NETGEAR ReadyNASUltra 6 User manual

July 2010
202-10692-01
v1.0
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
ReadyNAS® Ultra
Hardware Manual
Models: 
Ultra 6
Ultra 4

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ReadyNAS Ultra Hardware Manual
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to the products described in this document without notice. NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur
due to the use, or application of, the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein.
Revision History
Publication Part Number Version Publish Date Comments
202-10692-01 v1.0 July 2010

Table of Contents |3
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted
What is the NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ReadyNAS Community Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ReadyNAS for Home Storage Product Lineup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Choosing a Setup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Initial Setup and Default Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Default Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Diskless Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The RAIDar Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RAIDar Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RAIDar Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
RAIDar LED Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Log in to Your ReadyNAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
FrontView Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setup Wizard Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Advanced Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 ReadyNAS Ultra 4
ReadyNAS Ultra 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Front and Side Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Drive Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
LED and Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
System Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Power Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the FrontView Browser User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3 ReadyNAS Ultra 6
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Front and Side Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drive Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LED and Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Using the Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Using the FrontView Browser User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Chapter 4 Disks and Disk Replacements
Failed Disk Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Choosing a Replacement Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Hardware Compatibility List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Adding or Replacing Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Adding a New Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Replacing a Failed Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Appendix A Defaults and Technical Specifications
Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
ReadyNAS Ultra 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
ReadyNAS Ultra 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Safety Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Electrical Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Appendix B Notification of Compliance
Index

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1. Getting Acquainted
NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra
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Congratulations on your purchase of a NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra storage unit.
The NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra family provides advanced home users with an easy-to-use,
high-performance, gigabit multimedia desktop storage system with iSCSI support.
This ReadyNAS Ultra Hardware Manual describes the physical features and attributes of
ReadyNAS Ultra products.
This chapter contains the following sections:®
• What is the NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra?
• ReadyNAS for Home Storage Product Lineup
• Choosing a Setup Location
• Initial Setup and Default Login
• The RAIDar Setup Utility
• FrontView Management Console
For detailed information about configuring, managing, and using your ReadyNAS Ultra, refer to
the ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual, which is available at
http://www.readynas.com/documentation.

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What is the NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra?
The NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra series deliver the power you need to run bleeding-edge
applications, and the flexibility you want to store, share, and protect your prized multimedia
collections.
Two Gigabit Ethernet ports deliver ultra-fast connections, while three USB ports offer the
flexibility to connect other devices using a USB connection, like printer servers, external USB
storage devices, or digital cameras.
These multimedia desktop storages are ideal for media enthusiasts with large digital media
libraries who want to take their media files wherever they go, and enable users across the
LAN, or WAN, or over the Internet to back up and share data from Windows, Macintosh, and
Linux systems.
Offering extensible, high-availability data protection, ReadyNAS Ultra systems come with
robust, fail-safe features that can include:
• X-RAID2TM — Manage volume expansion automatically as you add new hard drives
or replace existing drives with larger-capacity drives. Multiple volume support for
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 (varies by product model).
• ReadyNAS Remote — Get secure drag-and-drop remote access without complicated
network setups.
• ReadyNAS Vault — Back up critical files off-site for added security and peace of
mind, then access and restore them remotely online.
• Rsync — Replicate and synchronize files between two ReadyNAS devices.
• TiVo®-compatible — Store your favorite television programs and play them back to
any TiVo®DVR in your home.
• Media shifting with Skifta — Access multimedia content from your ReadyNAS while
you’re away from home on connected DLNA®devices.
• Transcoding with Orb — Convert multimedia content for optimal streaming on mobile
devices.
• Automatic backups — Back up three computers (PC or Mac) continuously using
Memeo®Premium Backup, and restore any previous version of a file with a simple
right-click.
• iSCSI — Built-in iSCSI target service.
• Journaling mode, and user, group, and share-level quotas.
Storage Protocols
• CIFS/SMB for Windows®
• AFP for Mac®OS
• NFS for Linux®and UNIX®
• HTTP/S for Web browsers
• FTP/S support

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Multimedia Streaming
ReadyNAS is DLNA Certified®and can stream to:
• Media players (see www.dlna.org for latest information)
- NETGEAR Digital Entertainers
- Network DVD/Blu-ray players
- Game consoles, like Sony®PlayStation®3
• Nintendo®Wii and Microsoft®Xbox®, Xbox 360®
- Music players, like Sonos and Squeezebox
- TiVo®DVRs
- Skifta™ clients
• Orb™ and Air Video transcoding
• Apple®iTunes®server
Network Security
• Encrypted network logins
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Power-Saving Features
• Disk spin-down mode
• Power On/Off Scheduler
• Wake-on-LAN
ReadyNAS Community Website
For more information about NETGEAR ReadyNAS products visit the dedicated ReadyNAS
Community website at http://readynas.com, where you will find reviews, tutorials, a
comparison chart, software updates, documentation, an active user forum, and much more.

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ReadyNAS for Home Storage Product Lineup
NETGEAR offers a complete lineup of ReadyNAS home storage products, each with its own
unique characteristics to fit your specific requirements. With all ReadyNAS products, the
embedded operating system and easy-to-configure software makes installation, and
upgrades a breeze.
The ReadyNAS Ultra series offers:
• Blazing-fast performances for bleeding-edge applications
• Best software partnerships in the industry
• X-RAID2TM automatic volume expansion technology
• ReadyNAS Remote Secure drag-and-drop remote access
• ReadyNAS Vault embedded online backup service
ReadyNAS Ultra 6
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 is NETGEAR’s first 6-bay multimedia desktop
storage system that supports both NAS and iSCSI SAN for advanced
home users. Ultra 6 provides up to two times the performance of the
Duo (over 90 MBps), X-RAID2 automatic volume expansion
technology, secure drag-and-drop remote access (ReadyNAS
Remote), optional online backup solution (ReadyNAS Vault),
replication (Rsync), and RAID 0/1/5/6 for data protection.
ReadyNAS Ultra 4
ReadyNAS Ultra 4 is NETGEAR’s first 4-bay multimedia desktop
storage system with both NAS and iSCSISAN support. Ultra4 provides
two times the performance of the current NV+ (over 80 MBps),
X-RAID2 automatic volume management, secure drag-and-drop
remote access (ReadyNAS Remote), optional online backup solution
(ReadyNAS Vault), replication (Rsync), and RAID 0/1/5 for data
protection.

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Choosing a Setup Location
The ReadyNAS Ultra is suitable for use in a home or small office environment where it can be
free-standing. The small, compact size makes it suitable for sitting on a desk, or on shelf in a
closet.
When deciding where to locate the unite, ensure that:
• It is accessible and cables can be connected easily.
• Water or moisture cannot enter the case of the unit.
• Airflow around the unit and through the vents in the side of the case is not restricted.
• The air is as free of dust as possible.
• Temperature operating limits are not likely to be exceeded.
• If using an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) for protection, the power cable can be
securely and safely connected to the UPS.
System Requirements
• For LAN setup: An Ethernet connection
• Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista™, XP, 2000, Mac OS®, UNIX®, or Linux®
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0+, Apple® Safari®, 2.0+, Mozilla Firefox® 2.0+,
Opera® 9.5+
• Hard Disk Drive(s) — NETGEAR recommends the HDD from the NETGEAR HDD
Compatibility List only. See http://www.readynas.com/hcl.

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Initial Setup and Default Login
Installation
To install your ReadyNAS Ultra, follow the instructions in the NETGEAR ReadyNAS for
Home Installation Guide that came with your unit.
An electronic copy of the installation guide is located on the product CD.
You can also find it on the NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community support page at
http://readynas.com/documentation.
Estimated setup time is about 20 minutes.
Default Login
To log in to your unit:
1. Open a web browser and enter the following URL in the address field:
The default IP configuration is set to DHCP; if the unit does not automatically get an IP
address, it defaults to 192.168.168.168.
2. At the login prompt, enter the authentication information:
a. Default administrator user name: admin
b. Default password: netgear1
Both the user name and password are case-sensitive.
For information about using ReadyNAS RAIDar and FrontView software to log in, configure,
and manage your system, see the ReadyNAS for Home Software Manual.
Diskless Units
If your unit did not come with disks already installed (a diskless unit) you will need to install
the disks and then install and configure RAID before proceeding.
Go to http://www.readynas.com/hcl for a list of supported disks. Refer to the ReadyNAS for
Home Software Manual for instructions on installing disks and configuring RAID.