Chapter 2 Installation And Setup; Requirements; Installation; Disk Server Setup Using Windows - Planet NAS-1000 User Manual

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Requirements

Ethernet Network employing 10BaseT or 100BaseTX.
TCP/IP protocol.

Installation

1.
Connect Network Cable
Use the RJ45 socket to connect the Disk Server to your Hub. The Disk Server will auto-configure for
10BaseT or 100BaseTX, and full or half duplex.
2.
Connect Printer
Use a standard printer cable to connect the Disk Server's parallel port to the printer.
3.
Connect Power
Use the supplied power cord to connect the Disk Server to a power outlet, and power ON using the
power switch on the rear.
4.
Check the boot process
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During the self-test (2 or 3 seconds), ALL of the LEDs will be ON.
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Then, while the Disk Server is booting, the Ready, Error, and Disk Full LEDs will be ON.
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Once the boot process is completed, the Ready LED should be ON and the Error LED should be
OFF.
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If the Error LED stays On, there is a hardware problem. Repeated beeps also indicate a failure to
boot correctly.

Disk Server Setup using Windows

For basic operation, only the following setup is required.
For the full range of options available to the Network Administrator, refer to Chapter 3 - Administration.
Installation
1.
Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the drive of your Windows 95/98/NT4.0.0 system.
2.
If the SETUP program does not start automatically, run SETUP.EXE in the root directory.
3.
Follow the prompts to install the Disk Server Utility.
Using the Disk Server Utility
1.
Start the program. For the default installation, use Start - Programs - Disk Server - Disk Server
Utility.
2.
The screen will look like the example below. The left section displays a list of all Disk Servers. The
right section displays data about the currently-selected Disk Server. (If no Disk Servers are listed, see
the Troubleshooting section.)
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