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Edge DiskGO Installation Manual

3.5" network hard drive
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3270 Ver406-06)
Installation Manual for the
DiskGO™ 3.5" Network Hard Drive
This product is backed by a one year limited warranty.
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IMPORTANT
PLEASE CONTACT A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN FOR ASSISTANCE IN INSTALLING
OR USING THIS PRODUCT IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH DOING SO. ANY
INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH THE PRODUCT ARE FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
AND ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE ALL-INCLUSIVE.
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  • Page 1 AND ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE ALL-INCLUSIVE. 327 East 14 Street / Ada OK 74820 / (800) 332-6581 / (580) 332-6581 / www.edgetechcorp.com EDGE and DiskGO are trademarks of EDGE Tech Corp. Other trademarked words or logos used herein are property of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Overview o Package Contents o System Requirements o Installation of the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive o Initial Setup Configuring your DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive ADMINISTRATION o Basic o Firmware o Alerts/Logging o Windows Setup o Workgroup Member Mode...
  • Page 3 3270 Ver406-06) NETWORKING o LAN o DHCP Server o Static IP PRINTERS o Setting the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive as a Print Server o Adding the Printer in Windows o Printer Troubleshooting...

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    Make sure the DHCP server function on the router is enabled, and the networked PC is configured as a DHCP client. 1. Plug in the DC power adapter to the DiskGO. Wait for 30 ~ 60 seconds until the blue LED light illuminates.

  • Page 5: Configuring Your Diskgo 3.5" Network Hard Drive

    3270 Ver406-06) To open the configuration page, type “http://Diskgo ” in the address bar of a browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Firefox). Then click the button to enter the administration configuration page. CONFIGURING YOUR DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive The Administrator user interface has six main menus for configuring the DiskGO 3.5”...

  • Page 6: Firmware

    The DiskGO software keeps track of the date and time and uses this information to timestamp files and for administrative purposes such as error and connection logging. The DiskGO clock runs in real time and has a battery to keep the clock running even when the power to the DiskGO is turned off.

  • Page 7: Alerts/Logging

    Doing so could corrupt the DiskGO software, making it impossible for the DiskGO to boot or to upgrade the firmware in the future. If you do accidentally turn off the DiskGO while the upgrade is in progress, contact EDGE technical support for help (www.edgetechcorp.com/support).
  • Page 8 An individual user can be assigned either no access, full access, or read access on a share-by-share basis. If you select USBA, you must also designate a pool. The DiskGO uses this pool to save user information. If no disk pool exists, you must create one (see “Creating a New Disk...

  • Page 9: Primary Domain Controller Mode

    Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional fully support domain membership. Users of these versions of Windows can use a DiskGO to maintain user accounts and to use the additional security features of domains. Windows 98 and Windows ME provide limited domain membership support.
  • Page 10 Domain members rely on the domain controller to provide group membership information. When the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive is acting as a PDC, it maintains the group membership information. Group membership may be managed using the Microsoft net group command.

  • Page 11: User Management

    7. net group /domain /doctors dawn /delete The DiskGO automatically assigns all users to a group named users . It is not necessary to add users to the users group, and users cannot be deleted from the users group. The net group command cannot be used to query the members of the users group, but the net users query returns the same information.

  • Page 12: Share Management

    Note: A disk pool must be created before a share can be created (see “Disk Management”). BASIC The Share Management: Basic page lists all the shares on the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive and the access permissions for each share. Global Access Info:. Lists the permissions for each file access protocol.

  • Page 13: Create Share

    4. Click Create Share . SHARE ACCESS The Share Access page allows an administrator to view and modify share access. This page is available only if the DiskGO has been configured as a member of a workgroup. It...

  • Page 14: Disk Management

    3270 Ver406-06) is not available if the DiskGO has been configured as a member of a domain or as a domain controller. If PBSA has been set for the workgroup, the content of the Share Access page is different than if UBSA has been set for the workgroup.

  • Page 15: Renaming A Disk

    Safely Remove Disk. To return to the Legacy Disk Management page, click Continue . CREATE NEW POOL To create a new pool within the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive, open the Create New Pool page located within the Disk Management menu and follow the steps below. This...

  • Page 16: New Pool

    (gigabytes) of the base using the slider. Click on Create Pool. *An external hard drive must be connected to the DiskGO via USB in order to utilize a Mirrored Pool. The attached drive must also be greater than or equal to the size of the pool you wish to Mirror.

  • Page 17: Encrypting The Pool

    Stripe (gigabytes) within the Space Allocation section. Click on Create Pool. *An external hard drive or drives must be connected to the DiskGO via USB in order to utilize a Striped Pool. Encrypting the Pool Encrypting pools provides security for all data stored within that specific pool.

  • Page 18: Disabling Pool Encryption

    5. Leave both New Password and Confirm Password blank. Select Change Encryption. Remounting Encrypted Shares Encrypted pools must be mounted each time the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive is rebooted, powered off, restored, or removed from the network. Follow the steps below to remount an encrypted pool.

  • Page 19: Remove Mirrors

    Most networks and gateways use DHCP protocols to assign IP address to connected devices. The DHCP client setting will allow the network to automatically assign an IP address to the DiskGO. If you wish to change this setting to DHCP Server or Static IP follow the steps below.
  • Page 20 3270 Ver406-06) Static IP Static IP allows you to assign a fixed IP address to the DiskGO. Be advised that all other devices connected to the network must also be configured with a Static IP address in order to connect to the DiskGO. The following steps need to be followed to set the DiskGO to Static.
  • Page 21 3270 Ver406-06) 6. Repeat this procedure on each additional client computer. Printer Troubleshooting The printer driver was successfully installed but I can’t print to the printer. Recommended action 1. On your Windows client computer, open Printers and Faxes in Control Panel.

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