Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS User manual

1
External Hard Drive NAS
User Guide
English

2
Introduction
6
Controls, Connectors and Indicators 6
Front Pane
l
Area 6
Rear Panel Area
7
A
b
out t
h
e Har
d
Dis
k
8
Locating NAS Drive on Your Desk 8
Which Interface: USB or Ethernet? 8
Connectin
g
NAS
d
rive Usin
g
USB 1
0
Storing and Trans
f
erring Data via USB 1
0
Disconnectin
g
NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host 11
Connecting NAS Drive Using Ethernet 1
2
A
b
out NAS Drive User Accounts 12
Connecting the NAS Drive to Your LAN 1
3
Web-Based Administration Tool 1
5
A
d
ministration Login 16
Basic Settin
g
s for Initial Setu
p
1
7
S
et Language, Passwor
d
, Hostname, IP A
dd
ress, an
d
Time 1
7
Add New
U
ser Account 1
8
A
dd
New Grou
p
2
0
Add New
S
hared Folder 21
C
ontents

3
NAS Drive Operation Using Et
h
ernet 2
2
Sharing
fi
les using Windows 2
3
Run Dialo
g
ue 23
Browse Networ
k
Nei
ghb
or
h
oo
d
23
Search Dialogue 24
Browse M
y
C
om
p
uter
2
4
Sharing
fi
les using Mac OS X 2
4
Attachin
g
USB Devices 2
4
Attac
h
ing a Printer 25
Attaching a USB Storage Device 26
NA
S
Administration Reference 27
Users and Grou
p
s 2
9
User Mana
g
ement 29
G
roup Management
30
Fi
l
e an
d
Print 31
File
S
erver
3
1
W
in
d
ows Settin
g
31
FTP Server Setting 31
NF
S
S
erver
S
ettin
g
32
Guest Access Settin
g
32
Share Management 32
Printer
S
erver
33
System 3
3
Network Settin
g
s 33
Time Settings 34

4
Turn Off Server 34
In
f
ormation 34
Disk Usa
g
e 34
Error Notification 35
Monitoring Services 35
C
h
ec
k
Interva
l
35
E-mail Noti
fi
cation 35
Po
p
-U
p
Notification 35
Networ
k
Service 3
5
DH
C
P
S
erver
36
Bon
j
our
3
6
Maintenance
36
Dis
k
Uti
l
it
y
3
7
F
ormat 3
7
S
can
37
Unmount 3
7
Detail
38
Firmware U
pg
ra
d
e 3
8
Save Con
fi
guration 3
8
Restore Confi
g
uration 3
8
Factor
y
Reset 39
Log File 3
9
Sam
b
a Lo
g
39
FTP Log 39
DH
C
P
S
erver Lo
g
39

5
Sy
stem Lo
g
39
A
d
ministration Log 40
Account In
f
ormation 4
0
Lo
g
out 4
0
Tec
h
nica
l
Support 41
Limited Warranty Terms 41
Rights 4
2
FCC Com
p
liance 4
2
WEEE Notice 4
3
CE Dec
l
aration 4
3
ROHS Compliance 4
4

6
Introductio
n
Your Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external
h
ard drive featurin
g
hi
g
h-
p
erformance stora
g
e and a choice of either
h
i
g
h-s
p
eed USB 2.0 or Ethernet interface. Once
y
our drive is connected
properly to your network or computer, you will be able to use it as you
would an
y
hard drive for storin
g
y
our data and for
p
erformin
g
data back-u
p
fu
n
c
ti
o
n
s.
B
e
f
ore you begin to use the NAS drive there are a
f
ew important things to
l
earn about
y
our new
p
roduct.
C
ontrols
,
Connectors and Indicators
F
irst familiarize
y
ourself with the control ke
y
s and the various connectors on
the
u
nit
.
Fr
o
nt Pan
e
l Ar
ea
T
he front
p
anel contains onl
y
the ON/OFF Button, as illustrated below.
ON/OFF Button. Once t
h
e AC A
d
apter
h
as
b
een proper
l
y
1.
connected to the NAS drive and an AC outlet, you can press the
ON/OFF
b
utton to
p
ower on t
h
e
d
rive. T
h
e
b
utton’s
g
reen LED wi
ll
come on to indicate the power-on state. To turn o
ff
the drive, press
the ON/OFF button again. The LED will
fl
ash
f
or about 15 seconds
w
hile the drive’s internal software shuts down in an orderl
y
f
ashion.
The LED will then turn o
ff
to indicate that the drive is now
f
ully
turned o
ff.
1

7
R
ear Pane
l
Area
A
long the rear panel you will
fi
nd the inter
f
ace connectors and a recessed
micro-switch that is used
f
or reset
f
unctions. Re
f
er to the
fi
gure below.
Reset Button. I
f
the NAS drive is having a problem connecting1
.
to the local area network (LAN) or a
pp
ears to be hun
g
,
p
ress the
Reset button momentarily with the end o
f
a paper clip. This will
cause the unit to reset, similar to rebooting your PC. I
f
the problem
p
ersists, or if
y
ou are unsure of current settin
g
s (such as for
g
ettin
g
y
our a
d
ministration passwor
d
), press an
d
h
o
ld
in t
h
e Reset
b
utton
f
or 5 seconds. This will restore the
f
actory de
f
ault settings.
DC Input Connector. Connect the DC cable o
f
your included AC
2.
Ada
p
ter to the DC In
p
ut Connector.
U
SB-A Connector. Use this connector
f
or attaching a USB printer,3
.
U
SB flash disk, or other USB stora
g
e device.
US
B-B
C
onnector.
U
se this connector to attach the NA
S
drive to4
.
y
our com
p
uter via USB. Refer to “Which Interface: USB or Ethernet”
la
t
e
r in t
h
i
s
m
a
n
ual.
Ethernet Connector. If
y
ou
p
lan to use the Ethernet interface
5.
to connect to a LAN, then use this connector to attach to your
network e
q
ui
p
ment. Refer to “Which Interface: USB or Ethernet”
la
t
e
r in t
h
i
s
m
a
n
ual.
1 2 3 4 5

8
A
bou
t th
e
Har
d
Di
s
k
T
he NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-
f
ormatted in three partitions.
T
he largest partition is pre-
f
ormatted in the FAT32
f
ormat and is available
f
or
y
our data stora
g
e throu
g
h either a USB or Ethernet connection. The
o
ther two partitions are in Linux EXT2
f
ormat and are used by the NAS
d
rive’s internal so
f
tware
f
or supporting the various networking
f
eatures o
f
th
e
p
ro
d
uct.
N
ote: Capacity
d
epen
d
ent on mo
d
e
l
. Your operating system ma
y
r
e
p
ort ca
p
acit
y
as
f
ewer
g
i
g
ab
y
tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b
y
tes.
Your
p
roduct’s hard drive is a com
p
lex electronic stora
g
e s
y
stem and
sh
ou
ld
b
e
h
an
dl
e
d
wit
h
care, as
y
ou mi
gh
t treat a sensitive
p
orta
bl
e
c
omputer or other state-o
f
-the-art consumer electronics product. Do not
s
ub
j
ect it to shock, hi
g
h tem
p
eratures, or stron
g
ma
g
netic fields
.
L
ocatin
g
NAS Drive on Your Des
k
P
lace the NAS drive on a sturdy desk or table that is
f
ree
f
rom clutter
t
hat could block airflow around the unit. The drive is desi
g
ned to lie flat
o
n its rubber
f
eet, or may stand upright using the included stand. In
e
ither orientation take care not to block any air vents. I
f
using the upright
o
rientation, insta
ll
so t
h
at t
h
e ON/OFF
b
utton is at t
h
e to
p
.
Which Inter
f
ace:
USB or Et
h
ernet
?
I
n order to install and use your NAS drive, you need to decide which
i
nterface is better for
y
ou. With the flexibilit
y
of the NAS drive,
y
ou can
always change the inter
f
ace you want to use later, depending on your
application or computer environment. However, never attempt to connect
t
o
b
ot
h
USB-B an
d
Et
h
ernet at t
h
e same time.
T
o extend the useful life of
y
our NAS drive,
t
urn t
h
e unit OFF w
h
en not in use.
Caution: Do not connect to
b
ot
h
USB-B an
d
E
thernet connections at the same time
.

9
If
y
ou do not have LAN setu
p
, or
y
ou
p
rimaril
y
want to
p
rovide additional
stora
g
e to a sin
gl
e com
p
uter, t
h
en
y
ou s
h
ou
ld
consi
d
er USB as
y
our
inter
f
ace choice. Please re
f
er to the next section to learn how to install and
use
y
our NAS
d
rive usin
g
USB.
I
f
your PC is connected to a LAN over Ethernet (either wired or wireless),
and you primarily want to provide shared storage amongst two or more
com
p
uters on the LAN, then
y
ou should consider Ethernet as
y
our interface
choice. The
fi
gure below provides one example o
f
a LAN con
fi
guration.
As a cautionar
y
note,
pl
ease
b
e aware t
h
at
d
ata store
d
t
h
rou
gh
an Et
h
ernet
connection is store
d
in t
h
e same FAT32 partition t
h
at is accessi
bl
e t
h
roug
h
a USB-B connection. This is very convenient i
f
you want to temporarily move
y
our networ
k
d
rive to anot
h
er PC t
h
at is not connecte
d
to t
h
e LAN an
d
y
ou sti
ll
want to rea
d
d
ata store
d
on t
h
e
d
rive. Since most computers
h
ave
a USB port available, you can connect your drive using USB-B and have
access to
y
our
p
revious
ly
store
d
d
ata
.
On the other hand, i
f
you have private in
f
ormation that you have stored
usin
g
the
p
assword
p
rotection features within the NAS environment,
y
ou
ma
y
want to take s
p
ecial
p
recautions to
p
rotect this data from view durin
g
US
B-B connection.
For details about user
p
asswords and other network features,
p
lease
j
um
p
ahead
t
o
t
he
sec
ti
o
n
e
ntit
led
C
onnecting NAS
d
rive Using Et
h
ernet
to
learn how to install and operate your NAS drive using Ethernet.

10
C
onnecting NAS drive
U
s
i
ng US
B
Connecting your NAS drive to a USB host, such as a PC or Mac, is extremely
sim
p
le. Follow the ste
p
s below.
Note: I
f
your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you
w
ill need some additional software that
y
ou can download from the
Verbatim web site. Re
f
er to the Getting Help section
.
Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a
1.
w
all outlet usin
g
the included
p
ower cord.
Next
p
ress the ON/OFF button on the
f
ront o
f
the NAS drive.2
.
Finall
y
, connect the included USB cable
f
rom the USB-B
p
ort on3
.
t
h
e NAS
d
rive to an avai
l
a
bl
e USB
p
ort on
y
our com
p
uter.
T
h
e NAS
d
rive wi
ll
mount automatica
lly
, an
d
a new icon wi
ll
4.
appear
i
n
M
y Computer (Windows) or a new icon will appear on
the deskto
p
(Mac).
Note: I
f
you are using a USB 1.1 port on your Windows computer, the
followin
g
cautionar
y
note ma
y
a
pp
ear on
y
our dis
p
la
y
: Hi-S
p
eed USB
Device p
l
ugge
d
into non-Hi-Spee
d
USB
h
u
b
. T
h
is
d
oes not in
d
icate a
p
roblem because the NAS drive is com
p
atible with both USB 1.1 and
USB 2.0
p
orts. Sim
ply
c
l
ose t
h
e messa
g
e an
d
p
rocee
d
. However, in t
h
is
case the NAS drive will operate only at USB 1.1 speeds.
Storing and Trans
f
erring Data via USB
Once
y
our
d
rive is connecte
d
to a com
p
uter via USB-B, it can
b
e accesse
d
and used like any other removable disk. You can drag
fi
les to your unit’s
icon to copy them, navigate to your unit in Ope
n
or
S
av
e
dialog boxes, or
delete files stored on
y
our unit. For information on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or
deleting
fi
les, consult your computer’s documentation.