ZyXEL Communications NAS542 User manual

Create your own personal cloud with group sharing with ZyXEL’s 4-Bay NAS542
Personal Cloud Storage. Equipped with RAID-5 con guration, hot-swappable
HDD protection and dual-Gigabit Ethernet ports for link aggregation, the
ZyXEL NAS542 can deliver up to 130 MB/sec of reading and 77 MB/sec writing
speeds based on RAID-5 con guration.
Ever wanted to share drive space with a certain community in your social
circle? Wouldn’t it be great if they can easily access the media you’ve shared
via their own mobile devices? Now you can with ZyXEL NAS542: instantly
share hundreds of pictures and video clips you took for family and friends with
the ZyXEL Drive mobile app!
Bene ts
Instantly access and share your  les wherever you are
The ZyXEL Drive mobile app gives you the freedom to access and share  les from
your NAS wherever you are. Rest assured that the  les are securely shared through
private peer-to-peer connections with only those you’re sharing  les with.
• Instant remote access to
NAS542 with the ZyXEL Drive
mobile app
• Easy-to-use mobile group
sharing from your own
personal cloud
• User portal as the device status
dashboard
• Easy-to-setup, easy-to-maintain
ZyXEL NAS542
• Easy to access, share and
organize your contents
• RAID 5 read/write performance
at 130/77 MB/s
Your Personal Cloud for a Better Social Life
NAS542
4-Bay Personal
Cloud Storage
4
Bay
Carol’s
NAS
Albert’s mobile Carol’s mobile
Carol shares a folder from her NAS to Albert
so he could see and access the content with
the ZyXEL Drive installed on his mobile.
Albert’s
NAS

Albert’s
Cousin
Albert’s
Friend
Albert
ZyXEL Personal Cloud with
Group Sharing Capability
my
Albert’s NAS
NAS542
4-Bay Personal Cloud Storage
Create a shared cloud space for people without NAS
Provide cloud space for your family members and/or friends when you share a folder from ZyXEL NAS542 with the ZyXEL
Drive mobile app. Your friends and/or family members don’t need to purchase any additional NAS – just install the ZyXEL
Drive mobile app on their favorite mobile device!
Rock-solid data protection
Protect your personal data with RAID 1, 5, 6, 10 or 5+ Hot Spare. With RAID support, the ZyXEL NAS542 can protect your
personal data from hard disk failures. In case any one of the disks failed, you can still access your data safely and restore the
normal RAID protection with the failed disk replaced.
Get up and running quick with our easy-to-use interface
ZyXEL NSM 5.1 intelligent desktop provides a rich feature set of tools with an easy-to-understand GUI design to quickly get
the things done. You can multitask with multiple windows to get your applications up and running quickly.
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NAS542
4-Bay Personal Cloud Storage
Stream multimedia contents to big screen TV
Bring your favorite multimedia les on the ZyXEL NAS542 to the big screen. With the ZyXEL zCloud app, you can play your
favorite videos, music or photos on the big screen with TV streaming devices such as Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku 3,
Amazon Fire TV or Samsung/LG Smart TV.
Instant upload for automatic phone backup
To use ZyXEL zCloud app that supports Instant Upload capability from your mobile phones to ZyXEL NAS542, you can
select multiple photo or video sources from your mobile phone, and then upload or backup those les automatically to
specied destination folders on your NAS.
Check your NAS while you’re away
Got multiple ZyXEL NAS and want to quickly check their health status? Get an instant glance of their status by visiting the
myZyXELcloud Web portal even if you’re away from home, or you may also install it in a family member’s or friend’s home.
With the myZyXELcloud Web portal, you get a clear dashboard to see if anything requires maintenance or service.
my
3
Roku
LG Smart TV
Samsung Smart TV
Apple TV
Chromecast
Amazon Fire TV
Choose source content
from applications
Back up new content to NAS,
automatically and instantly!
Multiple Sources
More
...
zCloud 2.2

NAS542
4-Bay Personal Cloud Storage
More Features
APPs
NAS OS
myZyXELcloud
NAS542
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Bolt-free design for quick, easy setup
The bolt-free design makes it convenient to install hard disks on the ZyXEL NAS542 without using screwdrivers or other
hardware tools.
Remove the front panel
1Remove the clips from the tray
2Clip on hard drive and slide it back
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HDD Installation

NAS542
4-Bay Personal Cloud Storage
Specications
System Specications
Networking
• Network protocol:
■ CIFS/SMB for Windows
■ NFS for Linux/Unix
■ AFP for Mac
■ DHCP client
■ PPPoE
■ Network Time Protocol (NTP)
■ iSCSI
• Network applications:
■ Media server:
- Twonky media server with DLNA 1.5 and
UPnP AV
- iTunes server
- Logitech media server
- Photo album server
• Web service:
■ WebDAV
■ FTP server
■ phpMyAdmin/MySQL/PHP
■ RSS client & server
■ Print server (CIFS)
■ Remote access support (DyDNS)
• iOS and Android application:
■ ZyXEL Drive, zCloud, ownCloud
• Network application management:
■ User & group management
■ Package management for setting up
applications
• Network security:
■ Support HTTPS and FTPES (FTP over explicit
TLS/SSL)
■ Encrypted NAS to NAS remote replication
■ Encrypted NAS to external disk archive
backup
Data Management
• Backup support:
■ One-touch copy/sync button for external
USB capable devices backup
■ Backup planner:
- Instant/Scheduled backup
- NAS to NAS synchronization/archive
backup
- Rsync
- NAS to external USB hard disk backup
■ Google Drive, Dropbox, Memopal,
ownCloud, SynBackupfree and NetDrive
support
■ Apple Time Machine support
• Download/Upload support:
■ Auto-download from FTP/HTTP/P2P
download service
■ Scheduled download
■ Auto-upload photos and videos to YouTube/
Flickr/FTP server
• File system support:
■ Internal HDD: EXT4
■ External HDD: NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4,
FAT32, HFS+ (read only), exFAT
System Management
• JBOD, RAID 0/1/5/6/10, RAID 5+ Hot Spare
• Online rmware upgrade
• Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
Power and Thermal Management
• Power control:
■ Internal disk hibernation support
■ Scheduled power on/o/reboot
■ Wake-On-LAN support
■ System automatically resume after power
outage
■ APC USB UPS monitoring and auto
shutdown
• Thermal management:
■ Smart fan speed control
■ High temperature alert/buzzer
■ Auto shutdown while high temperature
Minimum System Requirements
• OS for utility: Windows XP onward, Mac OS X
10.5 onward
• Browser: IE 11+, Firefox 20+, Google Chrome
37+, Safari 5+
Application Package Center
• myZyXELcloud service:
■ myZyXELcloud agent
• Cloud application:
■ ownCloud (Cloud synchronization)
■ Google Drive
■ Dropbox
■ Memopal
• Download management:
■ NZBGet (NZB le download management
supported)
■ Transmission (Torrent le supported)
■ pyLoad (Download manager for many one-
click-hosting sites)
• Additional:
■ Gallery (The web-based application allows
your NAS to host pictures)
■ WordPress (Blogging tool and content
management system)
■ Tftp
■ NFS
■ Logitech media server (Stream audio
system)
■ PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin (MySQL
administration tool)
Hardware Specications
• CPU: FreeScale Dual Core Cortex-A9 1.2 GHz
• Memory: DDR3 1 G
• Four 2.5" or 3.5" SATA II hard disk the max
support up to 24 TB (6 TB x4)
• Hot swappable HDD support
• Two Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 connectors
• Three USB 3.0 ports
• One SDXC card read (Up to 128 GB)
• Buttons:
■ Power button
■ Copy/Sync button
■ Reset button
• Smart fan design
• Power consumption:
■ Access mode: 36.5 watt (Max)
■ Hard disk spin-down mode: 14.8 watt
• Power:
■ Input: 100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
■ Output: 19 V DC, 4.74 A
Physical Specications
• Item dimensions (WxDxH):
190 x 225 x 160 mm (7.48" x 8.85" x 6.29")
• Item weight: 2,000 g (4.40 lb.)
• Packing dimensions (WxDxH):
316 x 269 x 286 mm (12.44" x 10.59" x 11.26")
• Packing weight: 3,800 g (8.38 lb.)
Environmental Specications
Operating Environment
• Temperature: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
• Humidity: 10% to 95% (Non-condensing)
Storage Environment
• Temperature: -30°C to 70°C (-22°F to 158°F)
• Humidity: 10% to 95% (Non-condensing)
Certication
• Safety: CE LVD, BSMI
• EMC: CE, FCC class B, C-Tick, BSMI
• Others: DLNA 1.5, UPnP
Package Contents
• Network storage device (Hard disks not
included)
• Power supply and power cord
• Ethernet cable
• FindMe note
• Quick start guide
• Warranty card
• Hardware bag
• Accessory pack
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