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  • Page 1 External Hard Drive NAS User Guide English...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Controls, Connectors and Indicators Front Panel Area Rear Panel Area About the Hard Disk Locating NAS Drive on Your Desk Which Interface: USB or Ethernet? Connecting NAS drive Using USB Storing and Transferring Data via USB Disconnecting NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host Connecting NAS Drive Using Ethernet About NAS Drive User Accounts Connecting the NAS Drive to Your LAN...
  • Page 3 NAS Drive Operation Using Ethernet Sharing fi les using Windows Run Dialogue Browse Network Neighborhood Search Dialogue Browse My Computer Sharing fi les using Mac OS X Attaching USB Devices Attaching a Printer Attaching a USB Storage Device NAS Administration Reference Users and Groups User Management Group Management...
  • Page 4 Turn Off Server Information Disk Usage Error Notifi cation Monitoring Services Check Interval E-mail Notifi cation Pop-Up Notifi cation Network Service DHCP Server Bonjour Maintenance Disk Utility Format Scan Unmount Detail Firmware Upgrade Save Confi guration Restore Confi guration Factory Reset Log File Samba Log FTP Log...
  • Page 5 System Log Administration Log Account Information Logout Technical Support Limited Warranty Terms Rights FCC Compliance WEEE Notice CE Declaration ROHS Compliance...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Introduction Your Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external hard drive featuring high-performance storage and a choice of either high-speed USB 2.0 or Ethernet interface. Once your drive is connected properly to your network or computer, you will be able to use it as you would any hard drive for storing your data and for performing data back-up functions.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel Area

    Rear Panel Area Along the rear panel you will fi nd the interface connectors and a recessed micro-switch that is used for reset functions. Refer to the fi gure below. Reset Button. If the NAS drive is having a problem connecting to the local area network (LAN) or appears to be hung, press the Reset button momentarily with the end of a paper clip.

  • Page 8: About The Hard Disk

    About the Hard Disk The NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-formatted in three partitions. The largest partition is pre-formatted in the FAT32 format and is available for your data storage through either a USB or Ethernet connection. The other two partitions are in Linux EXT2 format and are used by the NAS drive’s internal software for supporting the various networking features of the product.
  • Page 9 If you do not have LAN setup, or you primarily want to provide additional storage to a single computer, then you should consider USB as your interface choice. Please refer to the next section to learn how to install and use your NAS drive using USB.

  • Page 10: Connecting Nas Drive Using Usb

    Note: If your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you will need some additional software that you can download from the Verbatim web site. Refer to the Getting Help section. Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a wall outlet using the included power cord.

  • Page 11: Disconnecting Nas Drive From A Pc Or Mac Host

    Disconnecting NAS drive from a PC or Mac Host While connected using the USB-B interface, your NAS drive is hot- swappable. It can be connected and disconnected without restarting your computer. To disconnect your drive at any time, perform the following steps.

  • Page 12: Connecting Nas Drive Using Ethernet

    Connecting NAS Drive Using Ethernet Installing the NAS drive using Ethernet requires that you have an available Ethernet port on a router or switch. Before attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be useful fi rst to review some background information about how the NAS drive handles data over the network.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Nas Drive To Your Lan

    Here are other initial properties of these pre-defi ned groups, accounts, and shares: The group @guest-share contains two members, which are user • “admin” and user “guest-share”. Only user “admin” can access the share “public”. • The folder “guest-share” is a private folder for user “guest-share”. •...
  • Page 14 Connect the included Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on the NAS drive to an Ethernet switch (100 Base-T), a wired or wireless router, or a wireless access point. Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a wall outlet.

  • Page 15: Web-Based Administration Tool

    After successfully connecting to your network you will be able to see the NAS drive on your network. Its default name is “Sohonas” and it will be located in the network workgroup named “Workgroup”. In Windows go to My Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network / Workgroup, or in Mac OS X go to Finder / Network / Workgroup.

  • Page 16: Administration Login

    Administration Login In most cases you need only to enter the default hostname (i.e., “//sohonas” for Windows, or “//sohonas.local” for Bonjour) in your browser’s address window to access the administration tool. If for some reason the default hostname was not assigned to the NAS drive’s IP address during auto- confi...

  • Page 17: Basic Settings For Initial Setup

    Basic Settings for Initial Setup Now, from within the administration tool perform the following steps to defi ne the basic settings. For more advanced features note that a full description of all settings is provided later under “NAS Administration Reference”. Quick Setup to expand the selection group.

  • Page 18: Add New User Account

    The next screen allows you to defi ne a new Hostname for the NAS drive. If you want to keep the current Hostname, simply press Next to advance to the next screen. The next screen allows you to select between automatic and static addresses for the NAS drive’s IP Address and Domain Name System (DNS) address.
  • Page 19 Fill in the initial screen with a User Name and Password. It is recommended that these fi elds match the User Name and Password that this user normally enters when logging into Windows or to Mac OS X. The User Name must be lower-case and may be a maximum of 20 alphanumeric characters, without spaces.

  • Page 20: Add New Group

    The next screen allows you to assign this user to an existing group. As described above, the initial factory setting provides for the default group named “@guest-share”. When done with this form, press Next to continue. The fi nal screen for adding a user allows you to assign access privileges to currently defi...

  • Page 21: Add New Shared Folder

    The next screen allows you to assign any of the current users to your new group. When done with this form, press Next to continue. The next screen allows you to assign share access privileges for the new group. Each of the existing shares may be setup for no access, read-only access, or full read/write access.

  • Page 22: Nas Drive Operation Using Ethernet

    new share. Access is defi ned separately for Server Message Block (SMB) / Common Internet File System (CIFS) access than it is for Network File System (NFS) access. Use the fi rst of the two screens, titled “Windows, FTP Access” to assign access under SMB/CIFS. You can assign read-write access for all users and groups by checking the box marked “Allow for all”.

  • Page 23: Sharing Fi Les Using Windows

    Drag and drop fi les to NAS drive • Copy and paste data to NAS drive • Make and delete folders • Share fi les and folders • Back-up your data • How you access the drive will depend on your computer’s operating system. A brief overview for accessing fi...

  • Page 24: Search Dialogue

    Search Dialogue Select Start in the system tray and select Search. Use the Search dialogue to search for Computers. For the computer name to search for enter “sohonas” and then press Search Now to fi nd the connected NAS drive. Double-click the NAS drive entry to connect and view its shared folders.

  • Page 25: Attaching A Printer

    device, such as a fl ash disk. This section describes how to install and use these USB devices while the NAS drive is connected to your LAN. This USB-A port operates at USB Full-Speed. Attaching a Printer Once your USB printer is attached and installed to the connected NAS drive, you can send print jobs to this printer from any user account.

  • Page 26: Attaching A Usb Storage Device

    Now your printer is ready to accept print jobs like any other printer on your system. Attaching a USB Storage Device If you elect not to use the USB-A port for printing, then it is available to you to attach another USB storage device, like a fl ash disk. Once your storage device is attached and installed to the connected NAS drive, you can drag and drop fi...

  • Page 27: Nas Administration Reference

    NAS Administration Reference The web-browser-based administration tool provides full access to all confi guration settings for the product when used as a NAS device. This section of the manual provides a description for the settings within each of the following main areas: Setting up read/write access by User and by Group •...
  • Page 28 Basic Quick Setup p Wizard Add User Add Group Add Share Control Panel Users and Groups User Management Group Management File and Print File Server Share Management Print Server System Network Settings Time Settings Turn Off Server Information Disk Usage Error Notifi...

  • Page 29: Users And Groups

    Because the Basic / Quick Setup functions (Wizard, Add User, Add Group, and Add Share) have been described previously under “Basic Settings for Initial Setup”, we begin this reference section with a description of the Control Panel group of functions. Users and Groups This group of settings provides an alternate way to create a new user account or new group, and also provides a method to modify properties of...

  • Page 30: Group Management

    Note that if you are using the User Management dialogue to create a new user, there may be other properties that you want to set for this user. For example, after creating a new user through Control Panel / User Management, share access for that user can be set by leaving User Management and going to File and Print / Share Management.

  • Page 31: File And Print

    Group Management and going to File and Print / Share Management. This dialogue is explained later in this reference section. File and Print This group of settings allows for naming the Windows Workgroup, enabling certain server protocols (such as FTP, NFS, and print server), as well as providing full control over the creation and management of folders (shares) on the drive.

  • Page 32: Nfs Server Setting

    Network Address Translation (NAT) router to map a public IP address to the NAS drive’s private IP address on the LAN. NFS Server Setting You can enable or disable NFS server support. If you have only Windows PCs on your home network and have no pressing reason to use NFS support to share fi...

  • Page 33: Printer Server

    If you want to delete an existing share, fi rst highlight that share name in the Existing Shares box, and then press the Delete Share button. Once you have highlighted an existing share, or have created and saved a new share, you will want to assign access privileges for that share. Access is defi...

  • Page 34: Time Settings

    Next are IP Address settings. You will normally leave these in the factory default condition, which selects “Obtain IP Address automatically” and “Obtain DNS Server Address automatically”. With this selections enabled, the NAS drive will act as a DHCP client and attempt to retrieve its IP Address from the DHCP server active on your LAN.

  • Page 35: Error Notifi Cation

    Error Notifi cation The NAS drive features a range of features to monitor product status and to report errors. To enable and setup these features, select the screen at Control Panel / System / Error Notifi cation. These settings are grouped into four sections, as described below.

  • Page 36: Dhcp Server

    DHCP server, and the Bonjour protocol. DHCP Server Enter the main screen for DHCP Server by entering Control Panel / Network Service / DHCP Server. Most LAN environments will already have a Dynamic Host Confi guration Protocol (DHCP) service running to automatically issue IP addresses for attached devices.

  • Page 37: Disk Utility

    Disk Utility Enter this screen by selecting Control Panel / Maintenance / Disk Utility. You will be presented with a table that lists the status of all detected storage devices. The fi rst device listed (“/dev/hda/”) will be the main data partition of the NAS hard drive.

  • Page 38: Detail

    Upgrade. Make a note of your current version number, which is displayed at the top of this screen. Then visit Verbatim’s Technical Support web site (refer to the Getting Help section later in this manual) to check if a more recent version is available.

  • Page 39: Factory Reset

    that fi le to restore all device settings in a single step. Enter this screen by selecting Control Panel / Maintenance / Restore Confi guration, and then browse to the saved confi guration fi le and press the Restore button. Factory Reset You can return all of the NAS drive’s settings to their factory default state by selecting Control Panel / Maintenance / Factory Reset, and pressing the...

  • Page 40: Administration Log

    Administration Log To view the log of events that have been recorded by the administration monitor, select Control Panel / Log File / Administration Log. Account Information The Personal Info tab provides access to certain information about the user currently logged into the web-based administration tool. Usually this will be the admin user.

  • Page 41: Technical Support

    Technical Support If you are experiencing diffi culty installing or using your Verbatim product, please visit the main Verbatim Technical Support website at www.verbatim. com or www.verbatim-europe.com. From this page you can access our library of user documentation, read answers to frequently asked questions, and download available software updates.

  • Page 42: Rights

    VERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS OR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, FOR BREACH OF WARRANTIES OR OTHERWISE.

  • Page 43: Weee Notice

    that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for • help. WEEE Notice The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which entered into force as European law on 13th February 2003, resulted in a major change in the treatment of electrical equipment at end-of-life.

  • Page 44: Rohs Compliance

    IEC 61000-4-5: 1995 + A1: 2000 IEC 61000-4-6: 1996 + A1: 2000 IEC 61000-4-8: 1993 + A1: 2000 IEC 61000-4-11: 1994 + A1: 2000 RoHS Compliance This product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003, on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) and its amendments...

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