ShareCenter. If power connection is good then check that the
hard drives are installed correctly and have no other issues.

13D-Link ShareCenter Shadow DNS-325 User Manual
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Admin Password
This window requests the Admin (administrator) password. If this is the first
installation of this ShareCenter then the password will be blank.
In this step you can create a new password for the ‘Admin” username. It is
recommended you set a password however you may also leave the fields blank.

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Networking Setup
You may either use Static IP or DHCP to configure the IP network settings of the
ShareCenter. If you select Static IP then input the IP parameters as listed.
If you want your ShareCenter to be part of a Windows Workgroup network enter
the parameters requested or leave the default settings that appear initially in the
window. The name will be used whenever you map one of the ShareCenter™
volumes as a Network Drive.

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Dynamic DNS
Click here on the “Yes” Radio button if you already have a DDNS account to use
for the ShareCenter DDNS settings. Click on the “No” Radio button and proceed
to another step to obtain new DDNS account.
Enter the DDNS parameters requested in this window so that your ShareCenter
can be accessed by a URL over the WWW.

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DDNS Account and System Time
If you want a DDNS account to use with your ShareCenter, D-Link provides a free
DDNS account by clicking on the web link shown. You need to do the following:
• Create an account with a username and password
• Create a hostname that DDNS service will use to track your ShareCenter no
matter what the Local Network WAN settings are (i.e. public IP address)
• Configure your ShareCenter with the hostname and DDNS service provider
details.
• Configure your router to forward port 80.
Follow the steps listed here in order to create a DDNS account and configure your
LAN equipment and ShareCenter to work with the new settings.
Select the ShareCenter system time, date and timezone settings using this
step. You can set the time and date manually, from and NTP server or from the
computers settings. The timezone is set manually,

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E-mail Settings and Volume Information
To receive e-mail events that the ShareCenter may encounter, you may set an
optional E-mail account here.
This step is informational and shows any currently configured Volumes previously
setup on the ShareCenter.