Sharing Fi Les Using Windows; Browse Network Neighborhood; Search Dialogue; Browse My Computer - Verbatim POWERBAY NAS Array User Manual

Browse Network Neighborhood

Open the File Browser and double-click on
r
or My Network Places. Browse to Workgroup to fi nd the PowerBay
NAS array shared folders.

Search Dialogue

Select Start in the system tray and select Search. Use the Search
dialogue to search for Computers. For the computer name to search
for enter "powerbay" and then press Search Now to fi nd the connected
the PowerBay NAS array. Double-click the PowerBay NAS array entry to
connect and view its shared folders.

Browse My Computer

Open My Computer and double-click on r
to Workgroup to fi nd the PowerBay NAS array shared folders.
Once you have located the attached shared folders of the PowerBay
NAS array, you can map a drive letter to a folder. [You must assign a
drive letter in order to save fi les to the PowerBay NAS array using the
bundled backup software.] To do this, right-click on the folder and
select "map network drive". Fill out the dialogue box that Windows
presents (input the logical drive letter and enter the path of a network
share directory) and then select Finish. Now you can log in using
the Samba User Account credentials that you created using web
confi guration tool of the PowerBay NAS array. The PowerBay NAS array
will show up in My Computer under r
Sharing fi les using Mac OS X
A Mac running Mac OS X can access a connected PowerBay NAS
array. Click on Go / Network to open the Network window. Existing
shares will show after expanding the "Shared" list, or by clicking on the
PowerBay NAS array name in the list of attached devices.
To login to specifi c shares, you many need to double-click on
"PowerBay" located in "Workgroup" to open the connection dialogue
box. If prompted to "Select SMB/CIFS shared volume you want to
connect to" use the pull-down menu to select one of the current shares.
You will then be prompted to authenticate by entering your user name
and password. For "user name" use the Mac OS "Short Name" that you
used to create your account on the PowerBay NAS array.
After completing authentication your shared folder will appear on your
desktop. You can now drag and drop fi les to this folder as you can for
any folder.
Sharing fi les using Linux
If you are primarily sharing fi les across Linux or UNIX computers, you
should confi gure the PowerBay NAS array to use NFS (Network File
System) for fi le sharing instead of SMB. While your Operating System
documentation will explain the details of NFS fi le sharing, the brief
steps below will get you started.
1. Use the PowerBay NAS array web-based confi guration tool to
enable NFS by checking the Enable box at: Advanced Setup /
NFS Server
2. Use the web-based administration tool to create a new share
and defi ne the share's NFS access properties using the settings
for Allowed Host, Folder, and Root Squash.
3. Log into the Linux PC as root.
4. Create a mount point, such as /mnt/nas by entering the mount
command from your client computer. For example,
mount –t nfs <IP address of the PowerBay NAS array>:/shares/
powerbay/powerbay/mnt/nas
Network Neighborhood
w
My Network Places. Browse
Network Drives.
Now the folder powerbay will be mounted to the directory /mnt/
nas in the Linux system. Linux users with access privileges can
now access fi les in this directory.

USB Print Server Installation

The PowerBay NAS array features a built-in USB print server, giving
users the ability to share a printer on their local network. Connect a
USB printer to the USB port on the back of the PowerBay NAS array.
It is important to ensure that the printer manufacturer's drivers have
been installed on any client computer you want to print from.
1. Go to Start > Run and enter the following command to access
your PowerBay NAS array: \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.
xxx is the IP address of your PowerBay NAS array). Click OK.
2. Next you'll see a printer already listed named 'lp'.
Right click on the printer called 'lp' and choose the option
'Connect'.
3. The next message will tell you that the printer will be installed on
your computer automatically and that you will need to install the
appropriate printer drivers for it. Click OK.
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