Resetting The Administrator Password; Logs; Displaying Terastation's Logs - Buffalo TeraStation 3420DN User Manual

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Chapter 7 Advanced Features
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The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.
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The TeraStation will create the USB initialization drive. This will take about a minute. When creating the USB
initialization drive is completed, refresh the browser and log in to Settings again.
Starting Initialization
To initialize the settings on your TeraStation with the USB drive created above, follow the procedure below.
Note: If using the USB initialization drive to initialize, the unit's current firmware version will be changed to the
version used to create the USB initialization drive.
1
Turn off the TeraStation by pressing and holding down the power button for three seconds.
2
Insert the USB drive into a USB port on the TeraStation. Make sure that no other USB drives are currently
connected to any USB ports on the TeraStation.
3
Power on the TeraStation while holding down the function button.
4
When the info LED glows, press the function button. The
time.
5
It will take several minutes for initializing the settings. The TeraStation will restart when it's finished.
Dismount the USB drive before unplugging it. Refer to the
procedure on dismounting drives.

Resetting the Administrator Password

If you forget the admin username or password and cannot log in to Settings, or incorrect network settings are
configured and Settings becomes inaccessible, initialize these settings by holding down the init button (refer to the
"Diagrams"
section in chapter 1) for 10 seconds. This will typically reset the admin username and password, network
configuration, SSL, and security port settings to their factory default values.
This button can be disabled in Settings; to do so, navigate to Management > Restore/Erase > Edit under "Init Button
Settings", then select "Keep current admin username and password" and click OK.

Logs

Displaying TeraStation's Logs

Follow the procedure to check the TeraStation's logs.
1
From Settings, click Management.
2
Click the settings icon ( 
 ) to the right of "Logs".
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message will appear on NAS Navigator2 at this
"Dismounting Drives"
section in chapter 4 for the

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