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Version 1.00
Oct, 2014
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  • Page 1: Application Notes

    NAS540 Application Notes Version 1.00 Oct, 2014...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. NAS Starter Utility ......................4 1.1 NAS Starter Utility Installation ..................4 1.2 NAS540 Initialization ....................5 1.3 Network Setting ......................6 1.4 DeskTop ........................7 1.5 Network Drive ....................... 8 1.6 Shared Folder ......................10 1.7 myZyXELcloud ......................11 1.8 Run the Initialization Wizard ..................
  • Page 3 5.3 Playzone Settings ...................... 57 5.4 Music ..........................58 5.5 Photo ..........................59 5.6 Video ..........................60 6. Status Center ........................62 7. External Volume ....................... 63 8. APP Center ........................65 8.1 Gallery .......................... 68 8.3 NFS ..........................74 9.

  • Page 4: Nas Starter Utility

    1. NAS Starter Utility 1.1 NAS Starter Utility Installation After you install a new hard drive on the NAS540, please use the NAS Starter Utility to discover and access the NAS540 to assign an IP address by the DHCP server or a static option. The steps are shown below: Double-click setup.exe.

  • Page 5: Nas540 Initialization

    1.2 NAS540 Initialization After a successful installation, click on the NAS Starter Utility. The first screen of the NSU will attempt to discover the NAS devices. Click on NAS Seeker, and then choose the devices that you want to connect.

  • Page 6: Network Setting

    After successful initialization, go back to the NSU main menu and click Configuration > System Setting to start configuring. You can assign a new hostname for this NAS540, set the TimeZone and PPPoE connection information as well as an IP address.

  • Page 7: Desktop

    1.4 DeskTop Click on DeskTop and enter the admin’s username and password to access the NAS540’s GUI. Then the administrator can manage the device and change the configurations. Click DeskTop Type User Name and Password DeskTop screen...

  • Page 8: Network Drive

    1.5 Network Drive In the main NAS Starter Utility screen click Network Drive to add the NAS as a network drive in your computer’s Windows Explorer. Click Network Drive Type user name and password Select shared folder...
  • Page 9 Check the Network map drive Map the shared folder via Guest Select shared folder...

  • Page 10: Shared Folder

    Check the Network map drive 1.6 Shared Folder Click this to log into the NAS’s file directory in Windows Explorer. Select the Shared Folder Type user name and password...

  • Page 11: Myzyxelcloud

    Check NAS’s file directory in Windows Explorer 1.7 myZyXELcloud Click this to go to mycloud.zyxel.com to setup a free DDNS hostname for the NAS so you can connect to it easily from the Internet. Click the myZyXELcloud myZyXELcloud screen...

  • Page 12: Run The Initialization Wizard

    1.8 Run the Initialization Wizard Then click Run Initialization Wizard to create volume for NAS540, and enter the user name and password on the DeskTop page. Run Initialization DeskTop screen...

  • Page 13: Myzyxelcloud-Agent

    2. myZyXELcloud-Agent Provide a solution for remote application management and access your ZyXEL network storage accessory. DeskTop -> myZyXELcloud 2.1 Sign in 2.1.1 Sign in with Facebook Click on the Facebook button...
  • Page 14 Login to Facebook with your account Confirm myZyXELcloud will receive some information Confirm the Terms...

  • Page 15: Sign In With Google

    2.1.2 Sign in with Google Click on the Google button and login with your Google account. Click on the Google button Confirm that myZyXELcloud will receive some information as well as the terms. Confirm terms...

  • Page 16: Sign Up

    2.1.3 Sign up Click on sign up. Sign up in this screen Fill-in the fields on this page. Sign up screen...

  • Page 17: Pair Nas540

    Confirm the Terms 2.2 Pair NAS540 myZyXELcloud will search for the NAS540 in the network. Click on the Pairing button...
  • Page 18 Confirm to pair with this NAS540. Press the confirm button Click on the copy/sync button within 10 minutes...
  • Page 19 Successfully paired. Click on the Confirm button to setup DDNS and UPnP. Successfully paired Fill-in the host name that you want. Submit...
  • Page 20 DDNS settings have been completed successfully. Confirm your DDNS Setup the UPnP setting. UPnP Setting screen...

  • Page 21: Unpair Nas540

    Access GUI of the NAS540 via DDNS from the Internet. Successfully accessed 2.3 Unpair NAS540 Press the Unpairing button...
  • Page 22 Confirm that you will unpair this NAS540. Press the Confirm button Device was successfully unpaired. Successfully unpaired...

  • Page 23: Storage

    3. Storage Click on this to open the storage configuration screens. Type user name and password Click on Storage RAID Types NO. OF RAIDTYP HDDALLOW DESCRIPTION CAPACITY OFHDD ED TO FAIL Basic Use Basic with one disk. It has no fault tolerance. 1 x (HDD size) JBOD Use JBOD with two or more disks for maximum capacity.

  • Page 24: Create Volume

    3.1 Create Volume Choose Create Volume button (this message displayed when NAS540 is without a volume). Create Volume button Choose Create single volume on RAID or Create Multiple volumes on disk group button. Select Create single volume on RAID 3.1.1 Create single volume on RAID Select disks and RAID type for your single volume.
  • Page 25 Select a RAID type from the drop-down list. NAS540 support JBOD, RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10 Volume information Go to Desktop -> Storage Use the Storage screens to configure disk groups and volumes. This page shows the current storage usage for each volume built directly on top of a RAID.

  • Page 26: Create Disk Group

    The Storage Overview screen displays the current storage configuration and volume usage. Storage status 3.1.2 Create Disk Group Click on this to format the internal hard disks and create a new disk group. All data on the disk(s) will be lost. Storage->Disk Group This lists all available hard disks in the table and displays the disk trays of the hard disks that are currently installed (according to the graphic on the right).
  • Page 27 Create a volume in your disk group. Setting your volume for this disk group Disk Group type and volume information This page shows the current storage usage for each volume built directly on top of a RAID. Check volume of disk group status...
  • Page 28 You can create multiple volumes on a disk group and customize the size of a volume. Multiple volumes on disk group Check the disk group information. Disk Group status The Storage Overview screen displays the current storage configuration and volume usage. Check storage status...

  • Page 29: Repair Volume

    3.2 Repair volume The Repair RAID option is available only when a degraded volume is selected. Volume degraded Use the Manage Volume screen to repair, expand a volume or change the RAID type of the volume. Click Manage Select Repair RAID. Repair RAID...
  • Page 30 Select which disk to repair the RAID volume. Select disk Repair information. Check the information and click on Apply The NAS’s percentage progress in repairing the volume will be shown. Volume status...

  • Page 31: Delete Volume

    3.3 Delete Volume Select a volume and click Delete to remove it. If you delete a volume, all data in the volume disks is erased. Click on Delete Click on Yes to confirm to delete this volume.

  • Page 32: Administrator

    4. Administrator The DeskTop screen displays an Administrator icon when you login with an administrator account. Click it to open the administrator configuration screens in a new tab. DeskTop screen The Status screen is the first advanced administration screen that displays. The navigation panel on the left of the Web Configurator screen contains screen links.

  • Page 33: Network

    Stand Alone: Select this option to use a separate IP address on each of the two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.  Link Aggregation: Select this option to use IEEE 802.3ad port link aggregation to combine the two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces into a single logical link. Select Teaming mode for NAS540...
  • Page 34 Select the LAN interface to use as the default gateway. Select default gateway The NAS540 supports IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), designed to increase IP address space and enhance features. You can click Network > TCP/IP for further configuration. Click on IPv6 Settings...
  • Page 35 Click on this to configure the following IPv6 settings. Mode -  Select Auto to have the Device use the IPv6 prefix from the connected router’s Router Advertisement (RA) to generate an IPv6 address.  Select Static if you have a fixed IPv6 address assigned by your ISP. ...

  • Page 36: Auto-Upload Service

     Check the system log in the NAS540. First, login to the web GUI page in NAS540, go to Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube. Then, enable Flickr service as shown below. After enabling the Flickr service, you will see two more icons on the same page.
  • Page 37 Flickr. In the following pop-up browser window, you need to authorize the connection between your account and your NAS540. Authorization between your account and NAS540 The following figure shows that you can agree to this link after clicking on the OK button.
  • Page 38 After allowing the agreement in the Flickr page, please also click on the Get ready button in the NAS540. Click on “Get Ready”. You can check the service status in the NAS540 under Auto Upload > Flickr/YouTube. In this case, we can see the storage status in your Fickr account.
  • Page 39 In this example, we have configured the grace period as two minutes. This means that the NAS540 will upload any newly added pictures from the folder that you specified after 15 minutes from when you clicked on the Apply button.
  • Page 40 Please specify the given folder that the NAS540 will monitor and upload the pictures after applying the configuration. Specify the folder Select share and path Or create folder in Browse page...
  • Page 41 Please remember to click on the Apply button after specifying the given folder. The NAS540 will monitor any need added pictures in the folder you assigned after you have clicked on the Apply button. Click on “Apply” after specifying the folder After 15 minutes, the NAS540 will upload the newly added photos to the Flickr website.

  • Page 42: Dropbox

    Dropbox provides a files backup service. You create an account for Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com), Dropbox will give you 2 GB of storage for your files backup. The NAS540 will automatically download the files from the Dropbox server. Go to Applications > Dropbox. Then, enable the Dropbox service.
  • Page 43 After configuring the account information, the system will notify you about the connection to Dropbox. In the following popup browser, you need to authorize the connection between your account and your NAS540. Login to Dropbox. Authorization between your account and NAS540.
  • Page 44 After allowing the agreement in the Dropbox page, please also click on the Get ready button in the NAS540. Click on Get Ready. You can check the service status in the NAS540 under Applications > Dropbox. In this case, we can see the storage status in your Dropbox account. Monitor the service status...
  • Page 45 This creates Drop2NAS and zDownload folders in your Dropbox account. The NAS checks the Dropbox account’s Drop2NAS and zDownload folders every three minutes. The NAS connects to Dropbox and copies files in the Drop2NAS folder to the NAS’s admin\Dropbox\FromDropbox folder, and then empties the Drop2NAS folder. The NAS initiates connections to the Dropbox server so you do not need to configure rules on a firewall in front of the NAS to allow access to the NAS.
  • Page 46 Check files from website NAS540 auto move files from Dropbox server Dropbox status...

  • Page 47: Using The Zdownload Folder

    Check files on NAS 4.4 Using the zDownload Folder The NAS copies *.torrent files in the zDownload folder to the NAS’s admin\download \torrents folder and automatically starts download them. Upload torrent files to zDownload folder.

  • Page 48: Webdav

    NAS get files and download automatically 4.5 WebDAV The WebDAV HTTP extension lets users edit and manage files that are stored. Remote servers. When you enable WebDAV the screen displays an example of the URL that users would use to use WebDAV to connect to the NAS where “sharename” represents a share that the user can access.
  • Page 49 URL: Enter the NAS IP address or domain name and WebDAV folder name. The shared folder of WebDAV server default path is “http://IP_Address/webdav/” + Share_Name  Port: Default NAS540 WebDAV server port: 80  Drive: Select a drive letter to connect to this WebDAV shared folder. ...
  • Page 50 Connect to WebDAV shared folder. Setting Drive info Connect to NAS540 You can access this drive in the future under the Computer listing in Windows Explorer. Check Windows Explorer...

  • Page 51: Media Server

    4.6 Media Server Click on the hyperlink to open the Twonky media server configuration screens to check media server status or modify media server settings. Applications->Media Server Use this screen to select shares to publish (share with media clients like a media player or iTunes).
  • Page 52 Click the hyper link to open the Twonky media server configuration screens to check media server status or modify media server settings. Twonky screen Twonky auto detects media clients. Media Receivers info Click on video to check published video files. Publish video files...
  • Page 53 Click on music to check published music files. Publish music files Click on photo to check published photo files. Publish photo files...

  • Page 54: Playzone

    5. PlayZone The DeskTop screen displays. You can click on the icon to listen to the music, watch the movies, or enjoy the photos stored in the NAS540. NAS540 DeskTop Screen. The Playzone Home screen displays icons for the various features you can access.

  • Page 55: File Browser

    5.1 File Browser Use File Browser to see files in a tree-folder structure. File browser screen Use the file browsing screens to play, open, upload, and download files. A share is a set of user access permissions for a specific folder on a volume (gives someone access to a folder).

  • Page 56: Application Zone

    5.2 Application Zone Administrators can click Application Zone to go to a screen where you can enable or disable various applications for file sharing and downloading. Application Zone screen Application information...

  • Page 57: Playzone Settings

    5.3 Playzone Settings Use this screen to change general Playzone screen settings and account passwords. Playzone settings Playzone setting screen...

  • Page 58: Music

    5.4 Music Use the Playzone media server screens to view and play media files in the shares that publish them. Your browser may need Windows Media Player and VLC plugins installed to play music and video files. Use Music to view and play music files in the shares that publish music. Music screen Music folder.

  • Page 59: Photo

    5.5 Photo Use Photo to view photos in the shares that publish photos. Photo screen Check photo files in Playzone...

  • Page 60: Video

    Review photo 5.6 Video Use Video to view and play video files in the shares that publish videos. Video screen...
  • Page 61 Video files Play video file via Playzone 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 62: Status Center

    6. Status Center In the DeskTop screen, click on Status Center to display this screen of NAS status information. DeskTop Click the Refresh icon to update display the CPU, Memory, CPU Temperature and Fan Speed. Monitor system status...

  • Page 63: External Volume

    7. External Volume Use this screen to create and edit external volumes on USB-connected storage and SD cards. DeskTop -> External Volume This page displays information on all external volumes (created on external disk drives attached to the NAS USB ports). Use this screen to create a new NAS external disk drive volume.
  • Page 64 NAS540 supports NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, EXT2, EXT3 and EXT4 as external volume. Select the file system that you want the new volume to use. Select external volume settings Finish create external volume...

  • Page 65: App Center

    8. APP Center Display the Package Management administrator configuration screen in a new tab. DeskTop -> App Center Use this screen to download and install applications from the web. Package screen...
  • Page 66 Package management is used to setup more useful applications in the NAS540. This feature enables users to use the following applications:  CloudAgent (myZyXELcloud)  Gallery  Memopal   NZBGet  PHP-MySQL-phpMyAdmin  SqueezeCenter  TFTP  Transmission ...
  • Page 67 Click on this to retrieve a list of available packages from the ZyXEL website. Refresh the package list Choose the item(s) on the list and click on the Install/Upgrade button to install the selected application(s) on your system or upgrade to the latest version if you have previously installed the application.

  • Page 68: Gallery

    8.1 Gallery Gallery is a web-based application that allows the NAS540 to host photos. You can upload photos from the local computers or stored in the NAS540. Use the administrator account of the NAS540 to login to the Gallery GUI.
  • Page 69 Use Admin account to login Add photos to Gallery...
  • Page 70 Add selected files Then you can view the uploaded photos and edit photos in the screen...
  • Page 71 8.2 Memopal Install the Memopal package to back up folders of files on the NAS to your Memopal online backup and storage account. Go to Memopal page Type the email account and password of Memopal. Then set the schedule and backup folder.
  • Page 72 The backup job is initializing and the NAS540 is getting ready to backup. Check the Memopal status The backup job finished. Finish upload...
  • Page 73 Check your Memopal online backup. Login to the online Memopal Check if the files have been upload from NSA540...

  • Page 74: Nfs

    8.3 NFS NFS (Network File System) is a file-sharing protocol most commonly implemented on Unix-like systems. Go to NFS page Go to Network > NFS Enable NFS...
  • Page 75 Click this to employ NFS in your NAS. Add the NFS Share Use this screen to add or edit an NFS share. Setting Volume Name, NFS Share Name and DN/IP Filter for NFS rule. Edit the NFS Share.
  • Page 76 Enable the NFS service on Linux if your Linux is not built-in. # /etc/init.d/rpcbind start # /etc/init.d/nfslock start Verify that the NFS server has exported the directory: # showmount -e ServerName root@ubuntu:/home# showmount -e 10.59.4.56 Export list for 10.59.4.56: /i-data/9144e738/nfs/NAS540 10.59.4.0/24...
  • Page 77 Mount share of NAS540: # mount –t nfs ServerName:/remote/directory /local/directory root@ubuntu:/home# mount -t nfs 10.59.4.56:/i-data/9144e738/nfs/NAS540 /home/NAS540 where ServerName is the name of the NFS server, /remote/directory is the directory on the NFS server you want to mount, and /local/directory is the mount point on the NFS client.

  • Page 78: Help

    9. Help Click on this to display the NAS’s embedded help system screens. DeskTop > Help Web Help to easy understand for each screen. Help screen...

  • Page 79: Faq

    Wake On LAN EX or other Wake On LAN programs that supports sending magic packets. You can also use Wake On LAN from a remote location if the router in front of the NAS540 that supports sending magic packets.
  • Page 80 7. Which types of video file formats are supported by the NAS540? NAS540 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 NAS540.

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