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  • Page 1 NSA310S Support Notes Version 1.00 Aug, 2013...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1. What is RAID? ........................44 2. What kind of RAID is supported in NSA310S? ..............44 3. What is the file system supported in NSA310S? ............44 4. Which kind of the media server does NSA310S apply? ..........44 5. Does NSA310S support DLNA media server? ...............44...
  • Page 3 6. What is the feature “Wake On LAN”? ................44 7. Which kind of video file formats are supported by NSA310S? ........45 8. Which kind of audio file formats are supported by NSA310S? ........45 9. Which kind of image file formats are supported by NSA310S? ........45...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Applications

    1. NAS Starter Utility 1.1 NAS Starter Utility Installation After you install a new hard drive on the NSA310S, please make sure to use the NAS Starter Utility to discover and access the NSA310S to assign an IP address by the DHCP server or a static option. The steps are as below.

  • Page 5: Nsa310S Initialization

    Figure 6. NAS Discovery. Figure 7. NAS Seeker. Then click Run the Initialization Wizard to setup the NSA310S, and enter the username and password to start the initialization. The default username is admin and the password is 1234. These two words are case sensitive.
  • Page 6 Figure 10. Choose a wizard type. Figure 11. Change the password. Check if the settings are correct and click Next to begin configuring the NSA310S. Figure 13. NAS is under setting. Figure 12. Confirm settings. Figure 13. Configuration is finished.

  • Page 7: Network Setting

    NSA310S. 1.4 zPilot Click zPilot to launch zPilot. When you would like to upload files to NSA310S, just drag the files onto the zPilot icon. The files will be automatically uploaded and sorted based on their types: Music, Photos and Videos. The files which are not categorized in Music, Photos or Videos will be uploaded to the Public folder.

  • Page 8: Directory

    NSA310S will appear. You will see the files that you uploaded through zPilot automatically categorized by their types. Figure 20. NSU main menu. Figure 21. Enter the username and password to login. Figure 22.Select the NAS folder for directly on the PC Figure 23. Directory of NSA310S.

  • Page 9: Device Management

    Figure 26. Directory of NSA310S. 1.6 Device Management Click Configuration > Administrator and enter the admin’s username and password to access the NSA310S’s GUI. Then the administrator can manage the device and change the configurations. Figure 28. Enter admin’s username and Figure 27.

  • Page 10: Media Player

    Figure 29. NSA310S’s GUI 1.7 Media Player Click Media Player to enjoy the music, videos, and photos through the web browser. Figure 30. NSU main menu. Figure 31. Enter the username and password. The username can be admin or other regular users.
  • Page 11 The Home screen displays. You can click on the icon to listen to the music, watch the movies, or enjoy the photos stored in the NSA310S. Figure 32. NSA310S Home Screen. You can select one category in the list to play the music.
  • Page 12 Figure 35. Music files. If you find that the media files are not displayed correctly, please check the status in Applications > Media Server. Usually, you will see the photos displayed.

  • Page 13: Auto Upload Service

    Flickr website ( http://www.Flickr.com) and video files to the YouTube website ( http://www.youtube.com). Additionally, automatic FTP uploading is supported in the NSA310S. To use this feature, you need to download the same package as the NSA210’s. 2.1 Auto-upload Pictures to Flickr To share pictures on the Flickr website (http://www.Flickr.com), the...
  • Page 14 In the following pop-up browser, you need to authorize the connection between your account and your NSA310S. Figure 37. Authorization between your account and NSA310S. The following figure shows that you can agree to this link after clicking on “OK”...
  • Page 15 After allowing the agreement in the Flickr page, please also click on the “Get ready” button in the NSA310S. Figure 39. Click on “Get Ready”. You can check the service status in the NSA310S under Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube. In this case, we can see the storage status in your Fickr account.
  • Page 16 Figure 41. Configure “Grace Period” in the GUI. In this example, we have configured the grace period as two minutes. This means that the NSA310S will upload any newly added pictures from the folder that you specified after 15 minutes from when you clicked on the “Apply”...
  • Page 17 Please specify the given folder that the NSA310S will monitor and upload the pictures after applying the configuration. Figure 43. Specify the folder. Please remember to click on the “Apply” button after specifying the given folder. The NSA310S will monitor any need added pictures in the folder you assigned after you have clicked on the “Apply”...
  • Page 18 After 15 minutes, the NSA310S will upload the newly added photos to the Flickr website. In this example, we can see that one picture has been uploaded. website. Figure 45. Uploaded photo.

  • Page 19: Package Management

    3. Package Management Package management is used to set up more useful applications in the NSA310S. This feature enables users to use the following applications: BackupPlanner, DyDNS, Gallery, NFS, PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin, SMART, SqueezeCenter, Wordpress and eMule. Click System Setting > Firmware/Packages to display the screen. Then the applications are will be listed as shown below.

  • Page 20: Gallery

    3.1 Gallery Gallery is a web-based application that allows the NSA310S to host photos. You can upload photos from the local computers or stored in the NSA310S. Use the administrator account of the NSA310S to login to the Gallery GUI.
  • Page 21 Figure 50. Enter Gallery GUI. Figure 51. Use Admin account to login. Figure 52. Upload photos from NSA310S.
  • Page 22 Figure 53. Add selected files. Then you can view the uploaded photos and edit photos in the screen. Figure 54. Uploaded photos.

  • Page 23: Dropbox

     Configure the Dropbox account information.  Link your NSA310S with your Dropbox account. On the NSU main page, login to the Dropbox service for NSA310S, go to Applications > Dropbox. Then, enable the Dropbox service. Figure 55 NSU main menu.
  • Page 24 NSA310S. Figure 59. Click on “Get Ready”. You can check the service status in the NSA310S under Applications > Dropbox. In this case, we can see the storage status in your Dropbox account. Figure 60. Monitor the service status.
  • Page 25 The NSA connects to Dropbox and copies files in the Drop2NAS folder to the NSA’s admin\Dropbox\FromDropbox folder, and then empties the Drop2NAS folder. The NSA initiates connections to the Dropbox server so you do not need to configure rules on a firewall in front of the NSA to allow access to the NSA. When your PC has installed Dropbox, you can upload files to the Drop2NAS folder, and then NSA will get files from the Dropbox server.

  • Page 26: Zdownload

    4.1 Using the zDownload Folder The NSA copies *.torrent files in the zDownload folder to the NSA’s admin\download \torrents folder and automatically starts download them. Figure 65. Upload torrent files to zDownload folder. Figure 66. NSA get files and download automatically.

  • Page 27: Smartphone

    5. Smartphone APP Use ZyXEL’s zMedia app to play files and manage the NSA from iOS version 3 or later device or Android version 2.1 or later smartphone. Install ZyXEL’s zMedia app from the Apple App Store, Android Market, or www.zyxel.com to play files and manage the NSA from your iOS device or Android smartphone.

  • Page 28: File Browser

    5.1 File Browser Click on the File Browser to look through and play files on the NSA. Figure 70 zMedia File Browser Click on a share to view its contents.

  • Page 29: Network Ipv6

    Network IPv6 The NSA310S supports IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), designed to increase IP address space and enhance features. You can click Network > TCP/IP for further configuration. Figure 71 Click IPv6 Settings. Figure 72 You can select Disable / Auto / Static.

  • Page 30: Access Nsa310S Via Samba On Linux

    7 Access NSA310S via Samba on Linux To see which shares are available on a given host, run: # smbclient -L //[IP|hostname] The output of this command should look something like this: Figure 74 To check the amount of disk space for each mount:...
  • Page 31 To check the amount of disk space for each mount: # df Figure 77...

  • Page 32: Log In Nsa310S Via Ftp On Linux

    8. Login to NSA310S via FTP on Linux 8.1 login to the NSA310S via anonymous FTP on Linux. Enable Anonymous FTP Access option in the GUI. Figure 78 Access NSA310S with anonymous via FTP, run: # lftp [-p port] [-u user[,pass]] [host|IP]...

  • Page 33: Access Nsa310S With User Name Via Ftp

    8.2 Access NSA310S using a username via FTP, run: # ftp [host|IP] [port] Figure 80 You can check content of the NSA310S via FTP. Figure 81...
  • Page 34 Get file from NSA310S, run: # get filename Figure 82 Figure 83 Delete file from NSA310S, run: # delete filename Figure 84...
  • Page 35 Create folder in NSA310S, run: # mkdir foldername Figure 85 Remove folder from NSA310S, run: # rm foldername Figure 86 To exit NSA310S via FTP, run: # bye Figure 87...

  • Page 36: Log In Nsa310S Via Telnet On Linux

    9. Login to NSA310S via Telnet on Linux Enable telnet service via the GUI. Figure 88 To access a host via telnet, run: # telnet [host|IP [port]] Figure 89...
  • Page 37 To exit NSA310S via telnet, run: # exit Figure 90...

  • Page 38: Access Nsa310S Via Nfs

    10. Access NSA310S via NFS Install the NFS package via the GUI. Figure 91 Figure 92...
  • Page 39 Figure 93 Figure 94...
  • Page 40 Add the NFS Share. Figure 95 Edit the NFS Share. Figure 96...
  • Page 41 The NFS editing is complete. Figure 97 Enable the NFS service on Linux # /etc/init.d/rpcbind start # /etc/init.d/nfslock start Figure 98 Verify that the NFS server has exported the directory: # showmount -e ServerName Figure 99...
  • Page 42 # mkdir –p /local/directory Establish the local mount point using the mkdir command. Figure 100 Mount share of NSA310S: # mount –t nfs ServerName:/remote/directory /local/directory where ServerName is the name of the NFS server, /remote/directory is the directory Figure 101 on the NFS server you want to mount, and /local/directory is the mount point on the NFS client.
  • Page 43 To check IP address of Linux. Figure 103 NSA310S shows the NFS session in detail. Figure 104...

  • Page 44: Chapter 2 Faq

    Yes. The NSA310S supports a DLNA 1.5 compliant media server. 6. What is the feature “Wake On LAN”? You can turn on the NSA310S through its wired Ethernet connection after enabling Wake On LAN. To use Wake On LAN from a computer on your LAN, install a program such as Wake On LAN EX or other Wake On LAN programs that supports sending magic packets.
  • Page 45 7. Which types of video file formats are supported by the NSA310S? NSA310S supports the following video formats: MPEG-1/MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI, DivX, Motion JPEG, Quick Time Video, RealMedia, Ogg, Matroska, ASF, Windows Media Video and ISO. Subtitles are also supported by the NSA310S.

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