Using Netdisk - HANTZ + PARTNER NetDisk User Manual

NetDisk™ User Manual
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Configuration Window
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Displays NetDisk™ status user wants to achieve
for that NetDisk™.
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Status Window
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Displays current status of NetDisk™.

Using NetDisk™

Now that you have successfully installed NetDisk™, it's time
to familiarize yourself on using the NetDisk™. NetDisk™
can be found on the desktop.
Here are few examples of uses for NetDisk™.
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You can use NetDisk™ like any other hard drive on
your system.
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Drag and drop files into NetDisk™.
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Copy and paste data to NetDisk™.
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Make and delete folders.
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Share files and folders.
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Backup files to NetDisk™.
NetDisk™ provides users with two basic functions; Read Only
and Read / Write.
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Read Only Mode
Any number of users or applications can read
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from a NetDisk™.
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Read/Write Mode
Only one user or application can write to a
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specific NetDisk™ at a time.
No other users or applications can write to
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NetDisk™ until Read / Write Access is
transferred.
If NetDisk™Admin window is not already opened, double
click Macintosh HD icon on your desktop, double click
Applications folder and double click NetDisk™Admin icon.
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Network Direct Attached Storage / NDAS™
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Changing from Read/Write to Read Only
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Select a NetDisk™ from NetDisk™ IDs window.
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Click Enable RO button.
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Both Configuration and Status will change to Read
Only.
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Now NetDisk™ is in Read Only Mode.
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Changing from Read Only to Read / Write
- Select a NetDisk™ from NetDisk™ IDs window.
- Click Enable RW button
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If Write Key was not entered during registration, a
warning window will appear.
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Close the warning window.
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Fill in the Write Key.
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Click Enable RW button.
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If no other users or applications are using Read /
Write Access, both Configuration and Status will
change to Read / Write. Otherwise, the
Configuration will change to Read / Write and
Status will stay as Read Only.
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Until both the Configuration and Status display
Read / Write, NetDisk™ is still in Read Only
Mode. Status of NetDisk™ will changed to Read /
Write only after Read / Write Access is transferred.
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Once both Configuration and Status displays Read /
Write, NetDisk™ is in Read / Write Mode.
Using NetDisk™ in Mac OS and
Windows Environment
Mac OS and Windows users can easily share the same
NetDisk™ on a local area network.
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Connect NetDisk™ to a 100BASE-T / Full Duplex
Switch.
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NetDisk™ and computers that need to use NetDisk™
must be on the same subnet.
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On Windows, install Windows Install CD and on Mac,
install Mac Install CD.
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Register NetDisk™ onto Windows and Mac computers.
Older NetDisk™ default file system is NTFS File System
Format. To share NetDisk™ in a Mac OS and Windows
Environment, NetDisk™ must be formatted in FAT32 File
System Format. NetDisk™ can be formatted to FAT32 in
Windows.
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