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  • Page 1 User Manual TeraStation HD-HTGL/R5 www.buffalotech.com/wireless Rev B...
  • Page 2 Introduction User Manual Congratulations on your new TeraStation! This user manual is intended to assist you in confi guring it. If you run into diffi culties or need additional help, feel free to contact our 24/7 Technical Support at 1(866) 752-6210 (USA &...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents TeraStation Quick Setup ........4 TeraNavigator Setup ......... 8 Accessing TeraStation Data from PC ..... 14 TeraStation Diagram ........18 Advanced Settings .......... 21 Basic Settings ..........22 Network Settings ..........23 Disk Management ........... 25 Adding Extra Hard Drives .......

  • Page 4: Terastation Quick Setup

    TeraStation Quick Setup Basic Setup Begin setting up your TeraStation by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the TeraStation as shown.
  • Page 5 TeraStation Quick Setup Connect your cables Plug the power cord into a 120 volt power cord into a 120 volt power cord wall socket. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into a hub, router, or switch in your network.
  • Page 6 TeraStation Quick Setup Make sure that the power switch Make sure that the power switch on the rear of the TeraStation is in the ON position, with the “ ON position, with the “ I” symbol pressed down. Press the power button on the front panel.
  • Page 7 The TeraStation’s Ethernet port will automatically adjust to use either a Crossover or Patch cable, so you may connect the TeraStation to your network with either type of Ethernet cable. Buffalo Technology doesn’t recommend connecting the TeraStation directly to a PC.

  • Page 8: Teranavigator Setup

    TeraNavigator Setup Setting up TeraNavigator Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. Setup should automatically launch. If it does not, manually launch setup.exe by pressing the Start menu and selecting the Start menu and selecting the Start Run... option. When the Run dialog opens, type d:\setup.exe (where d is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive).
  • Page 9 TeraNavigator Setup TeraNavigator is now running. Please press the Install Client Utility icon, and then Start. When installation is fi nished, press Launch.
  • Page 10 TeraNavigator Setup The TeraStation Client Utility allows you to easily confi gure TeraStation’s network settings. The tabs show TeraStation Client Utility allows you to easily confi gure TeraStation’s network settings. The tabs show TeraStation Client Utility the names of available TeraStations. If you have more than one TeraStation on the network, click the tab of the one you want to select it.
  • Page 11 TeraNavigator Setup This login prompt will appear. Enter admin for the user name. Until you change it, the password for the admin account will be password. Press the OK button when fi nished. OK button when fi nished. User name: admin Password: Password: password...
  • Page 12 TeraNavigator Setup You are now logged in to the TeraStation Management Utility. Bookmark this page in your browser so it can Bookmark this page in your browser so it can Bookmark be easily accessed for future confi guration changes. You can also get here by typing http://TERASTATION_ NAME into a Web browser, where TERASTATION_NAME is the name of your TeraStation that you set on NAME into a Web browser, where TERASTATION_NAME is the name of your TeraStation that you set on NAME...
  • Page 13 TeraNavigator Setup Here on the Basic page, begin by changing the Basic page, begin by changing the Basic name of your TeraStation in the TeraStation Hostname fi eld. A friendly, easy-to-remember name is recommended. The name cannot contain any spaces or special characters. Alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed.
  • Page 14 TeraNavigator Setup Congratulations! You’ve completed basic setup. For more detail on the other settings available in your TeraStation, turn to Advanced Settings, beginning on page 21. To access TeraStation data: Press the Start menu, select the Start menu, select the Start Run...

  • Page 15: Accessing Terastation Data From Pc

    Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC TeraStation’s root directory will appear. You will see all of the confi gured shares, including share, the preconfi gured data folder. All users can read and write to all folders unless otherwise confi gured. To set up security and password protection, or add other shares to your TeraStation, please refer to pages 35 - 37 of this manual.
  • Page 16 Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC From the TeraStation’s Root Directory screen (see page 15), click the Tools pull down menu and select Map Network Drive; Map Network Drive will run. Select the drive letter you would like to map from the Drive: pull down menu. Enter the \\TeraStation_Name\share_name in the Folder: fi...
  • Page 17 TeraStation Expansion TeraStation Expansion Information TeraStation has four USB 2.0 ports, two on the front panel and two on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives or a USB Printer. TeraStation will then share the USB devices, allowing everyone on the network to use them.

  • Page 18: Terastation Diagram

    TeraStation Diagram 1. Power Button – Press and release the 1. Power Button – Press and release the 1. Power Button – Power Button to turn the TeraStation on. Hold it down for 3 seconds to turn the TeraStation off. 2.
  • Page 19 TeraStation Diagram 11. Diagnostic LED – The Diagnostic LED may 15. Power Switch – This is the TeraStation’s fl ash when the TeraStation encounters an error. In master power switch. While it is on, the power this event, please contact our 24/7 technical support button on the front panel of the TeraStation may at 1(866) 752-6210.
  • Page 20 TeraStation Diagram 18. UPS interface – An Uninterruptable Power Supply can use this interface to safely shut down your TeraStation in the event of a power failure. This interface is non-LPS. DP-1, DP-1P, DP-2, or DP-2P cables may be used to connect to the UPS.

  • Page 21: Advanced Settings

    Advanced Settings Browser Management Tool - Home Welcome to Advanced Settings! We’ll discuss the many adjustments you can make to your TeraStation. Begin by bringing up the Browser Management screen that you bookmarked on Management screen that you bookmarked on Management page 12.
  • Page 22 Advanced Settings Basic You may modify your TeraStation’s hostname and description under Hostname Setup. Make sure that the date and time are correct in Date and Time Setup. To synchronize time settings with those in your computer, press Use Local Time. To have your system time automatically set by an NTP server, enable NTP Server and enter an IP address NTP Server and enter an IP address...
  • Page 23 Advanced Settings Network (IP Address Properties) In most networks, TeraStation will get its IP address automatically from a DHCP server. You may disable DHCP here. If DHCP is disabled and an IP address is not set manually, it will default to 192.168.11.150. The TeraStation’s IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway Address, and DNS Server address may all be entered manually under IP...
  • Page 24 Advanced Settings Network (Workgroup/Domain) To make your TeraStation a member of a workgroup or domain, enter the appropriate information into the fi elds on this page and click Apply. If the TeraStation is to be part of a Windows Domain, the TeraStation should be added beforehand to the Domain Controller with a computer account in Server Manager.

  • Page 25: Disk Management

    Advanced Settings Disk Management (Drive Properties) This page shows the current properties of your hard drives and RAID Arrays. To change these settings, click on RAID Confi guration at left.
  • Page 26 TeraStation will automatically restore all data to the new drive and resume normal RAID 5 operation. Buffalo Technology recommends RAID 5 for its excellent balance of effi ciency and security. RAID 5 for its excellent balance of effi ciency and security.
  • Page 27 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Confi guration) This page shows your current RAID arrays. You may delete old arrays or create new ones by clicking on the underlined RAID Array # under RAID Array # under RAID Array # RAID Array Confi guration. You may also disable RAID Array Error Detection Response from this page.
  • Page 28 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Confi guration) A confi gured RAID array may be deleted by pushing the Delete RAID Array button. This will free up all Delete RAID Array button. This will free up all Delete RAID Array hard drives listed under Disk Structure. To confi...
  • Page 29 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Check) When RAID Confi guration is done, you’ll see this screen. To confi gure a new array, click on RAID Array # and go back to the bottom of Array # and go back to the bottom of Array # page 28.
  • Page 30 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Confi guration) You’ll see this screen when your new RAID Array is You’ll see this screen when your new RAID Array is completely confi gured. Click on Shared Folders and turn to page 35 to begin setting up shares on page 35 to begin setting up shares on page 35 your TeraStation.
  • Page 31 Advanced Settings Disk Management (USB Settings) If you’ve plugged an external USB hard drive into one of the USB ports on your TeraStation, you may set it up from this page. Click on its name under USB Disk Setup to begin.
  • Page 32 Advanced Settings Disk Management (USB hard drive setup) From here you can see your USB hard drive’s setup information. If the hard drive’s information isn’t displayed properly, try restarting your USB hard drive and then restarting your TeraStation. Some USB hard drives must be reformatted from within TeraStation before they can be assigned shares.
  • Page 33 Disk Management (Disk Check) To initiate a comprehensive disk check on a hard drive or array of drives, select the hard drive or array that you want to check from the Target Disk dropbox and click the Target Disk dropbox and click the Target Disk Select Target button.
  • Page 34 FAT32 has a 4 gigabyte fi le size limit. If you choose FAT32 for your fi le system, you will not be able to store fi les larger than 4 gigabytes on the drive. Buffalo Technology recommends the XFS fi le XFS fi le system. Press Select Target Disk when done.

  • Page 35: Shared Folders

    Advanced Settings Shared Folders To begin setting up shares on your TeraStation, select Shared Folders from the left side menu, and then click the Add button under Add button under Shared Folders Setup.
  • Page 36 Advanced Settings Add a new Shared Folder To add a new shared folder, enter a name for it in the Shared Folder Name box and choose which Disk Space it will reside in. You may also choose which operating systems the share will support by putting the appropriate checks next to Shared Folder OS Support, and whether the share supports the Recycle Bin by putting a dot...
  • Page 37 Advanced Settings Shared Folders (Access restrictions) To use Access Restrictions for a share, put a dot next to Enable. Highlight groups or users in the All Groups/Users column and use the left-pointing arrow buttons (located just to the left of each box) to move individual groups or users from the All Groups/ Users column to the Read Only box (if you want Read Only box (if you want...
  • Page 38 Advanced Settings Shared Folders (Anonymous FTP Setup) To allow Anonymous FTP, choose Enable for Anonymous FTP Server. Select a folder to share from the Anonymous User Public Shared Folder (only one folder may be shared by anonymous FTP) and choose whether you want the share to be Writable, or Read Only.

  • Page 39: Groups

    Advanced Settings Group Management To Delete a group, put a check next to its name and click Delete. To add a group to your TeraStation, click Add. Add a name and a description to the Add New Group fi elds. Put checks next to each Member User that you want to be part of Member User that you want to be part of Member User...

  • Page 40: Users

    Advanced Settings User Management TeraStation is preconfi gured with two users, admin and guest, out of the box. The guest account allows guest account allows guest network users login access so that they can clear the print que. It has no password. The admin and guest user accounts cannot be deleted.
  • Page 41 Advanced Settings User Management User Management (changing passwords) To change an account’s password, click on the name of the account under User Settings. Note: if a user name and password are used to log into and password are used to log into and password user’s windows computer or domain, the same user name and password should be used when creating...
  • Page 42 Advanced Settings Print Server (Settings) A USB printer, plugged into a USB port on either the front or the rear of your TeraStation, may be used as a Windows Print Server and/or an Windows Print Server and/or an Windows Print Server Apple Print Server on your Apple Print Server on your Apple Print Server...
  • Page 43 USB Settings Print Server - Printer Share Installation If TeraStation is set up to share your printer (page 42), you can easily add the printer to any Windows PC on your network. Follow these steps for each PC that you want to be able to access the printer. Access the TeraStation by pressing Start, selecting the Run...

  • Page 44: Printers

    USB Settings Print Server - Printer Share Installation (continued) The Add Printer Wizard will launch. Select the proper driver for Add Printer Wizard will launch. Select the proper driver for Add Printer Wizard your printer. If your printer is not in the list, you’ll have to insert the CD that came with your printer into your PC’s CD-ROM drive and press the Have Disk button.
  • Page 45 Advanced Settings Print Server (Delete Print Queue) If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer, printing may suddenly fail. If your print jobs seem to be locked up, clearing the print queue may resolve the issue. To execute the Delete Print Queue program, press the Delete button.
  • Page 46 Advanced Settings Disk Backup To create a backup job, click on an underlined Job Number. The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear. If the Disk Sleep function is enabled, disable it (page 53) before creating a backup job.

  • Page 47: Backups

    Advanced Settings Disk Backup (Edit Backup Job) A Backup Job can run regularly on a daily or weekly schedule, or immediately by appropriate choices in the Backup Job Schedule fi eld. Date and Time for the backup may be entered, and Encryption and Compression enabled or disabled.
  • Page 48 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (TeraStation List) Press Refresh to get a list of TeraStations on your network.
  • Page 49 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (Add TeraStation) To add a TeraStation to your network, enter its numerical IP address in the Remote TeraStation IP Address fi eld and click the Add to List button. Add to List button. Add to List...

  • Page 50: Pcast

    Advanced Settings PCast Clicking on PCast on the left-side menu takes PCast on the left-side menu takes PCast you to this page. Use this fi eld to set a share on your TeraStation as the media folder for your LinkTheater. Choose Enable for PCast Media Server and choose the share where you keep your Server and choose the share where you keep your...
  • Page 51 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Notifi cation) If your TeraStation is remotely managed, you may choose to receive nightly status reports and be notifi ed of any disk events by email. To set this up, enable Mail Notifi cation and enter the IP address of your SMTP server* in the SMTP Server Address fi...

  • Page 52: Maintenance Settings

    Advanced Settings Maintenance (UPS Settings) You may enable Synchronize with UPS and Synchronize with UPS and Synchronize with UPS UPS Automatic Shutdown from this page. Consult your Uninterruptable power supply’s documentation for further information about setting up your UPS system. TeraStation’s UPS interface is serial.
  • Page 53 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Disk Sleep Function) If there are regular periods when your TeraStation is not in use, you may want to schedule disk sleeping. Enable Disk Sleep, select the time that you want to initiate sleep mode, and select the time that you want the TeraStation to “wake up” and resume normal operation.
  • Page 54 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Shutdown) From the Shutdown page, press Apply to shutdown TeraStation. This has the same Apply to shutdown TeraStation. This has the same Apply function as holding down the power button on the front of TeraStation, but may be done remotely.
  • Page 55 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Initialization) The INIT button on the rear of your TeraStation normally returns the TeraStation to factory settings when held down for 15 seconds. This affects Admin Password, Ethernet Frame Size, and IP Address. If the Remain option has been selected on the screen below, then the Admin Password will not be reset when the INIT button is held down.
  • Page 56 Advanced Settings System Status (System Information) This page shows you the System Information for your TeraStation.
  • Page 57 Advanced Settings System Status (USB Details) This page shows you details on USB hard drives and printers plugged into your TeraStation.
  • Page 58 Advanced Settings System Status (Drive Properties) This page shows you the properties of all hard drives and RAID arrays in and attached to your TeraStation.
  • Page 59 Advanced Settings System Status (Network Information) This page shows you the System Information for your network connection.
  • Page 60 Advanced Settings System Status (User Access Status) This page shows you the current status of all users on the system.
  • Page 61 Advanced Settings TeraStation Client Utility This is the TeraStation Client Utility. Installed on your PC, it allows you to access each of the TeraStations on your network. Click Refresh List to get tabs for each of your TeraStations. Each tab shows the Host Name, Workgroup, IP Address, and Subnet Mask of the associated TeraStation, as well as the version of fi...
  • Page 62 Advanced Settings TeraStation Client Utility (IP Address Setup) Here, you may enter your IP address and Subnet Mask manually, or enable your Subnet Mask manually, or enable your Subnet Mask TeraStation to acquire them automatically from a DHCP server. You’ll need the administrator password to use this screen.

  • Page 63: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting If TeraStation encounters a disk error, it will be reported in the TeraStation status on the top of any of If TeraStation encounters a disk error, it will be reported in the TeraStation status on the top of any of If TeraStation encounters a disk error the Web-Based confi...

  • Page 64: Technical Specifi Cations

    Technical Specifi cations LAN Standards: IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX; IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Transmission Types: 1000Mbps/100Mbps/10Mbps; 100BASE-TX 4B/5B, MLT-3;10BASE-T Manchester Coding Access Media: CSMA/CD Media Interface: RJ-45 USB Standard: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (HS) Full-Speed (FS) Low-Speed (LS) USB Connector: USB A Connector (4) Data Transmission Speed: Max: 480 Mbps (HS Mode) Max: 12 Mbps (FS Mode)

  • Page 65: Technical Support

    Technical Support Buffalo Technology offers toll-free technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for this product. Customers in the United States and Canada can obtain technical support using the following information: Web: www.buffalotech.com E-mail: info@buffalotech.com Telephone: 1(866)-752-6210 (USA & Canada only) 1(866)-752-6210 (USA &...

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