ZyXEL Communications NSA-210 Manual

NSA210
Support Note
Version 1.00
Aug, 2009

Content
Chapter 1 Applications ..........................................................................................................3
1. NAS Starter Utility Installation .........................................................................................3
2. Package Management .....................................................................................................7
2.1 Gallery..........................................................................................................................9
3. Auto Upload Service ......................................................................................................11
3.1 Auto-upload pictures to Flickr ...................................................................................11
Chapter 2 FAQ.....................................................................................................................17
1. What is RAID?................................................................................................................17
2. What kind of RAID is supported in NSA210? ..................................................................17
3. What is eSATA? .............................................................................................................17
4. What is the file system supported in NSA210?...............................................................17
5. How does it work after pressing copy button in the front panel of NSA210?.................. 17
6. Which kind of the media server does NSA210 apply?..................................................... 17
7. Does NSA210 support DLNA media server? ...................................................................17
8. Which kind of video file formats are supported by NSA210?..........................................17
9. Which kind of audio file formats are supported by NSA210?..........................................18
10. Which kind of image file formats are supported by NSA210? .......................................18
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1. NAS Starter Utility Installation
After you install a new hard disk on the NSA210, please make sure to use the NAS
Starter Utility to discover and access the NSA210 to assign an IP address by DHCP or
a static IP. The steps are as below.
a. Double click “NSU.exe”file.
b. Click “Next”to begin the installation.
Figure 1. Click “Next”
Figure 2. Enter your information
Figure 3. Select setup type
Figure 4. Click “Install”to start the installation
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Figure 5. NSU installation is processing.
Figure 6. Installation is finished.
c. After successful installation, click the “NAS Starter Utility”and the main screen
displays as follows. Then select Network Interface Card.
Figure 7. Select Network Interface Card from the list.
d. Click the icon “Config”to initialize the hard disk.
Figure 8. Device List Screen.

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e. Configure an IP address for NSA210.
Figure 9. NSU > Config (Uninitialized)
f. If the hard disk in the NSA210 has been initialized, the screen displays as below.
You can configure additional settings such as the server name and DNS.
Figure 10. NSU > Config (Initialized)

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g. Please make sure that you have installed the hard disk before installing the
firmware through this screen. NSA210 needs to format the hard disk and install
the firmware. Then upload the latest firmware to NSA210.
Figure 11. Firmware Path Screen.
h. After the above steps and click NSU again, you can find NSA210 has an IP with
status “Up”in the device list. Then you can type this IP in the browser or click the
icon “Admin”to enter the GUI of NSA210.
Figure 12. NSA210 with an IP in the device list.
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2. Package Management
Package management is used to set up more useful applications in NSA210. This
feature enables user to use the following applications: BackupPlanner, DyDNS,
Gallery, NFS, PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin, SMART, SqueezeCenter, Wordpress and
eMule.
Firstly, click Applications > Package Management to display the screen. Then the
applications are listed as below.
Figure 13. Applications > Package Management
After you finished install an application and enable it, additional links display in the
navigation panel. For example, you can see SMART, DyDNS, NFS and eMule in Figure
14.
Figure 14. Additional links in the navigation panel after applications installed and enabled.

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Figure 15. Original navigation panel before applications installed.
For Gallery, PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin, SqueezeCenter and Wordpress, you can
access the applications’web configurators through the Package Management screen
or enter the IP address shown in the GUI in your web browser.
Figure 16. Applications’link.

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2.1 Gallery
Gallery is a web-based application that allows NSA210 to host photos. You can
upload photos in the local computers or stored in NSA210. Use the administrator
account of NSA210 to log in to the Gallery GUI.
Figure 17. Enter Gallery GUI.
Figure 18. Use Admin account to log in.
Figure 19. Upload photos from NSA210.

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Figure 20. Add selected files.
Then you can view the uploaded photos and edit photos in the screen.
Figure 21. Uploaded photos.