Technical Support - NETGEAR ReadyNAS 3100 Basic Setup & Configuration

Access Your Shared Storage
Note that, by default, these file sharing protocols are enabled: CIFS, AFP (advertised
over both Bonjour and ATP), HTTP/S. FTP, NFS, and Rsync are supported but are not
enabled by default.
ReadyNAS 3100 User Manual
Refer to the for instructions on accessing shares from
Linux or Unix workstations, drive mapping, and other file sharing options, including
unique language support for file names such as those that use unicode or ideographic
characters.
Accessing Shares from a Windows PC
1. To see a share listing in Windows, either click Browse in RAIDar or enter
\\<ip_address> or \\<hostname> in the address bar.
2. When prompted, enter the user name and password to connect to the ReadyNAS.
The Windows Explorer will display the contents of the ReadyNAS share.
Accessing Shares from MAC OS X
1. To access the same share over AFP with OS X, open Finder and locate the
ReadyNAS hostname in the SHARED section.
2. Click on the hostname to display the shares.
Operating Tips and Precautions
Follow these guidelines to get the best performance and trouble-free operations.
• Power Up/Down
Powering up the unit could take about a minute. Power down the unit by pressing
the power button on the front twice. This assures an orderly shutdown. For other
power down and disk spin-down options, refer to the
Manual .
• Ventilation
Four large capacity high speed disks can produce considerable heat. Be sure to
install the unit so that the fan exhausts are unobstructed.
• Using a UPS
An uninterruptible power supply protects your unit, and can enable automatic
shut down in an orderly fashion when there is an interruption in power. The
ReadyNAS 3100 User Manual
• Viewing Status Information in FrontView
The bottom row of the FrontView configuration utility provides color coded status
indicators of workgroup connections, disks, the fan, temperature, and UPS (if
used). Double-click on a status light to view details about that item.
February 2010
ReadyNAS 3100 User
provides instructions on using a UPS.
• Redundancy and Expansion
The ReadyNAS 3100 comes pre-configured with X-RAID2, which protects you
data against a single disk failure while allowing you to expand your capacity on
the fly. You can expand X-RAID simply by adding a new disk with a capacity
equal or greater than an existing disk, or if you run out of disk slots, you can
replace existing disks with a larger capacity disks and expand "vertically". New
or replacement disks can be hot-added or hot-replaced one at a time while the
ReadyNAS is running. Always wait until the new disk has completed sync before
adding or replacing another disk. You can see the progress in FrontView, and
you will receive an email alert when the sync process is completed.

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