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
O
N - E
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LARATI
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CO
NF
O
RMITY 4
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R
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MPLIAN
C
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NU
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ENERAL PUBLI
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C
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E 4
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

11
Th
ou
gh
y
ou are now rea
dy
to
b
e
g
in storin
g
d
ata on
y
our
d
rive, at t
h
is
p
oint
y
ou
h
ave on
ly
t
h
e
two de
f
ault user accounts set u
p
. To set u
p
other user accounts, and to con
fi
g
ure other basic
s
ystem settings, you s
h
ou
ld
continue setup using t
h
e we
b
-
b
ase
d
a
d
ministration too
l
d
escri
b
e
d
in th
e
n
e
xt
sec
ti
o
n
.
Web-Based Administration Tool
T
he web-based administration tool is used to modi
f
y all internal settings o
f
your NAS drive. It is
accessed using your computer’s web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Sa
f
ari or Netscape). To
access the administration tool, your PC or Mac should be on the same subnet as the NAS drive
.
Ad
ministration Login
In most cases
y
ou need onl
y
to enter the default hostname (i.e., “//verbatimnas” for Windows, or
“//verbatimnas.local” for Bon
j
our) in
y
our browser’s address window to access the administration
tool. If for some reason the default hostname was not assi
g
ned to the NAS drive’s IP address
d
uring auto-con
fi
guration, then you can alternatively enter the NAS drive’s IP address into the
b
r
o
w
se
r’
s
add
r
ess
win
do
w.
As described previously, your router or other network equipment will have assigned the IP
address automatically, or the drive will have taken one o
f
its de
f
ault addresses (either a Bonjour
address 169.254.x.x or the non-Bonjour address 192.168.1.1). I
f
your router assigns addresses
automaticall
y
,
y
our router’s manual will describe how to determine
y
our drive’s IP address.
Alternativel
y
,
y
ou can find
y
our drive’s IP address usin
g
the included Finder.exe utilit
y
as
d
escri
b
e
d
a
b
ove
.
After
y
our browser retrieves the initial web
p
a
g
e from the NAS drive, the browser window will
p
resent the followin
g
lo
g
in screen:

12
F
rom this screen
y
ou must enter the followin
g
default Username and Password:
Username: a
d
mi
n
Passwor
d
: a
d
mi
n
B
asic Settin
g
s
f
or Initial Setu
p
N
ow,
f
rom within the administration tool per
f
orm the
f
ollowing steps to de
fi
ne the basic settings.
F
or more advanced
f
eatures note that a
f
ull description o
f
all settings is provided later under
“NA
S
Administration Reference”
.
1. C
l
ic
k
on Quic
k
Setup to expan
d
t
h
e se
l
ection group
.
S
et Language, Passwor
d
, Hostname, IP A
dd
ress, an
d
Time
A special setup wizard will lead you through the con
fi
gurations
f
or user inter
f
ace language,
a
d
ministrator passwor
d
,
h
ostname, IP a
dd
ress, an
d
time.

1
3
2. Se
l
ect Wizar
d
.
3. Select your language pre
f
erence
f
rom the pull-down menu. The selection “set
f
rom browser
o
p
tions” wi
ll
automatica
lly
set t
h
e a
d
ministrator
l
an
g
ua
g
e to t
h
e current
b
rowser
l
an
g
ua
g
e
setting. I
f
the browser language is not supported in the administrator, the de
f
ault language
of En
g
lish will be enabled. Press Next to continue.
4. The next screen allows you to de
fi
ne a new password
f
or the user “admin”. I
f
you want to keep
t
h
e current
p
asswor
d
, sim
ply
p
ress Next to a
d
vance to t
h
e next screen. T
h
e
p
asswor
d
must
be a minimum o
f
5
characters and a maximum o
f
8
characters.
5
. The next screen allows
y
ou to define a new Hostname for the NAS drive. If
y
ou want to kee
p
the current Hostname, sim
p
l
y
p
ress Next to advance to the next screen.
6. The next screen allows
y
ou to select between automatic and static addresses for the NAS
drive’s IP Address and Domain Name System (DNS) address. It is recommended that your
n
etwor
k
equipment
b
e ena
bl
e
d
to provi
d
e DHCP service, an
d
t
h
at
b
ot
h
settings on t
h
is
screen remain at the factor
y
settin
g
s.
Alternatively, i
f
your network requires that you de
fi
ne static addresses, then you may enter
them in the form
p
rovided.
Pr
ess
N
e
xt t
o
co
ntin
ue.
7. The next screen allows
y
ou to manuall
y
set the date and time, or to use an available Network
Time Protocol (NTP) server. It is use
f
ul to set the correct date and time because time stamps
a
re used in the various status lo
g
s that are described later in this manual. After fillin
g
in
y
our
selections, press Next
.

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8. The settin
g
s made in the
p
revious ste
p
s are summarized on this screen for
y
our review. You
m
ay either go back to edit your settings, or press Complete to save the settings as shown.
A
dd
New User Accoun
t
9
. Next setup a user account by selecting the Quick Setup / Add User button
.
Fi
ll
in t
h
e initia
l
screen wit
h
a User Name an
d
Passwor
d
. It is recommen
d
e
d
t
h
at t
h
ese
fields match the User Name and Password that this user normall
y
enters when lo
gg
in
g
into
W
indows or to Mac OS X. The User Name must be lower-case and may be a maximum o
f
2
0 a
lph
anumeric c
h
aracters, wit
h
out s
p
aces. T
h
e User Name must
b
e
g
in wit
h
an a
lph
a
b
etic
c
haracter.
Note: If
y
our Windows username currentl
y
contains a s
p
ace character, or be
g
ins with a number,
y
ou ma
y
want to modif
y
y
our
Windows username slightly so that it can
f
ollow the same
f
ormat required by the NAS drive. For Mac OS X user accounts, your
username is automaticall
y
saved without s
p
aces as a field called “Short Name”. In this wa
y
the “Short Name” alread
y
follows the
f
ormat re
q
uired b
y
the NAS drive.

1
5
Also fill in the
p
assword. The
p
assword ma
y
be a maximum of 16 al
p
hanumeric characters,
without spaces. I
f
you leave the password
fi
eld blank, the NAS drive will accept this as a
n
ull
p
assword. This means that
y
ou will not need to
fi
ll in an
y
p
assword in the
f
uture when
a
ccessin
g
the NAS drive usin
g
this username
.
A description o
f
this user may optionally be entered in the
fi
eld provided.
If you want to create a private folder that only this network user can access, then check the box
m
arked “Create Private Folder”. This
f
older cannot be accessed by any other user account,
exce
p
t for the “admin” user account. The folder name will automaticall
y
be
g
iven the same
n
ame as User Name. The path o
f
your newly created private
f
older will automatically be set
to /mnt/i
d
e1.
Here you can set a maximum storage limit or quota (in megabytes)
f
or the user. Note that the
q
uota function is not su
pp
orted if the disk has been formatted to FAT32
.
When done with this
f
orm, press Next to continue
.
10. T
h
e next screen a
ll
ows
y
ou to assi
g
n t
h
is user to an existin
g
g
rou
p
. As
d
escri
b
e
d
a
b
ove, t
h
e
i
nitial
f
actory setting provides
f
or the de
f
ault group named “@guest-share”. When done with
this form,
p
ress Next to continue.
11. The
fi
nal screen
f
or adding a user allows you to assign access privileges to currently de
fi
ned
shares. Of course, if
y
ou checked “Create Private Folder” in ste
p
(9), then read/write access
has automatically been provided to this user’s private
f
older.
Thou
g
h the initial factor
y
settin
g
p
rovides for three default shares (admin,
g
uest-share, and
p
ublic), only “public” is available for selection for access to new user accounts
.
When done with this form,
p
ress Com
p
lete
.
Add New Group
12. Next
y
ou ma
y
o
p
tionall
y
setu
p
a new
g
rou
p
. If
y
ou do not want to set u
p
a
g
rou
p
at this time,
you may jump ahead to Step 15.
Be
g
in
g
rou
p
setu
p
by
se
l
ectin
g
t
h
e Quic
k
Setu
p
/ A
dd
Grou
p
b
utton.

16
Fill in the initial screen with your group’s name. The group name must be lower-case and may
b
e a maximum of 20 al
p
hanumeric characters, without s
p
aces. The
g
rou
p
name must be
g
in
with an alphabetic character. Press Next to continue.
13. The next screen allows
y
ou to assi
g
n an
y
of the current users to
y
our new
g
rou
p
. When done
with this
f
orm, press Next to continue.
14. The next screen allows
y
ou to assi
g
n share access
p
rivile
g
es for the new
g
rou
p
. Each of the
e
xisting shares may be setup
f
or no access, read-only access, or
f
ull read/write access. When
d
one with this form,
p
ress Com
p
lete.
Add New
S
hared Folder
15. The final
p
rocedure for Quick Setu
p
allows
y
ou to o
p
tionall
y
setu
p
a new share. If
y
ou do not
want to set up a share at this time, you may exit the administration tool as described in Step
1
8
.
Begin share setup by selecting the Quick Setup / Add Share button
.

17
Fill in the initial screen with a name
f
or your new share. The share name must be lower-case
a
nd ma
y
be a maximum of 20 al
p
hanumeric characters, without s
p
aces. The share name
m
ust begin with an alphabetic character. A
f
ter entering the name, the path
f
or the new share
will automatically be displayed. A description o
f
this share may optionally be entered in the
field
p
rovided. When done with this form,
p
ress Next to continue.
16. The next two screens allow you to assign access privileges
f
or the new share. Access is
defined se
p
aratel
y
for Server Messa
g
e Block (SMB) / Common Internet File S
y
stem (CIFS)
a
ccess than it is
f
or Network File System (NFS) access. Use the
fi
rst o
f
the two screens, titled
“
Win
d
ows, FTP Access” to assi
g
n access un
d
er SMB/CIFS.
You can assign read-write access
f
or all users and groups by checking the box marked
“
Allow for all”. Alternativel
y
,
y
ou can assi
g
n no access, read-onl
y
access, or read-write access
p
rivileges individually
f
or each user and group. Note that group names in the list provided
a
re denoted with the “@” character as the first character in the name
.
When done with this
f
orm, press Next to continue with assignment o
f
NFS access privileges
.
17. The next screen is for NFS access. It will be of interest
p
rimaril
y
if
y
ou
p
lan to o
p
erate Linux
m
achines on your LAN and want to use NFS protocol
f
or
fi
le sharing. To enable NFS access
to this share from all users,
y
ou can check the box marked “Allow for all”. If this box is not
checked then you may individually assign NFS access from specific IP addresses, or from
speci
fi
c subnets. When done with this
f
orm, press Complete
.

1
8
18. You
h
ave now com
pl
ete
d
t
h
e Basic setu
p
. You ma
y
eit
h
er return to Ste
p
9 to a
dd
a
dd
itiona
l
u
ser accounts, groups or shares, continue to set more advanced
f
eatures as described under
“
NAS Administration Re
f
erence”, or
p
ress Lo
g
out to leave the administration tool and be
g
in
u
sin
g
the NAS drive to store and share
y
our data.
NAS Dr
i
ve O
p
erat
i
on
Once the NAS drive is connected to your network and has been configured for your network
environment, it can be accessed from an
y
com
p
uter within the same subnet on
y
our LAN.
F
urthermore, more advanced users ma
y
choose to confi
g
ure name servers (such as WIN servers or
D
NS servers
)
in order to access the drive from a different subnet. You will be able to
:
•
Drag and drop
fi
les to NAS drive
•
Co
py
an
d
p
aste
d
ata to NAS
d
rive
•
M
a
k
e
a
n
d
de
l
e
t
e
fo
l
de
r
s
•
Share files and folder
s
•
Bac
k
-up your
d
at
a
H
ow you access the drive will depend on your computer’s operating system. A brie
f
overview
f
or accessing
fi
les
f
or both Windows and Mac OS X is provided next. You should consult your
computer’s documentation
f
or more detailed explanations o
f
fi
le sharing using your speci
fi
c
operating system
.
Sharin
g
files usin
g
Windows
T
he NAS drive supports Microsoft Common Internet File System (CIFS), also known as Server
M
essa
g
e Block (SMB)
p
rotocol. The SMB
p
rotocol is im
p
lemented on the NAS drive usin
g
the
p
o
p
ular Samba software. An
y
PC runnin
g
Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista can
access shared files on the NAS drive. Once
y
ou can view the folder in M
y
Com
p
uter or in Windows
E
x
p
lorer,
y
ou can dra
g
and dro
p
files to this folder like
y
ou can with an
y
folder
.

1
9
T
here are several alternative wa
y
s to view the NAS shared folders in Windows. For exam
p
le,
y
ou
ca
n
• Use the Run dialogue box accessed through the Start button in the system tray
.
• Browse t
h
rou
gh
t
h
e Networ
k
Nei
ghb
or
h
oo
d.
• Use the Search dialogue box accessed through the Start button or File Browser
.
• Loo
k
t
h
rou
gh
d
evices in M
y
Com
p
uter.
R
un Dialo
g
ue
T
o
fi
nd the NAS drive using this method select Start in the system tray and select Run. In the
O
pen:
fi
eld provided enter “\\verbatimnas” and then press OK. You may alternatively enter “\\”
f
ollowed by the NAS drive’s IP address and then press OK.
Browse Networ
k
Nei
ghb
or
h
oo
d
Op
en t
h
e Fi
l
e Browser an
d
d
ou
bl
e-c
l
ic
k
on Networ
k
Nei
ghb
or
h
oo
d
or M
y
Networ
k
P
l
aces.
Browse to Workgroup to
fi
nd the NAS drive shared
f
olders.
Search Dialogu
e
Select Start in the system tray and select Search. Use the Search dialogue to search
f
or Computers.
For the com
p
uter name to search for enter “verbatimnas” and then
p
ress Search Now to find the
c
onnected NAS drive. Double-click the NAS drive entr
y
to connect and view its shared folders.
B
rowse M
y
C
om
p
uter
O
pen My Computer and double-click on My Network Places. Browse to Workgroup to
fi
nd the
NAS drive share
f
olders.
O
nce you have located the attached NAS drive’s shared
f
olders, you can map a drive letter to a
f
older. [You must assign a drive letter in order to save
fi
les to the NAS drive using the bundled
b
ackup so
f
tware.] To do this, right-click on the
f
older and select “map network drive”. Fill out

20
t
he dialo
g
ue box that Windows
p
resents (in
p
ut the lo
g
ical drive letter and enter the
p
ath o
f
a networ
k
s
h
are
d
irector
y
) an
d
t
h
en se
l
ect Finis
h
. Now
y
ou can
l
o
g
in usin
g
t
h
e Sam
b
a User
Account that you created
f
ollowing the “Add User” dialogue. The NAS drive will show up in ‘My
Computer’ under ‘Network Drives’
.
Sharing
fi
les using Mac OS
X
A Mac running Mac OS X can access a connected NAS drive. Click on Network, open the
f
older
“Workgroup” and locate the “verbatimnas” device. Double-click “verbatimnas” to open the
connection dialogue box
.
When prompted to “Select SMB/CIFS shared volume you want to connect to” use the pull-down
menu to select one of the current shares. You will next be
p
rom
p
ted to authenticate b
y
enterin
g
y
our username and
p
assword. For “username” use the Mac OS “Short Name” that
y
ou used to
create
y
our account on t
h
e NAS
d
rive
.
After com
p
letin
g
authentication
y
our shared folder will a
pp
ear on
y
our deskto
p
. You can now
dra
g
and dro
p
files to this folder as
y
ou can for an
y
folder
.
A
ttac
h
in
g
USB Devices
Y
our NAS
d
rive contains two USB-A
p
orts on t
h
e rear
p
ane
l
. A USB-A
p
ort can
b
e use
d
to attac
h
either a USB
p
rinter or a USB stora
g
e device, such as a flash disk. This section describes how to
insta
ll
an
d
use t
h
ese USB
d
evices w
h
i
l
e t
h
e NAS
d
rive is connecte
d
to your LAN.
A
ttaching a Printe
r
Once your USB printer is attached and installed to the connected NAS drive, you can send print
j
obs to this printer from any user account. Follow these steps to attach and install your USB
p
rinter:
1. Attach the USB cable
f
rom your USB printer to one o
f
the USB-A connectors on the rear panel
o
f the NA
S
drive
.
2. Power on t
h
e printer
.