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  • Page 1 NetDisk Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 XiMeta, Inc. is strictly prohibited. Warranty XiMeta, Inc. reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the content hereof without the obligation of XiMeta, Inc. to notify any person of such revision or changes. XiMeta, Inc. provides this publication “as is”...
  • Page 3 License The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement. The software may be used only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 4 Congratulations on your purchase of the NetDisk Network Direct Attached Storage Solution. This NetDisk Installation Guide is intended to help you install the product quickly and easily. The NetDisk Installation Guide is intended for individual users who need to install and support one or more NetDisk on their PC’s and network. The NetDisk Installation Guide assumes a basic understanding of PC’s and networks.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content Preface Network Requirements Wired Network Users Wireless Network Users USB Users Software Requirement Hardware Installation Installation for Network Users Installation for Cross-wired Ethernet Users Installation for USB Users Software Installation NetDisk™ Registration NetDisk™ Mode Read/Write (RW) Read Only (RO) Installation of New NetDisk Add NetDisk Change READ ONLY to READ/WRITE...

  • Page 6: Network Requirements

    Network Requirements Wired Network Users Fast Ethernet LAN (100BASE-T / 802.3u) - 100 mbps or higher is recommended for best data transfer rate. Wireless Network Users Wi-Fi WLAN (802.11a or 802.11g) - 54 Mbps or higher is recommended for best data transfer rate. USB Users - USB 2.0 or higher is recommended for best data transfer rate.

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Installation for Network Users To use NetDisk as Network Direct Attached Storage via Ethernet connection: 1. Connect Power Adapter to NetDisk™ and plug Power Cord into the power outlet. 2. Connect one end of the Ethernet LAN Cable into Hub or Router, the other end into NetDisk LAN Interface (RJ45Jjack).

  • Page 8: Installation For Cross-Wired Ethernet Users

    Installation for Cross-wired Ethernet Users To use NetDisk as NetDisk Direct Attached Storage via Ethernet connection: 1. Connect Power Adapter to NetDisk™ and plug Power Cord into the power outlet. 2. Connect one end of the Cross-wire Cable into the PC’s Ethernet port and the other end into the NetDisk Ethernet port.

  • Page 9: Installation For Usb Users

    Installation for USB Users To use NetDisk as USB 2.0 External Hard Disk Drive: 1. Connect Power Adapter to NetDisk™ and plug Power Cord into the power outlet. 2. Connect one end of the USB Cable into the PC’s USB port and the other end into the NetDisk USB port.

  • Page 10: Software Installation

    Software Installation A. Insert the Software Installation CD-ROM included in the box into the CD ROM drive. B. Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NetDisk will appear on the screen. Click Next. C. License Agreement will appear on the screen. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next.
  • Page 11 D. Setup Type: General Users - Select Complete and then click Next. Advanced Users - Select Custom and then click Next. E. Ready to Install the Program will appear on the screen. Click Install.
  • Page 12 F. InstallShield Wizard is being installed. G. Installation is completed. Click Finish. H. You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Click Yes.

  • Page 13: Netdisk™ Registration

    NetDisk™ Registration 1. Click NetDisk™ Administrator Tool Icon located on the bottom right corner of your screen. A menu box, just like the one below, will appear: 2. Click New NetDisk. 3. Register a NetDisk: Enter NetDisk ID. NetDisk Name is optional. NetDisk ID and Write Key can be found on the bottom of the NetDisk.
  • Page 14 registered as Read/Write. ii. If the Write Key was not entered in the previous step, the NetDisk is registered as Read Only. 5. Found New Hardware Wizard: If you are registering a new NetDisk, Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. See Installation of New NetDisk on 26 and follow the instructions.
  • Page 15 NetDisk with Read Only mode.

  • Page 16: Netdisk™ Mode

    NetDisk™ Mode Once NetDisk is successfully installed, you will be able to Read Only or Read/Write to NetDisk. Write privilege is given by entering the Write Key during the registration step. To access NetDisk, click NetDisk™ Administrator Tool 1. Read/Write – Read/Write mode is indicated by a Blue Circle. NOTE: White circle means the NetDisk is being used by someone else.
  • Page 17 NOTE: If you still cannot unplug after several attempts, reboot your computer. This may occur when unseen programs are still using the NetDisk. Unplugged NetDisk is indicated by Gray Circle. a. Once a NetDisk is unplugged, NetDisk can be enabled back to Read Only or Read/Write by selecting Plug in Read Only or Plug in Read/Write.
  • Page 18 c. From unplugged mode, NetDisk can also be removed using Remove. When you click Remove, warning window will appear. If you want to continue removing NetDisk click OK. To check whether the NetDisk has been removed, click NetDisk™ Administrator Tool The removed NetDisk will be no longer visible.

  • Page 19: Read/Write (Rw)

    B. Refresh Status - Updates the status of NetDisk that are connected to the network. NOTE: If a NetDisk gets displayed by black colored NetDisk, it means network cable or power cable of the NetDisk is disconnected. This will cause operations of other NetDisk to be slowed down. We recommend you remove the Black NetDisk and re-register.
  • Page 20 If you are registering a new NetDisk, Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. See Installation of New NetDisk on 26 to complete the registration. D. About - Displays NetDisk Administrator version. E. Exit - Exit NetDisk Administrator. Click Yes if you want to exit. Otherwise, click No, NetDisk Administrator can be restored by double clicking the screen.

  • Page 21: Read Only (Ro)

    2. Read Only - Read Only mode is indicated by a Green Circle. NOTE: White circle means the NetDisk is being used by someone else. A White NetDisk has same functionalities as a Gray NetDisk. A. NetDisk - Place the cursor on the word NetDisk to view the functions. Plug in Read/Write - Enables you to change NetDisk mode from Read Only to Read/Write.
  • Page 22 iii. Unplug - Disables writing and reading to and from NetDisk. When you select Unplug, a warning window will appear. Click Ok. If the NetDisk is being used by any applications, NetDisk will not be unplugged. In this case, wait until all the applications are finished using NetDisk.
  • Page 23 b. From Unplugged mode, NetDisk can also be removed using Remove. When you click Remove, warning window will appear. If you want to continue removing Net Disk, click Ok. To check whether the NetDisk has been removed, click NetDisk™ Administrator Tool The removed NetDisk will be no longer visible.
  • Page 24 B. Refresh Status - Updates the status of NetDisk that are connected to the network. NOTE: If a NetDisk gets displayed by black colored NetDisk, it means network cable or power cable of the NetDisk is disconnected. This will cause operations of other NetDisk to be slowed down. We recommend you remove the Black NetDisk and re-register.
  • Page 25 ii. If the Write Key was not entered, the NetDisk is registered as Read Only. If you are registering a new NetDisk, Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. See Installation of New NetDisk on 26 to complete the registration. D. About - Displays NetDisk Administrator version. F.
  • Page 26 NetDisk Administrator can be restored by double clicking the screen. COMMENT: For Windows 2000 users. Whether you are in a Read/Write mode or Read Only mode, Windows 2000 will allow you to write to the NetDisk. However, by now, you know that you can only write to NetDisk if you are in Read/Write mode.

  • Page 27: Installation Of New Netdisk

    Installation of New NetDisk A. Found New Hardware Wizard will appear. Select Install the software automatically and click next. B. Searching for the new NetDisk. C. Hardware Installation warning will appear. Click Continue Anyway. D. Installation is completed. Click Finish.
  • Page 28 E. New NetDisk has been added to your computer. To view it, click My Computer and see under Hard Disk Drive.

  • Page 29: Add Netdisk

    Add NetDisk 1. Add more NetDisk. Click NetDisk™ Administrator Tool and then click New NetDisk. Fill in the NetDisk ID. NetDisk Name is optional. Write Key is needed to write on NetDisk. Click Add. i. If the Write Key was entered, the NetDisk is registered as Read/Write.
  • Page 30 See Installation of New NetDisk on 26. 2. Go to the NetDisk Aggregation & Mirroring window. If you do not see all the NetDisk you registered, click Refresh.

  • Page 31: Change Read Only To Read/Write

    Change READ ONLY to READ/WRITE To access NetDisk, click NetDisk Administrator Tool A. Select a NetDisk you want to change. NOTE: Green Circle indicates Read Only and Blue Circle indicates Read/Write. B. Click Plug in Read/Write. If Write Key has not been entered during the registration, warning window will appear.
  • Page 32 NOTE: If the correct Write Key is entered OK button will be enabled, if incorrect Write Key is entered Cancel button will be enabled. D. If another user has already registered NetDisk as Read/Write, their write privilege will be taken away from him/her and given to you. Click Ok, if you want to access write privilege.

  • Page 33: Change Read/Write To Read Only

    Change READ/WRITE to READ ONLY To access NetDisk, click NetDisk Administrator Tool A. Select a NetDisk you want to change. NOTE: Green Circle indicates Read Only and Blue Circle indicates Read/Write. B. Click Plug in Read Only. C. Click NetDisk™ Administrator Tool to view the changed NetDisk.

  • Page 34: Bind

    Aggregation - Bind In order to bind two NetDisk, each NetDisk has to be unplugged and have a Write Key. Detailed explanation of unplugging and Write Key are listed in the steps below. The purpose of Aggregation is to enable multiple NetDisk units to be recognized as a single large disk drive.
  • Page 35 Green Disk: Read Only Read Disk: Different Company’s Disk (Cannot be used) Gray Disk: Unplugged from your computer (Still connected to Network) White Disk: Someone else is using the NetDisk (Cannot Aggregate or Mirror NetDisk) Black Disk: Not connected to the network Yellow Disk Slave disk (Used for Aggregation and Mirroring)
  • Page 36 Click Ok. 4. Repeat the above two step for the second NetDisk you want to unplug. 5. Now that two NetDisk are unplugged, you will be able to bind them. 6. If NetDisk Aggregation & Mirroring window is not opened, click Start > Program >...
  • Page 37 NOTE: Remember you can only bind NetDisk that is unplugged. If you choose a NetDisk that is still plugged, Aggregation button will not be enabled. 9. Click bind button. i. If NetDisk you choose does not have a Write Key, the following message will appear.
  • Page 38 NOTE: The NetDisks bound box on the right, indicates the first NetDisk you chose to bind. The NetDisks Available box on the left, lists all the NetDisk you can choose from to bind with the first NetDisk. 10. Select a NetDisk from the NetDisk Available box that you want to bind. 11.
  • Page 39 Go back to step 9 and start again. B. If NetDisk you selected has Write Key, the binding of these two NetDisk will proceed. Click Ok. 12. Binding is completed. NOTE: The bound NetDisk is indicated by the word Aggr Master: NetDisk 1.
  • Page 40 14. Plug in the bound NetDisk by selecting either Plug in Read/Write or Plug in Read Only. 15. Go to NetDisk Aggregation & Mirroring window. You will notice the change in the color of the master NetDisk. NOTE: Blue NetDisk is Read/Write and Green NetDisk is Read Only. 16.

  • Page 41: Unbind

    Aggregation – Unbind 1. Click NetDisk™ Administrator Tool and select a master NetDisk you want to unbind. Then select Unplug. NOTE: You can only unbind unplugged NetDisk. 2. NetDisk Administrator will appear. NOTE: If the NetDisk is being used by any applications, NetDisk will not be unplugged.
  • Page 42 5. Select a NetDisk you want to unbind and click unbind button. 6. The bound NetDisk will unbind into the two original NetDisk. Two unbound NetDisk is also visible from NetDisk™ Administrator Tool...
  • Page 43 7. Plug in the unbound NetDisk by selecting either Plug in Read/Write or Plug in Read Only. Repeat this step for the second unbound NetDisk. 8. Right click My Computer > Management > Disk Management. If any of the unbound NetDisk are not initialized, indicated by go to Initialize Disk on 57.

  • Page 44: Mirroring

    Mirroring In order to mirror a NetDisk to another NetDisk, both NetDisk has to be unplugged and have a Write Key. Detailed explanation of unplugging and Write Key are listed in the steps below. The purpose of mirroring is to continuously create and save a copy of data in one NetDisk to another NetDisk, in real time, whenever a new data is written to the NetDisk.
  • Page 45 Green Disk: Read Only Read Disk: Different Company’s Disk (Cannot be used) Gray Disk: Unplugged from your computer (Still connected to network) White Disk: Someone else is using the NetDisk (Cannot Aggregate or Mirror NetDisk) Black Disk: Not connected to the network Yellow Disk Slave disk (Used for Aggregation and Mirroring)
  • Page 46 4. Repeat the above two step for the second NetDisk you want to unplug. 5. Now that two NetDisk are unplugged, you will be able to mirror NetDisk. 6. If NetDisk Aggregation & Mirroring window is not opened, click Start > Program >...
  • Page 47 NOTE: Remember you can only mirror NetDisk that are unplugged. If you choose a NetDisk that is still plugged, Mirror button will not be enabled. Click mirror button. A. If NetDisk you choose does not have a Write Key, the following message will appear.
  • Page 48 9. Select a NetDisk from the NetDisk Available box that you want a data to be mirror to. 10. Click button. A. If NetDisk you selected from NetDisks Available box does not have a Write Key, the message window will appear. Click Ok.
  • Page 49 B. If NetDisk you are mirroring it to is smaller than the NetDisk you are mirroring it from, warning window will appear. Click Ok. Click Cancel from the Bind window and repeat from step 8 again. 11 Mirroring of NetDisk can proceed. Click Ok.
  • Page 50 NOTE: The mirrored NetDisk is indicated by the word Mirror Master: NetDisk 1. The NetDisk from the NetDisks bound box becomes the Master NetDisk and the NetDisk from the NetDisks available box becomes the Slave NetDisk. The master NetDisk is mirrored to slave NetDisk.
  • Page 51 16. Go to NetDisk Aggregation & Mirroring window. You will notice the change in the color of the master NetDisk. NOTE: Blue NetDisk is Read/Write and Green NetDisk is Read Only. 17. Mirroring is completed.

  • Page 52: Undo Mirroring

    Undo Mirroring Please follow the Aggregation - Unbind on 39 to undo Mirroring.

  • Page 53: Partition Netdisk

    Partition NetDisk 1. Right click My Computer and select Manage. 2. Computer Management will appear. Click Disk Management under Storage. 3. The plugged disk will be shown on the Computer Management. 4. Right click on the box and select Delete Partition.
  • Page 54 5. Delete primary partition will appear. NOTE: When you delete partition, all the data on the disk will be last. Click Yes if you want to continue partitioning. Otherwise, click No. 6. Partition has been deleted, indicated by the word Unallocated. 7.
  • Page 55 8. New Partition Wizard: Click next. 9. Select Partition Type: Select Primary partition and click Next. 10. Specify Partition Size: Click Next. NOTE: The partition size is automatically set. No need to change the size.
  • Page 56 11. Assign Drive Letter or Path: Choose the name of the drive from the driver letter then click Next. 12. Format Partition: Select Format this partition with the following Settings and Perform a quick format (Recommended). Click next. 13. Partitioning is finished. Click Finish.
  • Page 57 14. You can see the partitioned disk.

  • Page 58: Initialize Netdisk

    Initialize NetDisk 1. Right click My Computer and select Manage. 2. Computer Management window will appear. Click Disk Management under Storage. 3. Computer Management window will list all the disks in the computer. Find NetDisk you want to format and right click NOTE: NetDisk you are looking for is the unknown or not initialized disk.
  • Page 59 4. Select Initialize Disk. Initialize Disk window will appear. Select the right disk and click Ok. 5. NetDisk will be automatically initialized. NOTE: Unknown becomes Basic 6. Right click Unallocated box then select New Partition. Go to Partition NetDisk on 52 and partition the disk.

  • Page 60: Netdisk Uninstall

    NetDisk™ Uninstall Before you uninstall the NetDisk, you must close all the applications that are using the NetDisk. NOTE: NetDisk Administrator, NetDisk Aggregation & Mirroring, Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer must be closed. There are two different ways in which you can uninstall NetDisk. 1.

  • Page 61: Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting Question - NetDisk Installation was unsuccessful. Answer - If your installation was not successful, it may be due to a previously installed version of NetDisk software. 1. Un-install software. 2. Reboot computer. 3. Re-install software. 4. Reboot computer. Question - Un-installation was unsuccessful.
  • Page 62 Question - Can’t change to Read & Write Mode. Answer - You input a Write Key in order to change to Read & Write Mode. Write key window will appear, input the write key then change to Read & Write mode. Question - Can’t change to Read &...

  • Page 63: Contact Information

    Product name, model, serial number and software version number. Technical Support on the Internet: For the latest information on NetDisk, visit our website at www.ximeta.com Technical Support by E-Mail: Our e-mail address for technical support is support@ximeta.com...

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