ZyXEL Communications NSA-2400 User manual

NSA-2400
Network Storage Appliance
Quick Start Guide
Version 1.00
12/2006
Edition 2
Copyright © 2006. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
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FRANÇAIS 37
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繁體中文 91

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Overview
The NSA-2400 (the NSA) is
a network storage device
for file sharing, data backup
and data protection in small
(home) offices and/or
medium-sized offices.
This guide shows you how
to:
1Install hard drives
2Make NSA Connections
3Access the NSA using
NDU (NSA Discovery
Utility) or your web
browser
4Set up the NSA using the wizard
5Map the NSA to a network drive from any computer
Note: See the User’s Guide for more details and specifications on the NSA.
Requirements
You need the following before you start:
•NSA
• Included CD containing the NDU (NSA Discovery Utility) and Genie Backup Manager
• Power cord and power supply (external)
• 8-wire Ethernet cable for Gigabit Ethernet
• Up to four SATA-1 or 2 (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) compatible hard disk(s)
• Screwdriver to install the hard disks in the disk trays
• USB cable (optional: you only need this if you want to expand storage capacity by connect-
ing compatible USB 2.0 drives
• Computer with Network Interface Card (NIC) and TCP/IP installed
• Network access device such as a switch or hub.
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1 Install Hard Drives
Note: Hard drives are NOT hot swappable. The NSA must be turned off before you
remove or install hard drive(s).
1Pull the tab on the left of the front door of the NSA to open it.
2Pull out the latch and
grip the sides of the
tray to remove disk tray
1. Be careful not to
break the latch. Disk
bay 1 is labelled on
your NSA (the top-left
bay).
3Place the disk tray on a
flat surface with the
panel facing up. Place
a hard disk with the
screw holes facing up
on the same surface
and slide it into the disk
tray. Secure it with the
screws as shown.
4Push the top of the tray
back into NSA disk bay
1 until it snaps into
place and push the
latch up as shown.
5Repeat steps 1 to 3 for
other hard drives that
you may have.
2 Make the NSA Connections
1Connect the Ethernet port on the rear of the NSA to a
hub, switch, or router on your network using an
Ethernet cable. Use an 8-wire Ethernet cable for
Gigabit connections.

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2Connect one end of the power cord to the power socket
on the rear of the NSA and the other end to the external
power supply. Connect the external power supply to a
power outlet.
3Turn on the power by pressing in the power
button on the front of the NSA. Look at the front
panel lights. The PWR light turns steady green.
The SYS light turns steady green after the NSA
has booted successfully (it takes about 50
seconds). The LAN light turns on if the NSA
Ethernet port is properly connected to your
network. It blinks while transmitting or receiving
traffic.
Note: To turn off the NSA, press the power
button in once only. The SYS light blinks
red indicating the NSA is shutting down.
3 Access the NSA
You can access the NSA in one of two ways: using
the NDU (NSA Discovery Utility) or directly entering
the NSA IP address into your web browser.
3.1 Use the NDU to Discover the NSA IP Address
Use the NDU (NSA Discovery Utility) on a Windows computer if your network has a DHCP
server that will assign the NSA an IP address and/or if you have many NSAs in your
network.
Note: The Genie Backup program uses the same network port as the NDU to
discover the NSA. To avoid a port conflict, do not run the Genie Backup at the
same time as the NDU.

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1Insert the included CD into
your CD-ROM drive. The next
screen should automatically
display (autorun). Click the
Setup icon.
2The NDU installation wizard
begins. Follow the installer
instructions. Click Finish to
complete the installation.
3In Windows XP, click start, All
Programs, ZyXEL NSA-2400, ZyXEL NSA-
2400 Discovery Utility to run the NDU. For
other Windows operating systems,
procedures should be similar. If your
computer has more than one network card,
then you will first be prompted to select a
network interface card.

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4The NDU main screen
appears listing all hostnames,
IP addresses and status of all
NSAs in your network. Click
the icon under Admin to see
the main web configurator
screen as shown in section 4.
(If you want to change the
NSA IP address, click the icon
under Config. If you want to
map the NSA to a Windows
network drive, click the icon
under Map (see section 5). To
refresh the screen, click
Discover.)
3.2 Direct Access Via Web Browser
If the NSA cannot get an IP address from a DHCP server, then the default IP address of
the NSA reverts to 192.168.1.3. Before directly entering the NSA IP address into your web
browser, you must make sure that your computer and the NSA are in the same subnet.
This section shows you how to set your Windows NT/2000/XP computer to have an IP
address in the same subnet as the NSA. Refer to your User’s Guide for detailed IP address
configuration for other operating systems.
1In Windows XP, click start, Control Panel. In Windows 2000/NT, click Start, Settings,
Control Panel.
2In Windows XP, click Network Connections. In Windows 2000/NT, click Network and
Dial-up Connections.
3Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties.

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4Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
(under the General tab in Win XP)
and click Properties.
5The Internet Protocol TCP/IP
Properties screen opens (the
General tab in Windows XP).
6Select Use the following IP address
and enter an IP address from
192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254
excluding 192.168.1.3 (the NSA) and
any other IP addresses in this range
already being used by a device on
your network.
7Click OK to close the Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties
window.
8Close the Local Area Connection
Properties window and then the
Network Connections screen.
9Launch your web browser and enter
“192.168.1.3” as the web site address.
4 NSA Wizard Setup
1Access the NSA using the NDU or web
configurator directly.
2When you first access the NSA web
configurator, you may see this screen telling
you that this is a secure connection using
HTTPS. Click OK to continue.

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3The web browser client uses
certificates to authenticate the
NSA. The default NSA
certificate will most likely show a
name and certification authority
mis-match; however encryption
is still performed. Click Yes to
proceed.
4When you access the NSA web
configurator, the login screen
appears. The default user name
and password are ‘admin’ and
‘1234’ respectively. Click Login.
5It is recommended that you
change the default password.
The hardware reset button
allows you to return the device
to the default IP address and the
admin password to 1234 (you
will not lose any data stored).
Click Apply to save your
changes and go to the next
screen or ignore this screen and
click Skip to go to the next
screen.

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6The first time you access the
NSA web configurator, you are
prompted to run the setup
wizard. Click Run Setup
Wizard.
4.1 Setup Wizard
Each time you click Next in the
wizard, your settings are saved to
the NSA. Click Back to return to a previous screen in the wizard.
1Click Next to
begin the
wizard.
2If you want to
change the
network settings of
the NSA, click
Modify Network
Settings. You can
also do this using
the NDU
(recommended). If
you change the IP
address, then you
will have to use
the new IP
address to access
the web
configurator again.
Click Next to
continue.

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4.1.1 Disk Setup Wizard
3This screen is the
Disk Setup
Wizard (this
screen can be
accessed
separately from
the main NSA
screen). Skip this
wizard to have
the NSA use the
current or default
volume
configuration.
• If you have
created
volumes
already, the
select
which
(existing)
ones to
modify and
click Next.

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• This screen
shows you
the possible
volume con-
figurations
available
depending
on how
many hard
disks you
have
installed.
You can only
create one
volume in
the wizard.
A recom-
mended
default volume has been chosen for you. Choose RAID0 for best performance but no data
protection in the event that a dsk fails. Choose RAID10 if you have four disks, want good
write performance with data redundancy. Choose RAID1 if you have two or four disks in the
NSA; half the disk space is used for data backup. If you have four disks, you could choose
RAID5 where data parity and striping allow you to recover data even if one disk
fails.Choose RAID5_SPARE to have one disk in the RAID5 volume on permanent standby
in the event that a disk fails.Click Next to continue (without saving anything yet).
• The next
screen asks
you how
much vol-
ume space
you want to
reserve for
snapshots.
A snapshot
is a static
picture of
your data
stored in an
NSA vol-
ume at a
particular
moment in time.

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• Disk data is
lost if you
reconfigure a
volume.
Select the I
Under-
stand...
checkbox
and then click
Apply to
save the Disk
Setup Wiz-
ard settings.
• A new vol-
ume is created. You then return
to the main installation wizard.
4.1.2 Return to Main Wizard
4The next
screen
allows you
to enable
FTP on the
NSA. You
can use
FTP and/or
Windows
explorer
(CIFS) to
transfer
files to or
from the
NSA.
Select
Enable Anonymous FTP Access to allow any user to log into the NSA using an ‘FTP’
user name or ‘anonmyous’ without giving a password. If you clear Enable Anonymous
FTP Access then you must create a user account and associated password. Use that
username and password to log into the NSA via FTP.

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5You must
configure
e-mail
address(e
s), an e-
mail server
and how
often the
NSA
should
send alerts
in this
screen. An
alert is an
event,
such as
hard disk failure, that may require your immediate attention.
6Select a time
server and a
time zone in
this screen.
The NSA
updates its
date and
time from the
time server.
This time is
used in NSA
log and alert
time stamps.
The NSA
time and
date must be
the same as the time and date on the external domain controller if the NSA is using one
to import users and groups.

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7Add users
that may
access the
NSA in this
screen. The
NSA can
import users
from an
external
domain
controller or
you can add
users on the
NSA. If you
have an
external
domain controller, select Join a Domain Server.To create users on the NSA, select
Create My Own Local Users.
• Local Users:
Click add to
configure
each new
local user
and then
click Next to
mass create
them all on
the NSA.
Enter a user
name from
one to 32
alpha-
numeric
characters;
the first character must be alphabetical. See your User Guide for user name details. If you
return to this screen later, you will not see the users you added to the NSA in the screen but
the users have been added to the NSA.

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• Domain:
Choose NT4
Domain if
your server
uses a Win-
dows NT
operating
system.
Choose
Active Direc-
tory Domain
if it uses a
Windows
2000 or later
operating
system. Type
the IP address of the Windows server domain controller, the Windows domain administra-
tor (Administrator is the default) and an associated password. You can use a domain
name if the server uses an operating system earlier than Windows 2000,
8Click Finish
for the NSA
to complete
the
configuration.
Restart the
NSA if
prompted.

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• If you deleted the default volume
and didn’t create another volume,
or you don’t have an internal hard
disk installed, you will see the fol-
lowing Maintenance Mode
screen. In Maintenance Mode,
you MUST create an internal vol-
ume.
Note: You must install at least
one hard disk and create
an internal volume before
you can use external USB
hard drive(s) with the NSA.
9The next time you log into the NSA, you go directly to the Status Overview screen. You
may access the wizard again by clicking on the icon in the top-right of the screen as
shown. Access any of the menus in the navigation panel on the left for more advanced
configuration.
Note: See your User’s Guide for more information on these advanced screens.

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5 Map the NSA to Your Computer Network Drive
Mapping a share (a folder
where you store data) on the
NSA to a Windows network
drive makes it easy for
Windows users to transfer files
to and from the NSA (using
CIFS). Click the MAP icon in the NDU (see section 3.1) to display the NSA public folder in
Windows Explorer.
Click Tools, Map Network Drive.
Select the network drive that you
want to map NSA to from the Drive
list box and browse to the share on
the NSA (Public is the only one
available if you have not created
shares on the NSA yet). You can
then simply drag files from/to your
local computer’s drives to or from
this network folder.
Alternatively (from another
computer that does not have NDU
installed for example), open
Windows Explorer and type two
back slashes followed by the NSA
system name or IP address.

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6 Troubleshooting
Viewing Your Product’s Certifications
1Go to www.zyxel.com.
2Select your product from the drop-down list box on the ZyXEL home page to go to that
product's page.
3Select the certification you wish to view from this page.
PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION
None of the LEDs turn on
when you connect the
power.
Make sure that the NSA is turned on.
Check that there are no loose cable connections, that there are no
faulty cables and that Ethernet cable connections do not exceed
100m.
Make sure that you have the power cord connected to an active
power source.
If the LEDs still do not turn on, you may have a hardware problem.
In this case, you should contact your local vendor.
Cannot access the NSA
from my computer.
Check the Ethernet cable connection from your network to the
NSA.
If the NSA’s IP address has changed, then enter the new one as
the website address.
Make sure your computer’s IP address is in the same subnet as
the NSA’s IP address (see section 3.2).
Ping the NSA from your computer. Make sure your computer’s
Ethernet adapter is installed and functioning properly. In a
(Windows) computer, click Start, (All) Programs, Accessories
and then Command Prompt. In the Command Prompt window,
type “ping” followed by the NSA’s IP address (192.168.1.3 is the
default) and then press [ENTER].
Use Internet Explorer 6.0 (and later) or Firefox 1.07 (and later) with
JavaScript enabled.
Make sure you enter the user name and password correctly (these
fields are case sensitive).

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Übersicht
Der NSA-2400 ist
ein
Netzwerkspeicher
(NSA), auf den in
kleinen und
mittleren Büros von
mehreren Geräten
aus auf Daten
zugegriffen werden
kann und auf den
Daten gespeichert
werden können.
Diese Anleitung
beschreibt die
folgenden Schritte:
1Installieren der
Festplatten
2Anschließen des NSA
3Zugreifen auf den NSA mit dem NSA Discovery Utility (NDU) oder dem Internetbrowser
4Einrichten des NSA mit dem Assistenten
5Abbilden des NSA auf ein Netzwerklaufwerk eines Computers
Hinweis: Eine ausführliche Beschreibung sowie die Spezifikationen finden Sie im
Benutzerhandbuch zum NSA.
Was Sie benötigen
Bevor Sie beginnen, benötigen Sie Folgendes:
•denNSA
• die mitgelieferte CD mit dem NDU (NSA Discovery Utility) und dem Genie Backup Manager
• das Netzkabel und das Netzteil (extern)
• das 8-polige Ethernet-Kabel für Gigabit Ethernet
• bis zu vier mit SATA-1 (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) kompatible Festplatten
mit 15-poligen SATA-Stromanschlüssen
• einen Schraubendreher für die Installation der Festplatten in den Festplattenschächten
• ein USB-Kabel (optional: Sie benötigen es nur, wenn Sie die Speicherkapazität mit kompa-
tiblen USB-Laufwerken (Version 2) noch erweitern möchten.)
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