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Argosy HD353N User Manual

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SATA

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Ver. 1.3

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Gigabit Network HDD SATA User Manual Ver. 1.3...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Introduction................1 Key Features ..................1 System Requirements ................1 Parts Name and Functions............2 Parts Name and Functions ..............2 LED Definition ...................2 Assemble of the Hard Disk Drive...........3 Connection and Removing Connection...........4 Network Connection................4 USB Printer & Mass Storage Device Connection ........4 Removing Connection ................5 Setup of This Device..............6 Login ....................6...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction Thank you for purchasing this device. It is a flexible, economical and powerful solution for your network storage application. The following instructions will help you to learn more about the connections, set-ups, and configurations of it. Key Features •...

  • Page 4: Parts Name And Functions

    Parts Name and Functions Parts Name and Functions Parts Name and Functions Power LED: Power and access (blue) / Booting-up or reset(orange) Front cover: Covers the opening of the housing Power button: Push to turn on or off this device Ethernet port: Connects to the Ethernet cable with RJ45 connector USB host ports:...

  • Page 5: Assemble Of The Hard Disk Drive

    Assemble the Hard Disk Drive Assemble of the Hard Disk Drive If you purchased this device with a hard disk drive preassembled, please do not disassemble the device by yourself. Disassembling will void warranty! Unfasten the screw on the lower part of the front cover. Remove the front cover by lifting the clip with a flat screw driver.

  • Page 6: Connection And Removing Connection

    Connection and Removing connection Connection and Removing Connection Network Connection : Connect this device and a Switch, Hub, Router, or a computer with a RJ45 Ethernet cable. : Connect the power supply to this device. : Press the “Power button” to turn on this device. The orange LED on the front cover will light up during booting-up.

  • Page 7: Removing Connection

    Connection and Removing connection Removing Connection Removing USB Mass Storage Devices This device will auto-mount a USB Mass Storage Device connected to it. But you need to manually unmount the USB Mass Storage Device before disconnecting it. You can unmount a USB drive by Control Panel >...

  • Page 8: Setup Of This Device

    Setup of This Device Setup of This Device Login You need to login to get setup access of this device. Key in the IP address assigned to this device in the URL bar of a browser if a DHCP server is present; key in “192.168.2.1” either a DHCP server is absent or this device is directly connected to your computer.
  • Page 9 Setup of This Device Password Setting. Click “Next” to skip password change. Hostname Setting. This hostname can be seen in My Neighborhood. (default arinas) 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.
  • Page 10 Setup of This Device 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. Wizard Setting Confirmation. Click complete to implement above settings.
  • Page 11 Setup of This Device Add User To add user support, select the Add User chapter for setting. Please refer to Users and Groups chapter for more detail. Add User. Setup user name and password. Check “Create Private Folder” box for creating a home directory of this user.
  • Page 12 Setup of This Device Share Permission. Set user permission of each shared directory. Select a share name from the “No Access” column and click “Read Only” or “Writable” to allow user access right. Select a share name from the “Allowed” column and click “Remove” to disable user access right from this directory.
  • Page 13 Setup of This Device Group Members. Set up group members. Select a user from the “No 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. Share Permission.
  • Page 14 Setup of This Device Add Share To add a sharing directory, select the Add Share chapter for setting. Please refer to Share Management chapter for more detail. Add Share. Set up the directory name. Windows, FTP access. Set user/group permission of this directory in Microsoft Network and FTP environment.

  • Page 15: Control Panel

    Setup of This Device 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 16: Group Management

    Setup of This Device enter Group Management menu. Check “Create Private Folder” box for creating a home directory of this user. 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”...

  • Page 17: Share Management

    Setup of This Device 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 –...
  • Page 18 Setup of This Device Property Change You can modify properties of an existing share name. Select a share name in the “Existing Share” column and click “Windows, FTP Access” or “NFS Access” button to set or remove read/write permissions of the selected directory. Delete Share Check “Delete Share”...

  • Page 19: Printer Server

    Setup of This Device 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. Check “Allow to All” box to enable NFS access of this directory to all users.

  • Page 20: Lan Settings

    Setup of This Device System LAN Settings Hostname: Assign a name to this device as the identification within your local area network. (default arinas) IP Address Setting: Obtain IP Address Automatically – This device obtains an IP address automatically if a DHCP server is present in the local area network.

  • Page 21: Time Settings

    Setup of This Device Time Settings Set current Date, Time, and Time zone. Specify a NTP Server if you want to get date and time from Time Server. Turn Off Server To restart this server, click the “Restart” button. To power off this server, click the “Shutdown” button. Information Display system information.

  • Page 22: Error Notification

    Setup of This Device Error Notification Monitoring Service Setting Disk Usage – If the disk usage reaches 90%, the system will inform the administrator. Windows File Sharing Server – If the SAMBA task goes wrong, the system will inform the administrator. FTP Server –...

  • Page 23: Network Service

    Setup of This Device Pop-up Notification Setting Enable – Check this box to enable notification via Windows pop-up messages. Error Handling Pop-up Machines – Specify the IP address of administrator’s PC. Network Service DHCP Server If there is no DHCP server present, this device will automatically turn on its DHCP server...

  • Page 24: Disk Utility

    Setup of This Device function, and take 192.168.2.1 as default IP address. Maintenance Disk Utility Disk Utility shows device name, type of file system, volume mounted, and disk mount status of the HDD installed in this device. For a newly attached HDD, formatting is required before any further operation. Format Button –...

  • Page 25: Firmware Upgrade

    Setup of This Device 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.

  • Page 26: Factory Reset

    Setup of This Device 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. Factory Reset “Factory Reset” resets all configurations to factory defaults. All users, networking, and other configurations will be lost once the “Factory Reset”...
  • Page 27 Setup of This Device Log File Samba Log FTP Log DHCP Log...

  • Page 28: Personal Infomation

    Setup of This Device System Log Administration Log Personal Infomation...

  • Page 29: Logout

    Setup of This Device Account Account is the only section in “Personal Information”. You could change the password of user ‘admin’ and the language of the GUI. Besides, share list, system disk quota and the percentage of disk used will be shown as well. Logout Click Logout to logout off this device.

  • Page 30: Mapping A Folder In Windows Xp

    Mapping a Network Drive in Windows XP 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 31 Mapping a Network Drive in Windows XP 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 32 Mapping a Network Drive in Windows XP The selected folder will now be shown in My Computer. You can then access it like a local hard drive.

  • Page 33: Printer Setup

    Printer Setup in Windows XP Printer Setup in Windows XP You can enable access of a network printer to members in the same LAN environment. We will show you an example of this operation in Windows XP. For other operation systems, please refer to their manuals of respective manufacturers.
  • Page 34 Printer Setup in Windows XP 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…” button to install its driver from the driver disk provided by the manufacturer.
  • Page 35 Printer Setup in Windows XP 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 36: Mounting Smb Server In Mac Os X

    Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X First, you have to make sure that local Mac and this device are in the same LAN environment. Then you can connect to this device using SMB protocol, by inputting a URL starts with “smb://”. Click on the Apple Menu, and select Location ->...
  • Page 37 Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X 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.
  • Page 38 Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X A “Connecting to smb://NAS-IP” progress bar will be shown first, followed by the “SMB Mount” window. Select a folder (ex: admin) in the “Select a share” pop-up menu and then click OK. Input Username and Password in the “SMB/CIFS Filesystem Authentication” window, and then click OK.
  • Page 39 Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X Click the symbol by the right side of the NAS icon to unmount this device.

  • Page 40: Mounting Smb Server In Linux

    Mounting SMB Server in Linux Mounting SMB Server in Linux The following operation is performed in Fedora command line environment. The IP address of this device is set to 192.168.2.1 (its default value). Actual scenario of application may vary from case to case.
  • Page 41 Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X /mnt/admin/ after the prompt to mount the shared directory. Input mount -t cifs -o username=admin //192.168.2.1/ /mnt/usb1/ after the prompt to mount the USB external drive. Fedora 4 and earlier: Input mount -t smbfs -o username=admin –...

  • Page 42: Network Applications

    Network Applications Network Applications Personal Data Backup For a single user, you can use this device as an external hard drive to store your data via Ethernet connection. Network File Sharing With this device, a group of people in a LAN environment can share and store files over Ethernet connection.

  • Page 43: Printer Server

    Network Applications 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” instead. It is recommended to have a static IP address for the router of the FTP server to enable stable connections.
  • Page 44 Network Applications Maintenance > Disk Utility > clicking “Umount” button (page 22).

  • Page 45: Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting Trouble Shooting • Cannot establish FTP connection with this device using Internet Explorer 7.0. Internet Explorer 7.0 cannot be used as an FTP client. You may use Windows Explorer or a 3rd party FTP client instead. • How to configure the TCP/IP network protocol? Click Start ->...
  • Page 46 Trouble Shooting Select “Use the following IP address” and then key in the IP address. The Subnet mask will then appear automatically in the window. • How to configure your IP while your system is under Static IP? Obtain IP, SubNet Mask, gateway, DNS information from your operating system. Reconfigure your computer as a DHCP client by checking “Obtaining an IP address automatically”...
  • Page 47 Trouble Shooting • What should I do if I forgot my password? In case you have your password or your IP configuration forgotten, this device features a reset button to restore all settings to factory default: Press the “Reset Key” for 5 seconds using a pointed object when this device is powered on. The orange LED will light up.
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