Akasa Integral User Manual
Hdd external enclosure for data-storage mobility with lan sharing
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Page 1: User Manual
HDD external enclosure for data-storage mobility with LAN sharing Windows USER Manual... - Page 2 AKASA, except as allowed under copyright laws. The only warranties for AKASA products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. AKASA shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
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Page 3: Package Contents
The INTEGRAL LAN drive works in both network mode as well as a standalone USB mode. Take advantage of the ultra fast USB .0 transfer rates by connecting the INTEGRAL LAN drive directly to your PC’s USB .0 port. With its portability, ease of use, high performance, and extra capacity, the INTEGRAL LAN drive has you covered. -
Page 4: Hard Disk Installation
Harddisk Installation Harddisk Installation Open the back of the enclosure by undoing the securing screws and sliding the tray out of the aluminium housing. NOTE: Disconnect the LED cable before completely sliding the HDD tray out . POWER CONNECTOR Write down the ID number and KEY before closing the enclosure. - Page 5 Make sure that the connector is inserted as shown on NOTE: The integral logo on the front bezel serves two operational purposes: indicates power and hard drive activity(in U S B mode). Insert the tray completely into the housing and secure the enclosure face plate to the enclosure using the screws provided.
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Page 6: Network Connection
1. Connect one end of the included Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the INTEGRAL LAN enclosure and the other to a switch or router. (100 Base-T). . Make sure the power adaptor connector is firmly attached to the INTEGRAL LAN and to a power source. -
Page 7: Software Installation
Network Connection - Sofware installation - XP Software installation Installation NDAS software is necessary to use your INTEGRAL LAN as a network device. Installation NDAS software is simple and easy. Simply fallow the manual for your Windows version. Windows 2003/XP/2000 Please insert the Installation CD into your optical drive. - Page 8 Network Connection - Sofware installation - XP InstallShield Wizard will appear. Click the Next button to continue to next step. Accept Licence Agreement agree to proceed to the installation, then click Next to continue the in- stallation. Click the Install button to install drivers...
- Page 9 Click yes button you are ready to restart the computer. NOTE: The NDAS software will not work untill you restart the system. After restarting the system go to the INTEGRAL LAN Registration and Mounting chapter to activate you NDAS device.
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Page 10: Windows Vista
Network Connection - Sofware installation - VISTA Windows VISTA Download the VISTA driver from Akasa website (www.akasa.co.uk). Unpack the file to the temporary folder, open this folder and double-click the setup.exe file Press "Run" on the Windows VISTA security warning to install the software InstallShield Wizard will appear. - Page 11 Network Connection - Sofware installation - VISTA Click the Install button to install the drivers Press the Install button on all three Windows VISTA security warnings to install required: - LPX Protocol - NDAS Bus - NDAS SCSI Controller...
- Page 12 Click yes button you are ready to restart the computer. NOTE: The NDAS software will not work untill you restart the system. After restarting the system go to the INTEGRAL LAN Registration and Mounting chapter to activate you NDAS device.
- Page 13 Network Connection - Registration - XP INTEGRAL LAN Registration and mounting In order to activate your INTEGRAL LAN enclosure you need to register and mount it (after installing the software and restarting the system). The steps below will guide you through the Registration Wizard, which will help detect your new device.
- Page 14 Network Connection - Registration - XP The Registration Wizard will check your NDAS device status and detect your new INTEGRAL LAN drive it has been connected and switched on). Choose how you want to mount the device and press Next.
- Page 15 Windows will detect your new device and install the appropriate drivers. Afiter installation press Finish. Registering the INTEGRAL LAN device is complete when you click finish Afiter you have registered your new device click the NDAS Device Management icon to see the registered and mounted NDAS device.
- Page 16 Network Connection - Registration - VISTA Windows VISTA Click on the NDAS Device Management Icon located on the system tray and select “Register a New Device”. The “NDAS registration Wizard” will appear. Select NEXT to contiunue. Enter a chosen name for this device and press Next to continue.
- Page 17 NOTE: If you haven’t entered the KEY the Write/Read mode is disabled. Registering the INTEGRAL LAN device is complete when you click finish After you have registered your new device click the NDAS Device Management icon to see the registered and mounted NDAS device.
- Page 18 Network Connection Using the INTERGAL LAN in Network Mode INTEGRAL LAN NDAS device can be used like a local drive on your PC. It allows you to: • Drag and drop files to NDAS device. • Copy and paste data to NDAS device.
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Page 19: Ndas Device Management
No attempts will be made to communicate with device. Bound Non-Primary Mode • Used for bound INTEGRAL LAN drives only. Yellow • All of the bound INTEGRAL LAND drives are (Bound) displayed as yellow except the primary device. - Page 20 Network Connection To see an INTEGRAL LAN status click on the NDAS Device Management icon located on the system tray. All registered NDAS device(s) will be displayed on the NDAS Device Management Menu. WARNING : Always unmount the INTEGRAL LAN enclosure on all PC’s with access before switching it off. Alternatively you can shut down all the systems accessing the INTEGRAL LAN before switching it off.
- Page 21 NOTE: ONLY available for the Windows 000/XP network If you have more then one INTEGRAL LAN you can connect them together in Bind Mode to provide immense storage capabilities. You can connect up to 8 enclosures together to form a single logical storage unit.
- Page 22 Used to refresh status of the INTEGRAL LAN Binding two or more INTEGRAL LAN Before INTEGRAL LAN can be Bound, they must be in Connected Mode (white icon in the NDAS Device Management) on all PCs accessing the NDAS device. All of the NDAS devices must have registered Write Key entered.
- Page 23 . Now you can go back into the NDAS Device Management and Mount each of unbound NDAS devices. Before using the NDAS devices, please format each of the unbound device. Please refer to Formatting INTEGRAL LAN. Bind Tools: Add Mirror The Add Mirror function is used when you have a NDAS device with data on it and then want to copy it to another NDAS device that does not have any data.
- Page 24 1. Connect your INTEGRAL LAN to the computer using the supplied USB cable . Connect the supplied power pack to any available AC socket and your INTEGRAL LAN. 3. Switch on the power and your enclosure is ready to use.
- Page 25 WARNING!! Do not unplug the USB.0 cable nor the power cable from the Integral Drive unit or break the communications with the USB HUB while copying files to or from the device or when files or applications stored on the USB.0 External Drive are being accessed.
- Page 26 If you use the following steps in Windows 2000/XP then the hard drive inside the INTEGRAL LAN will be formated in NTFS. In order to use the INTEGRAL LAN in mixed enviroment (Windows and Mac) the disk need to be fiormatted in FAT32 and a third party format utility should be used to do it.