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2-Bay SATA NAS RAID Server
NAS-7201
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Version 1.0

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  • Page 1 2-Bay SATA NAS RAID Server NAS-7201 User’s Manual Version 1.0...
  • Page 2 PLANET has made every effort to ensure that this User’s Manual is accurate; PLANET disclaims liability for any inaccuracies or omissions that may have occurred.
  • Page 3 Table of Contents Introduction ........................1 Overview ..........................1 Key Features ...........................1 1.3 Package Contents ........................1 Front and Rear Panel ..................... 2 2.1 Hardware Installation........................4 2.2 Connection and Removing Connection ..................8 2.2.1 Network Connection ..........................8 2.2.2 USB Printer & Storage Device Connection ....................8 2.3 Removing Connection ........................9 2.3.1 Removing USB Mass Storage Devices .....................9 2.3.2 Removing USB Printer ...........................9...
  • Page 4 Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X ................51 Mounting SMB Server in Linux ..................54 10. Network Applications....................56 10.1 Personal Data Backup ......................56 10.2 Network File Sharing........................ 56 10.3 FTP Server ..........................57 10.4 Printer Server .......................... 57 10.5 USB Mass Storage Device ......................
  • Page 5 This user’s manual explains how to operate the NAS-7201 from a computer. Basically, the user’s manual is written to be read on the computer display. However, users might consider printing it out to access easily and read it before you operate the NAS-7201. This manual shows how to set up the NAS-7201.
  • Page 6 2. Front and Rear Panel Physical Details The following figure illustrates the front/rear panel of NAS-7201. HDD Activate LEDs LAN Activate LED COPY button LAN Link LED USB 2.0 Socket Power Button with LED Front view of NAS-7201 Reset Button LAN Port USB 2.0 Socket...
  • Page 7 Button Description Power Push to turn on or off NAS-7201. Copy the USB storage data onto the NAS server, please Copy press and hold this over 3 – 5 second to active it. Reset Press 10 sec to restore factory default.
  • Page 8 2.1 Hardware Installation Step 1: Remove the Front Case Follow the figure below to release the screws and open the front case with the direction. Slightly push the front case and lift up the plastic case. When lift up the front case, please be careful for the LED wire that connect to the Note front panel LED Step 2: Pull out the side case...
  • Page 9 Step 3: Slide in the HDDs HDD1 HDD2 Gently slide in the SATA HDD one by one as the figure. When HDD touch the SATA connector, slightly push the HDD to make it well connected to the SATA interface of the RAID Server Before slide in the HDD, please do make sure the HDD is in the correct direction.
  • Page 10 Step 4. Lock the HDD To lock the HDD through two screws so that the HDD can well connected to the NAS server. Step 5 Slide back the side case After the HDD is installed, lock the HDD with screws and slide back the case. Step 6 Lock the front case Follow the figure below to put back the front case.
  • Page 11 Be careful for the LED wires. Please align the LED wires to the space between the two HDD and close the case gently then push with the direction Pull the case back and follow the arrow direction to push the front case. Lock the case with the screw.
  • Page 12 : Connect the power supply to NAS-7201. : Press the “Power button” to turn on NAS-7201. The HDD activate LED on the front cover will light up during booting-up. This device will be ready to use when the blue LED lights up steadily.
  • Page 13 Connect the power supply to NAS-7201. Press the “Power button” to turn on NAS-7201. The HDD activate LED on the front panel will light up during booting-up. NAS-7201 will be ready to use when the blue LED lights up steadily.
  • Page 14 3. Setup Wizard Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive to launch the autorun program. Once completed, a welcome menu screen will appear. Click the “Setup Wizard” hyperlink; you will see the Setup Wizard dialog box as below. Click “Setup” to continue.
  • Page 15 Please enter password. Default password is: admin. Then click “OK”. You can select “Set IP configuration manually” and enter the IP settings. Or select “Automatically obtain an IP address (DHCP)” when there is a DHCP server in your network. You may change the time zone, date and time to your network storage and press “Next” to continue.
  • Page 16 This page shows the new configurations. If it is correct, please press “Save” button and the setting information will be save to your network storage. You are about to change the settings. Press “OK” to save new settings. Press “Cancel” if you want to keep current settings.
  • Page 17 PLANET NAS Server provides GUI (Web based, Graphical User Interface) for machine management and administration. Web configuration access To start NAS-7201 web configuration, you must have one of these web browsers installed on computer for management • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.00 or higher with Java support Default LAN interface IP address of NAS-7201 is 192.168.0.100.
  • Page 18 4.2.1 Wizard To setup basic configurations of NAS-7201, follow the diagram below. Wizard for Quick Setup of the NAS-7201, after finishing the authentication, the Main menu will display 6 parts of configuration, please click “Wizard Setup” to enter quick start: Step 1 : Language Setting.
  • Page 19 Step 4 : Internet Protocol Setting. You may specify a stationary IP address/DNS server address or enable the “Obtain IP address/DNS server address automatically” checkbox, depending on your LAN configuration. Step 5 : Time Setting. Adjust date, time, and time zone of your local position. Or select a NTP(Network Time Protocol) server for automatic time setting and calibration.
  • Page 20 Step 6 : Wizard Setting Confirmation. Click complete to implement above settings. 4.2.2 Add User To add user support, select the Add User chapter for setting. Please refer to Users and Groups chapter for more detail. Step 1 : Add User. Setup user name and password. Check “Crate Private Folder” box for creating a home directly of this user.
  • Page 21 Step 2 : User Management. Add/remove this user to/from an existing group. Step 3 : Share Permission. Set user permission of each shared directory. Select a share name from the “Access Denied” column and click “Read Only” or “Writable” to allow user access right. Select a share name from the “Access Granted”...
  • Page 22 Step 2 : Group Members. Set up group members. Select a user from the “Non- Members” column and click “Add” to categorize it into this group. Select a user from the “Members” column and click “Remove” to remove this user from this group. Step 3 : Share Permission.
  • Page 23 4.2.4 Add Share To add a sharing directory, select the Add Share chapter for setting. Please refer to Share Management chapter for more detail. Step 1 : Add Share. Set up the directory name. Step 2 : Windows, FTP access. Set user/group permission of this directory in Microsoft Network and FTP environment.
  • Page 24 Step 3 : NFS Access. Set IP access permissions of this shared directory in Unix-like environment. Input IP Address and click “Add” to add this IP to the allowed list. Input Subnet (the start of allowed IP address before the slash; the end of allowed IP address after the slash) and click Add to add this subnet section to the allowed list.
  • Page 25 4.3.2 Group Management All existing groups in this system will be shown in this menu. You can create a new group by filling out the form and clicking the “Save” button. Select an existing group and click “Delete Group” button to delete an existing group.
  • Page 26 Character Set Select your preferred character set. Windows Setting Check “Enable” box to enable Microsoft Network connection Set Workgroup name for Microsoft Clients to access. You can find this Workgroup name in My Network Places. Set Description name for Microsoft Clients to access. You can find this Description name in My Network Places/Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network/”Workgroup name”/.
  • Page 27 Windows and FTP Access Select a share name from the “Access Denied” column and click “Read Only” or “Writable” to allow user/group access right. Select a share name from the “Access Granted” column and click “Remove” to disable user/group access right from this directory.
  • Page 28 4.4.3 Printer Server The NAS-7201 supports USB printer and it can share the printer after you connect one printer into one USB port. Check “Enable” box to enable Printer Server function. Uncheck “Enable” box to unmount a mounted printer. This device detects the connection of a USB printer automatically. Information of the printer will be shown in...
  • Page 29 This screen allows you to set the IP Address and related information required for TCP/IP networks. Hostname Assign a name to NAS-7201 as the identification within your local area network. Obtain IP Address NAS-7201 obtains an IP address automatically if a DHCP Automatically server is present in the local area network.
  • Page 30 4.5.2 Time Settings This screen allows you to set current Date, Time, and Time zone. Specify a NTP Server if you want to get date and time from Time Server. Date & Time Click this option to set time and date manually Set the time difference from Greenwich Mean Time in the area where the device Time Zone is installed.
  • Page 31 4.5.4 Information This screen display system information 4.5.5 Disk Usage This screen display each HDD usage (total disk size, used disk size) and user’s quota information.
  • Page 32 4.5.6 Error Notification This screen allow you to set up the system monitor service that will automatically notified the administrator through email or windows alerter messages service if the system error Monitoring Service If the disk usage reaches 90%, the system will inform the Disk Usage Setting administrator.
  • Page 33 Error Handling Specify a SMTP server for this device. Mail Server Error Handling Specify administrator email address. Email Address Pop-up Notification Check this box to enable notification via Windows pop-up Enable Setting messages. Error Handling Pop-up Specify the IP address of administrator’s PC. Machines 4.6 Network Service 4.6.1 DHCP Server...
  • Page 34 Primary / IP Address of the first and second DNS Server. Secondary DNS Start Address Enter the beginning of the range of IP Addresses to be allocated by the DHCP Server. Finish Address Enter the last address of range of IP Addresses to be allocated by the DHCP Server. Maximum Lease IP Address of the maximum lease times Time...
  • Page 35 4.6.4 TorrentFlux TorrentFlux is an open source bit torrent client. Check “Enabled” box to perform TorrentFlux. Click “Save” button to save check box status. Click “Link to bt” button to open TorrentFlux in another browser window. Visit http://www.torrentflux.com/ for more information of this program. The login window of TorrentFlux will appear, Default login username/password is : mysql / 123456...
  • Page 36 Specify the torrent file with which you need download files. You can upload it Select a Torrent for upload from local PC. Specify the torrent file with which you need download files. You can upload it URL for the Torrent File from provide one HTTP/FTP URL for it.
  • Page 37 Format Button Press this button to format a specific HDD. It supports EXT3, and FAT32 file system. Check the encrypt box to allow password protection over the HDD. Scan Button Press this button to check disk integrity. Unmount button This device will automatically mount a USB Storage Device connected to it. But you need to manually unmount the USB Storage Device before disconnecting it.
  • Page 38 RAID Level This indicates the current working mode of Internal Disks. It can be one following modes: Linear (JBOD/LVM) Disk 1 and Disk 2 are bound into one logical volume. Total capacity is equal to the capacity of the existing drive(s). To work in this configuration, at least one drive must exist.
  • Page 39 4.7.3 Firmware Upgrade You can perform firmware upgrade with this function by selecting a firmware upgrade file and then clicking the “Start Upgrade” button. When the upgrade is in progress, all network connection will be stopped. This device will automatically reboot after the upgrade is completed. 4.7.4 Save Configuration This device can save its current configuration to a local file.
  • Page 40 4.7.5 Restore Configuration You can restore system configuration from a previously saved config file saved by “Save Configuration” function. Specify a config file and then click the “Restore” button to restore previous settings. 4.7.6 Factory Reset “Factory Reset” resets all configurations to factory defaults. All users, networking, and other configurations will be lost once the “Factory Reset”...
  • Page 41 4.7.7 Software Update Select an installation module and click “Upload” button to install it on this device, For example the Torrentflux utility. 4.8 Personal Information 4.8.1 Account Account is the only section in “Personal Information”. You could change the password of user ‘admin’ and the language of the GUI.
  • Page 42 4.8.2 Logout Click Logout to logout off this device.
  • Page 43 5. Mapping a Network Drive in Windows XP After mapping a specific folder as a Network Drive, you can access it easily in My Computer. We will show you an example of this operation in Windows XP. For other operation systems, please refer to the manuals of their respective manufacturers.
  • Page 44 A Map Network Drive dialogue box will be shown. Specify a drive letter for the folder chosen and click Finish button to complete mapping. A “Connect to Your-Hostname” dialogue box will be shown. Input a username and its password your previously set in Control Panel >...
  • Page 45 Take the installation of EPSON AcuLaser C1100 printer as an example. Connect the USB printer to NAS-7201 with the printer’s USB cable directly. The printer will be automatically detected by NAS-7201. Input “\\your-hostname” (default arinas) in the URL bar of an Explorer window. Double click on the “lp”...
  • Page 46 Another dialogue box will pop up. Click OK to continue. In the Add Printer Wizard window, select the manufacturer and printer model corresponding to the printer connected. If the manufacturer of the specific model of your printer is not available in the list, click on the “Have Disk…”...
  • Page 47 A “Connecting to lp on your-hostname” dialogue box will pop up during the installation process. The installation process may take several minutes to complete, please wait. When the installation process is complete, a “lp on your-hostname” window will be shown. Now you can print documents using the printer installed.
  • Page 48 7. Setup Casgle Service on Windows XP By default, the Casgle Service is already turned on. It will start retrieving quite a few interesting default programs for user. User can enable or disable the service by accessing your device’s web management interface.
  • Page 49 Double click CasglePlayer.exe. It will start the MS Windows native content viewer. If you can not find this software, please make sure you have let the NAS-7201 connect to Internet already. This software will be auto download when NAS-7201 connects to Internet.
  • Page 50 Changing Your Subscription (MS Windows) Using the Casgle Player Application, you can also make modifications to your subscriptions. Unsubscribing a Channel : At the Channel Info Level, simply scroll down to the channel that you no longer want. On the Channel Description Panel by simply clicking on the Trashcan icon you will alert the Casgle Service that the particular channel is no longer wanted.
  • Page 51 If the channel is available for subscription, there will be an empty circle on the upper right of the channel name. Simply click on it & it will change to a check mark, which indicates that the subscription has taken place. My Favorites Channel (MS Windows) The Casgle Player provides a personalized channel called ｀My Favorites＇, which is the second channel on the Channel list.
  • Page 52 Apple Mac : Please mount the NAS device to your file system and access the public folder by using the following command at the command window: # mount_smbfs //username@iP address/public ./myshare Where workgroup, username, password are defined through the NAS web user interface. myshare is a directory that you create.
  • Page 53 Enjoying Your Dynamic Content : Using the viewer, you can enjoy individual episodes by expanding the program and selecting each episode directly.* Or, you can enjoy all the episodes within the program by selecting the play icon right next to the program name. In the viewer, Casgle provides special sections for you to better enjoy your content.
  • Page 54 Changing Your Subscription (Cross Platform) Not only does Casgle come packed with default programming, it also allows you to add more programs as you expand the definitions of your interest areas. By selecting the subscription icon located on the upper right hand corner of the player viewer, a new browser window (or browser tab) will open with program categories that are available for you.
  • Page 55 8. Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X First, you have to make sure that local Mac and NAS-7201 are in the same LAN environment. Then you can connect to NAS-7201 using SMB protocol, by inputting a URL starts with “smb://”.
  • Page 56 The private IP address acquired from the DHCP server is now displayed in this window. You can find the IP Addresses of this Mac and of this device are within the same LAN environment. Select Go -> Connect to Server in the menu bar. The “Connect To Server”...
  • Page 57 Input Username and Password in the “SMB/CIFS File system Authentication” window, and then click If the connection succeeded, you can see the NAS icon in the left column. 10. Click the symbol by the right side of the NAS icon to unmount this device.
  • Page 58 192.168.0.100 (its default value). Actual scenario of application may vary from case to case. Using the smbclient command to check the content of the NAS-7201. Input smbclient -L 192.168.0.100 -U admin after the prompt. The system will prompt you with “Password:”.
  • Page 59 Input mount -t cifs -o username=admin //192.168.0.100/ /mnt/usb1/ after the prompt to mount the USB external drive. Fedora 4 and earlier: Input mount -t smbfs -o username=admin //192.168.0.100/ /mnt/admin/ after the prompt. After the input of the mount command, the system will prompt you with “Password:”. Input the corresponding password of the user.
  • Page 60 10. Network Applications 10.1 Personal Data Backup For a single user, you can use NAS-7201 as an external hard drive to store your data via Ethernet connection. 10.2 Network File Sharing With NAS-7201, a group of people in a LAN environment can share and store files over Ethernet connection.
  • Page 61 IP address) with a FTP client. Login with a set of username and password you set previously to get access to NAS-7201. If you are accessing NAS-7201 over Internet connection, the router of NAS-7201 will have to set a NAT mapping on port 21 for FTP protocol. In the URL bar of your browser, input “ftp:// your-account@router-hostname_or_router-public-IP”...
  • Page 62 10.5 USB Mass Storage Device Connect your USB Mass Storage Device to NAS-7201. The two USB ports can supply up to 350mA of current in total. If you would like to connect a USB external HDD to one of the USB host ports, it is recommended to apply external power to the USB HDD.
  • Page 63 RAID PPENDIX HAT IS The acronym RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Drives, a method to combine a number of small, inexpensive drives into an array which offers more functionality than a single large disk with comparable capacity, while simultaneously taking advantage of the individual disks to increase the efficiency of the system.
  • Page 64 RAID 1 is often used in environments with multiple users where safety is of great importance. Note: 1. NAS-7201 only supports creating a RAID 1 volume with 2 disks. 2. Even though RAID greatly increases the level of safety in your system, you should still make it a habit to back up data periodically.
  • Page 65 PPENDIX PECIFICATION Product 2-Bay SATA NAS RAID Server Model NAS-7201 Hardware Processor STORLINK SL3516 Memory 128MB Hard Disk One 3.5”, SATA I/II interface System Configuration Windows Base utility, Web Browser RAID Level RAID 0, 1 and JBOD Indication LED Power, HDD 1/2 Act, LAN, LAN Act...
  • Page 66 *Model Number NAS-7201 * Produced by: Manufacturer‘s Name : Planet Technology Corp. Manufacturer‘s Address : 11F, No. 96, Min Chuan Road, Hsin Tien, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC, 93/68/EEC).