Verbatim NAS HARD DRIVE User manual

NAS Hard Drive
User Guide
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2
C
ontent
s
INTR
O
D
UC
TI
O
N 3
CONTROLS, CONNECTORS AND INDICATORS
3
Fr
o
nt Pan
e
l Ar
e
a
3
Rear Pane
l
Area 4
AB
OU
T THE HARD DI
S
K 5
LOCATING NAS DRIVE ON YOUR DESK 5
BUNDLED
SO
FTWARE 6
Fin
d
er.exe 6
Backu
p
Software 6
T
o
rr
e
ntFl
u
x 6
CO
NNE
C
TING T
O
Y
OU
R NETW
O
RK
6
AB
OU
T NA
S
DRIVE
US
ER A
CCOU
NT
S
8
CO
NNE
C
TIN
G
THE NA
S
DRIVE T
O
Y
O
UR LAN
9
WEB-BA
S
ED ADMINI
S
TRATI
O
N T
OO
L 1
1
A
d
ministration Lo
g
in 1
1
Basic Settin
g
s for Initial Setu
p
12
NA
S
DRIVE
O
PERATI
O
N 18
S
HARING FILE
S
US
ING WIND
O
W
S
18
Run Dialo
g
ue 1
9
Browse Network Neighborhood 1
9
Searc
h
Dia
l
ogue 1
9
Browse M
y
Com
p
uter 1
9
SHARING FILES USING MAC OS X 20
ATTA
C
HIN
G
U
S
B DEVI
C
E
S
20
Attac
h
in
g
a Printer 20
Attachin
g
a USB Stora
g
e Device 2
1
NA
S
ADMINI
S
TRATI
O
N REFEREN
C
E 22
US
ER
S
AND
G
R
OU
P
S
25
User Mana
g
ement 25
G
roup Management 26
FILE AND PRINT
27
Fi
l
e
S
erver 2
7
Share Mana
g
ement 28
Printer
S
erver 2
9
S
Y
S
TEM 3
0
LAN Settin
g
s 3
0
Time Settin
g
s 3
0
Turn
O
ff
S
erver 3
0
Information 3
1
Disk Usa
g
e 3
1
Err
o
r N
o
tifi
c
ati
o
n 3
1
NETWORK SERVICE 32
DH
C
P
S
erver 32
Bonjour 3
3
iTunes
S
erver 3
3
Me
d
ia Server 3
3
TorrentF
l
ux 36
MAINTENAN
C
E 38
Dis
k
Uti
l
it
y
38
Firmware U
pg
ra
d
e 4
0
Save Con
fi
g
uration 4
1
Restore Confi
g
uration 4
1
F
actor
y
R
eset
41
Install New Service 4
1
LOG FILE 42
Samba Log 42
FTP Log 42
DH
C
P
S
erver Log 42
S
ystem Log 42
A
d
ministration Log 43
A
CCOU
NT INF
O
RMATI
O
N 4
3
L
OGOU
T 43
TE
C
HNI
C
AL
SU
PP
O
RT 43
LIMITED WARRANTY TERM
S
44
WEEE N
O
TI
C
E 44
F
CC
CO
MPLIAN
C
E 45
C
E DE
C
LARATI
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N - E
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LARATI
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CO
NF
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RMITY 4
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R
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ENERAL PUBLI
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7

3
Intro
d
uction
Y
our Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external hard drive
f
eaturing
hi
g
h-
p
erformance stora
g
e with an Ethernet interface. Once
y
our drive is connected
p
ro
p
erl
y
to
y
our network,
y
ou will be able to use it as
y
ou would an
y
hard drive for storin
g
y
our data and for
p
erformin
g
data back-u
p
functions.
B
efore
y
ou be
g
in to use the NAS drive there are a few im
p
ortant thin
g
s to learn about
y
our new
p
ro
d
uct.
Contro
l
s, Connectors an
d
In
d
icator
s
First familiarize
y
ourself with the control ke
y
s and the various connectors on the unit.
F
ront Panel Are
a
T
he
f
ront panel contains only the status LED, as illustrated below.
1. T
h
e
g
reen LED wi
ll
come on to in
d
icate t
h
e
p
ower-on state. Durin
g
t
h
e
p
ower
d
own
sequence, the LED will
fl
ash
f
or about 15 seconds while the drive’s internal so
f
tware shuts
down in an orderl
y
fashion. The LED will then turn off to indicate that the drive is now full
y
turned o
ff.

4
Re
ar Pan
el
Ar
e
a
Alon
g
the rear
p
anel
y
ou will find the interface connectors and a recessed micro-switch that is
used
f
or reset
f
unctions. Re
f
er to the
fi
g
ure below.
1. ON/OFF Button. Once the AC Adapter has been properly connected to the NAS drive and
a
n AC outlet, you can press the ON/OFF button to power on the drive. To turn o
ff
the drive,
p
ress the ON/OFF button a
g
ain. The LED will flash for about 15 seconds while the drive shuts
do
wn
as
desc
ri
bed
abo
v
e.
2. DC In
p
ut Connector. Connect the DC cable of
y
our included AC Ada
p
ter to the DC In
p
ut
C
onnector
.
3
. Et
h
ernet Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
to
y
our networ
k
e
q
ui
p
ment. T
h
e connector
co
nt
a
in
s
s
t
a
t
us
LED
s
t
o
in
d
i
ca
t
e
co
mm
u
ni
ca
ti
o
n
s
s
t
a
t
us
.
4. USB-A Connectors (2 each). Use either of these connectors for attachin
g
a USB
p
rinter, USB
fl
ash disk, or other USB storage device
.

5
5
. Reset Button. If the NAS drive is havin
g
a
p
roblem connectin
g
to the local area network (LAN)
or appears to be hung, press the reset button momentarily using the end o
f
a paper clip. This
will cause the unit to reset, similar to rebootin
g
y
our PC. I
f
the
p
roblem
p
ersists, or i
f
y
ou are
u
nsure of current settin
g
s (such as for
g
ettin
g
y
our administration
p
assword),
p
ress and hold
i
n the Reset button
f
or 5 seconds. This will restore the
f
actory de
f
ault settings.
6. Fan. The fan is desi
g
ned to turn on for added coolin
g
whenever the internal tem
p
erature
r
ises above the thermal set point. To allow
f
or adequate air
fl
ow take care not to block the
a
ir vents. Since the s
p
innin
g
disk will
g
enerate heat even when no data is bein
g
transferred,
you can help to prevent the
f
an
f
rom remaining on needlessly by shortening the disk
s
p
in-down time (see later under NAS Administration Reference / Advanced / Maintenance /
Disk Utility).
About the Hard Dis
k
T
he NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-
f
ormatted in EXT2
f
ormat
f
or immediate use
f
or
network storage.
Note: Ca
p
acit
y
d
e
p
en
d
ent on mo
d
e
l
. 1 MB = 1,000,000
by
tes / 1 GB = 1,000,000,000
by
tes / 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000
by
tes.
S
ome capacity used
f
or pre-loaded so
f
tware,
f
ormatting and other
f
unctions, and thus is not available
f
or data storage. As a result,
a
nd due to differin
g
calculation methods,
y
our o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stems ma
y
re
p
ort as fewer me
g
ab
y
tes/
g
i
g
ab
y
tes/ terab
y
tes
.
Your
p
ro
d
uct’s
h
ar
d
d
rive is a com
pl
ex e
l
ectronic stora
g
e s
y
stem an
d
s
h
ou
ld
b
e
h
an
dl
e
d
wit
h
care,
as you might treat a sensitive portable computer or other state-o
f
-the-art consumer electronics
product. Do not subject it to shock, high temperatures, or strong magnetic
fi
elds.
To extend the use
f
ul li
f
e o
f
your NAS drive, turn the unit OFF when not in use.
Locatin
g
NAS Drive on Your Des
k
Place the NAS drive on a sturd
y
desk or table that is free from clutter that could block airflow
aroun
d
t
h
e unit.

6
Bundled Software
T
he included CD-ROM contains co
p
ies of the User Guide, as well as three software a
pp
lications:
1) Finder.exe, 2) Nero backu
p
software and 3) TorrentFlux
.
F
inder.exe
T
his is a Windows application that can locate all Verbatim NAS drives on your LAN and display the
corresponding IP address o
f
each drive. To run this application, copy the Finder.exe
fi
le to your
client Windows computer and double-click on the file to launch it
.
B
ackup So
f
tware
N
ero backu
p
software is included on CD-ROM. To install this a
pp
lication on one of
y
our client
Windows com
p
uters, o
p
en the Nero folder on the CD and then double click the setu
p
x file to
start insta
ll
ation. T
h
e Nero Insta
ll
ation win
d
ow wi
ll
appear. Fo
ll
ow t
h
e setup wizar
d
to insta
ll
t
h
e
so
f
tware. To backup
fi
les to your NAS drive using Nero, you must
fi
rst assign a drive letter to your
destination
f
older, as described later under NAS Drive Operation / Sharing
fi
les using Windows
/
Browse My
C
omputer
.
To
rr
e
ntF
lux
T
orrentFlux is an im
p
lementation of the BitTorrent
p
rotocol. Installation of this o
p
tional network
service is described later in NAS Administration Reference / Advanced / Maintenance / Install
N
ew Service.
Connecting to your networ
k
I
nsta
ll
in
g
t
h
e NAS
d
rive re
q
uires t
h
at
y
ou
h
ave an avai
l
a
bl
e Et
h
ernet
p
ort on a router or switc
h
. Use
th
e supp
l
ie
d
CAT-6 Et
h
ernet ca
bl
e to connect your NAS
d
rive to your LAN. Power up your router (or
E
thernet switch)
fi
rst, and then power up the NAS drive. The
fi
gure below provides one example o
f
a typical LAN con
fi
guration
.

7
B
e
f
ore attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be use
f
ul
fi
rst to review some
background information about how the NAS drive handles data over the network. Basic to this
understandin
g
are the fundamental conce
p
ts of user accounts and shared folders
.

8
Ab
out NAS Drive User Account
s
T
he NAS drive kee
p
s track of data stored b
y
its network users b
y
mana
g
in
g
the data’s destination
f
older (also referred to herein as a “shared folder” or sim
p
l
y
a “share”). Furthermore, the NAS
drive must kee
p
track o
f
who ma
y
read
f
rom, and write to, each
f
older. It does this b
y
settin
g
u
p
user accounts and groups. A group is a collection o
f
speci
fi
c user accounts. When you assign
access privileges to a new share you have the option o
f
either making assignments
f
or individual
user accounts, or
f
or an entire group o
f
users at once by re
f
erring to the group’s name
.
T
he de
f
ault
f
actory settings provide
f
or two pre-de
fi
ned user accounts, each with their own
unique properties. These user accounts are
:
•
ad
mi
n
• guest-share
E
ach of these two user accounts has an associated
p
re-defined folder. The name of the folder is
t
he same as its associated user account. The name “
g
uest-share” also ha
pp
ens to be
p
re-defined
as a
g
rou
p
name. Additionall
y
, there is a
p
re-defined folder called “
p
ublic” that initiall
y
is not
associate
d
wit
h
an
y
user account. T
h
ese
p
ro
p
erties are summarize
d
in t
h
e ta
bl
e
b
e
l
ow.
P
re-defined Nam
e
Grou
p
U
ser Accoun
t
F
older
(
Share
)
p
ublic
p
ubli
c
ad
min
ad
min
ad
min
g
uest-s
h
are @guest-s
h
ar
e
g
uest-s
h
are guest-s
h
are
H
ere are other initial
p
ro
p
erties of these
p
re-defined
g
rou
p
s, accounts, and shares:
• The
f
older “public” can be accessed by anyone on the LAN who has set up a user account.
A
ccess to this folder re
q
uires authentication usin
g
y
our user name and
p
assword
.
• The
f
older “guest-share” can be accessed by anyone on the LAN, even i
f
they have not set up
a
user account. Access to this folder does not re
q
uire enterin
g
a user name and
p
assword.
This
f
older can also be accessed by anonymous FTP
.
• T
h
e
g
rou
p
@
g
uest-s
h
are contains two mem
b
ers, w
h
ic
h
are user “a
d
min” an
d
user “
g
uest
-
s
hare”.

9
• The folder “admin” is a
p
rivate folder for user “admin”. This means onl
y
user “admin” can
a
ccess this
f
older.
By using the web-based administration tool you can modi
f
y these initial properties
.
Be
f
ore you can begin storing data (other than as user “admin” or as an anonymous user to the
g
uest-share folder),
y
ou must use the web-based administration tool to setu
p
a new user account
that defines
y
our User Name and Password. Furthermore,
y
ou have the o
p
tion to define other
p
ro
p
erties for
y
our user account. For exam
p
le, each user can o
p
tionall
y
be
g
iven their own
p
rivate folder, which is automaticall
y
assi
g
ned the same name as that user’s User Name. A user
c
an also be given read-only-privileges, or read/write-privileges, to other
f
olders on the drive.
Connecting t
h
e NAS Drive to Your LA
N
Now that
y
ou have some understandin
g
of user accounts,
y
ou are read
y
to connect
y
our NAS
d
rive to t
h
e LAN. Fo
ll
ow t
h
ese steps.
1. Ensure that
y
our LAN e
q
ui
p
ment is
p
owered on and that the LAN is o
p
eratin
g
p
ro
p
erl
y
.
2. We recommended that you
f
ollow the directions o
f
your LAN equipment to enable a Dynamic
Host Confi
g
uration Protocol (DHCP) server. This ma
y
be referenced in
y
our e
q
ui
p
ment’s
d
ocumentation as “Assign IP a
dd
resses automatica
ll
y”
.
3. Since
y
ou will administer the NAS drive settin
g
s usin
g
a web browser on
y
our PC or Mac,
ensure t
h
at t
h
is PC or Mac is powere
d
on an
d
connecte
d
to t
h
e LAN.
4. Connect the included CAT-6 Ethernet cable from the Ethernet
p
ort on the NAS drive to an
Ethernet switch (100 Base-T or 1000 Base-T), or a wired or wireless router. Make sure that the
NAS
d
rive an
d
t
h
e c
l
ient com
p
uter are on t
h
e same su
b
net
d
omain (e.
g
., 192.168.1.x)
.
5
. Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a wall outlet.
6. Press the ON/OFF button on the rear of the NAS drive. The front
g
reen LED will come on to
i
ndicate that the unit is now powered on.
7. Wait for the NAS drive to boot u
p
and to auto-confi
g
ure its connection on the network.
Depending on your particular LAN con
fi
guration and settings, this may take several minutes.
The followin
g
p
rotocols will be followed durin
g
auto-confi
g
uration, de
p
endin
g
on current
n
etwork settings:

10
a
. DHCP client is enabled b
y
default. Therefore,
y
our router or other LAN e
q
ui
p
ment that
i
s providing the DHCP service will automatically assign an IP address to the NAS drive and
c
om
pl
ete t
h
e networ
k
connection.
b
. I
f
no DHCP server is available on your isolated network, then the auto-negotiation
process will proceed in one o
f
two ways, depending on whether Bonjour protocol is enabled
o
r disabled. Bon
j
our
p
rotocol is built-in to recent Mac OS X s
y
stems, and can also be
o
ptiona
ll
y insta
ll
e
d
on Win
d
ows systems.
i. A
pp
le Bon
j
our
p
rotocol is enabled b
y
default. In this case if
y
ou are connectin
g
to an
isolated Bonjour-enabled network and no DHCP server is present, your NAS drive will
ne
g
otiate an address within the Bon
j
our ran
g
e of 169.254.x.x. If
y
ou want to determine
t
he speci
fi
c address within this range, you can use the network “ping”
f
unction to “ping
v
erbatimnas” or “
p
in
g
verbatimnas.local”. Alternativel
y
, if
y
ou have a PC on the LAN,
y
ou can run the included Finder.exe utility (provided to you on CD) to determine the
add
r
ess.
ii. I
f
the NAS drive has been previously accessed in order to disable Bonjour and you
are now connectin
g
to a network with no DHCP server
p
resent, then a different auto
-
negotiation takes place. In this case the NAS drive will automatically launch its internal
D
HCP server. This will result in the NAS drive taking the de
f
ault IP address o
f
192.168.1.1
and will also assi
g
n addresses (in the ran
g
e of 192.168.1.2-50) to other DHCP clients on
the
n
e
tw
o
r
k
.
8. After successfull
y
connectin
g
to
y
our network
y
ou will be able to see the NAS drive on
y
our
n
etwork. Its de
f
ault name is “verbatimnas” and it will be located in the network workgroup
n
amed “Work
g
rou
p
”. In Windows
g
o to M
y
Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft
W
indows Network / Workgroup, or in Mac OS X go to Finder / Network / Workgroup. You
c
an o
p
en the device to see the followin
g
default folders
:
a
. admin
b
.
g
uest-s
h
ar
e
c
. public