Introduction ................................................................................................... 3 Features ......................................................................................................... 3 Minimum Requirements ............................................................................... 3 Package Contents ......................................................................................... 3 Understand your storage server......................................
Download Manager ..................................................................................... 40 Start Download Manager ............................................................................ 40 Search for storage server .......................................................................... 40 Login storage server .................................................................................. 41 Manage download items ......................................................................
Introduction Congratulations on purchasing this network storage server (NAS, Network Attached Storage). This storage server lets you easily share your files in your network. Simply plug in the hard disk drive, connect the LAN port to your network, and do some basic settings, and you're ready to share files.
Understand your storage server Back Panel The diagram below shows the storage server’s back panel. NS-2501 NS-2502 1. Local Area Network (LAN) You should connect the LAN port of this storage server to your hub/switch, or one LAN port of your router etc. 2. USB2 The USB2 port allows you to share your files stored in the USB mass storage device plugged in. Note: Please plug the external power of your USB mass storage devices before you connect them to the storage server.
Note: After you shut down the storage server and before switch off the power, the storage server is still providing power to the hard disk drives and the hard disk drives are still running. You have to switch off the power after you shut down the storage server to make the whole system completely stopped. Front Panel NS-2501 NS-2505 1.
2. Copy button The Copy button has two functions: (1) copy the content of one external USB mass storage device to another attached storage device, and (2) reset the configuration of the storage server to factory default settings. z Copy USB mass storage device: When you press and hold the Copy button for 2 seconds, the storage server will beep for 0.5 second to hint that your command is detected.
4. LED On the storage server’s front panel there are LEDs, which show the status of this storage server. Below is the list of each LED and its description. NS-2501 LED Power Light Status Storage server is powered on Off Storage server is shut down Storage server is starting; or the storage server is shutting down; or the storage server is restoring its settings to factory default values.
this situation, the LED will keep flashing about 30 seconds and go off). USB2 HDD ON USB storage device is connected to USB2 port Off USB storage device is not connected to USB2 port or is not detected due to hard disk failure or the system is doing partition/format on this hard disk drive. Slow Flashing The used space of the USB mass storage is over 95% or the USB Copy tool is copying from the USB mass storage device plugged to USB2 port.
Getting started This is a step-by-step instruction on how to start using the storage server. 1) Pull out the disk drawer from the case of storage server as shown in the setup diagram below. 2) Fix your SATA hard disk driver in the drawer by screws as shown in the setup diagram below. 3) Push the disk drawer with hard disk driver installed back into the case of storage server as shown in the setup diagram below. Note: Please make sure the disk drawer is safely installed.
The disk drawer is not safely installed 4) Plug the power adaptor to the storage server and connect the storage server to your network as shown in the setup diagram below. 5) Power on the storage server by pressing the power switch of the storage server on as shown in the setup diagram below. 6) When the Power LED is steady lit, the storage server is ready. 7) There are two methods to setup the storage server: (1) Use the Windows-based Storage Server Wizard utility to do the basic setup.
8) The default IP address of storage server is 192.168.2.5. The PC to setup the storage server should be in the same subnet as the storage server. If the IP address of your PC is not in the range of 192.168.2.1~254, please modify the Windows IP address of your PC as following diagram. If you have used Windows-based Storage Server Wizard utility to setup the IP of the Storage Server, you can skip this step, because the IP of the Storage Server and your PC should be in the same subnet now.
Note: By default the user name is “admin” and the password is “1234”. When you see the screen below, you are ready to setup the storage server. Status (Chapter 1) This page displays the status and basic information of the storage server. Quick Setup (Chapter 2) Quick Setup will guide your through the basic settings of the storage server.
Basic (Chapter 3) This section contains basic configurations such as: Time Zone and Password. Network (Chapter 4) This section contains network configurations such as: IP and DNS. File/FTP Server (Chapter 5) This section contains File Server and FTP Server configurations such as: Management, Group Management, File Server and FTP Server sharing policies. User BT Download (Chapter 6) This section contains BT Download configurations such as: Torrent Management and Download Status.
Chapter 1 Status This page displays the status and basic information of the storage server, you should see the screen below. Parameter Description System Time Current system time. MAC Address The MAC address of this storage server. Firmware Version The version of storage server firmware. Server Name Workgroup The name of this storage server. This is the file server name that shows in My Network Places on client computer. The My Network Places group this file server will join.
Chapter 2 Quick Setup Quick Setup will guide your through the basic settings of the storage server step by step. When you click “Quick Setup” in the left menu, a Quick Setup window will pop up. Note: If this is the first time the internal SATA hard disk drive is used in the storage server, the storage server will automatically erase old partitions and data in the internal SATA hard disk drive and re-create partition and format the internal SATA hard disk drive.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup. Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect. 2.3 Storage Server Name Assign a name to the storage server. A valid storage server name consists of 4~15 case sensitive alphanumeric and underline characters. Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup.
Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Next” to go to the next step of Quick Setup. Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect. 2.5 Time Zone Select the time zone of your location. You can also assign daylight saving period if you need. During this configuration, the storage server will synchronize its time with your computer and remember it.
2.6 Confirm Settings List the setting values of Quick Setup for your confirmation. Click “Prev” to go to the previous step of Quick Setup. Click “Apply” to make all the settings of Quick Setup take effect. Click “Cancel” to abort the Quick Setup. Any modified settings during this Quick Setup session will not take effect. 2.7 Apply Settings After you click “Apply” in the confirmation page, the following page will display and the Quick Setup will start to apply the settings to the storage server.
Click “Finish” after the storage server restarts. 2.8 Shared folders automatically created by Quick Setup Quick Setup will automatically create some shared folders for you. The shared folder names and their usage are listed as follows: z Public_hdd1: You can access “Public_hdd1” anonymously with reading and writing privilege by FTP and Network Neighborhood (Samba). The absolute path in the storage server of “Public_hdd1” is “[HDD1]C:\Public\”.
Chapter 3 Basic The basic configurations include the Time Zone and Password setup pages. 3.1 Time Zone The Time Zone allows this storage server to base its time on the settings configured here. This will affect functions such as update time of files stored in this storage server. Parameter Set Time Zone Time Server Address Description Select the time zone of the country you are living. The storage server will set its time based on your selection.
3.2 Password You can change the password required to log into the management GUI of the storage server. By default, the password is “1234”. Please change the password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. Password can contain 0 to 30 alphanumeric characters, and are case sensitive. Parameters Current Password New Password Confirmed Password Description Enter your current password. Enter your new password. Enter your new password again for verification purposes.
Chapter 4 Network The Network configurations include the IP address and DNS settings. A Domain Name System (DNS) server is like an index of IP addresses and Web addresses. If you type a Web address into your browser, such as www.router.com, a DNS server will find that name in its index and reply the matching IP address. Parameters Obtain an IP address automatically Description DHCP server is used to manage the IP address of a network.
DNS address Secondary/Third DNS Address (optional) Fill in the IP address of a live DNS server. This is optional. You can enter another DNS server’s IP address as a backup. The secondary/third DNS will be used when the above DNS server fails. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
Chapter 5 File/FTP Server The File/FTP server configurations include the Users, Groups, File Server and FTP Server setup pages. 5.1 Users Users setup is used to add/edit users of File/FTP server. Parameters Description Add Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New User page to add a new user for File/FTP server. Edit You can select any user in Users list and click “Edit” to modify her/his profile.
Add a New User Parameters Description User Name The name of this user. The allowed characters are ‘a-z’, ‘A-Z’, ‘0-9’ and ‘_’. Note: The user name should be unique and should not be the same with any other user name and group name. Description The description of this user. Password The password of this user. Confirm password Re-type the password of this user for confirmation. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
5.2 Groups Groups setup is used to add/edit groups of File/FTP server. You can add one or more users to a group. Parameters Description Add Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add a New Group page to add a new group for File/FTP server. Edit You can select any group in Groups list and click “Edit” to modify its profile. Delete Selected You can click “Delete Selected” to delete the selected groups in Groups list. Delete All You can click “Delete All” to delete all the groups in Groups list.
Add a New Group Parameters Description Group Name The name of this group. The allowed characters are ‘a-z’, ‘A-Z’, ‘0-9’ and ‘_’. Note: The first character of group name should be ‘a-z’ or ‘A-Z’. Note: The group name should be unique and should not be the same with any other user name and group name. Description The description of this group. Select Authorized Select the users that you want to add to this group by selecting the Users check on the right.
Parameters Name Description The file server name that shows in My Network Places on client computer. Workgroup The My Network Places group this file server will join. Description A brief description of this file server. This string will be shown at the detailed information field of My Network Places. Add Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add/Edit shared folder page to add a new shared folder for file server.
Add/Edit Shared Folder Parameters Folder Name Shared Folder’s Path Description The name for shared folder that shows in My Network Places on client computer. Click “Browse” to select the folder to be shared or click “Share all folders in storage” to share the all disks. If you select “Share all folders in storage”, the storage server will create a share item for each partition of all currently attached storages.
Authority Description Here you can assign the read/write privilege for this shared folder. You can select “Read Only” for read only sharing or select “Read & Write” to give users full access right. The comments or descriptions for this share folder. Click at the bottom of the screen to save the configurations.
5.4 FTP Server This storage server supports FTP protocol which lets you share files stored in all attached storage devices to not only your network but also Internet (it you have Internet access and your router has correct port forwarding settings). Note: Each user can have only one folder shared by FTP server. Parameters Description Add Click “Add” and fill the information of the Add/Edit FTP Folder page to add a new shared folder for FTP server.
Add/Edit FTP Folder Parameters Description User The name of the user. If you select “anonymous” as user, the users can access this shared folder with “anonymous” user name and password is not required. Shared Folder’s Path Click on “Browse” to select the folder to be shared. Here you can assign the read/write privilege for this shared folder. You can select “Read Only” for read only file sharing or select “Read & Write” to give the user full access privilege.
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Chapter 6 BT Download This storage server supports BT (stands for BitTorrent) peer-to-peer file download function. You can let this storage server download files via BitTorrent protocol without switching your computer on. You can also see all downloading BT items here. Please make sure that this storage server has enough remaining storage space to save the download files. Except for this Web GUI, you also can use the Windows-based Download Manager utility to manager the download items.
Remove All Remove all BT items from the list. Remove Selected Remove selected BT items from the list. Reset Deselect all selected BT items in the list. Click button to save the configurations. Note: The max number of BT download items is 32. Add BT Torrent After you click ‘Add Torrent’ button, you’ll be prompted to provide the location of torrent file: Parameters Description Please specify the location of .torrent file. You can provide the .
the files window). Priority Please assign a priority level to this BT download item. Available options are ‘High’, ‘Normal’, and ‘Low’. The priority will affect the order of BT download. For example, if you set the maximum active BT download item number to be 5 in the Advanced Setting page, only 5 active BT Download items can be downloaded at the same time.
Maximum The maximum number of active torrents that can be downloaded at number of active the same time. If you add more download items, some items have to downloads wait in turn. Maximum concurrent connection number per torrent DHT network The maximum number of connections can be used to download a BT download item at the same time. Enable DHT network would let the BT have a chance to find more peers to download even when no tracker servers are available.
Chapter 7 File Download This storage server supports downloading file from Web and FTP server, so you can download large file from Web or FTP server without keeping your computer switched on. Except for this Web GUI, you also can use the Windows-based Download Manager utility to manager the download items. Please refer to Chapter 8. Note: Before a file can be downloaded and saved, please make sure the free space of the storage is enough.
Save As Please specify the location you wish to save downloaded file. Click “Browse” button to select the folder you wish to save the file. User Name This field is optional. Please input the server’s username here if the server requires it. Password This field is optional. Please input the server’s password here if the server requires it. Add Click this button to add the download job above to the download list and start downloading.
Chapter 8 Download Manager If you have installed the Storage Server Wizard utility, the Download Manager will also be installed. (For the details of Installation, please refer to Quick Installation Guide) The Windows-based Download Manager utility can automatically search for storage servers and let you manage the web/FTP/BT download items. For all details information of settings of Download Manager, please refer to Chapter 6 BT Download and Chapter 7 Web/FTP Download.
Login storage server The Download Manager will prompt you for the login password of the storage server. You can select “Remember my password” to let Download Manager save your password and automatically use it to login next time. Click “OK” to login. Manage download items After you login, the main window of Download Manager will pop up as following picture. There are two major parts in the window.
Every stopped download item has a “Resume” button and you can resume that stopped download item by clicking the “Resume” button; Every non-stopped download item has a “Pause” button and you can stop that download item by clicking the “Pause” button. For every BT download item, there is also a “Priority” combo box. You can adjust the priority of BT download items by re-selecting the priority for each BT download item.
When you click “Add” button of Web/FTP Download, the following window will pop up. You have to assign an Internet address of the file. You also have to assign the path of a folder on the storage server to save the downloaded file. If the server requires you user name and password during download, you also have to assign them.
If you double click a torrent file in Windows Explorer (try to open a torrent file), then the download job with added to Download Manager automatically and the downloaded files will be saved in default path on the storage server. If the download job can not be added to the Download Manager immediately when you are adding a download job from IE or Windows Explorer, this may due to the storage server or the Download Manager are busy, the following window will pop up.
If you select “Actions Æ Exit”, the Download Manager will completely exit and both the main window and the tray icon of Download Manager will disappear. You can enable/disable BT Download function or enable/disable Web/FTP Download function by selecting the corresponding item in the “Settings” menu. If you select “Settings Æ Default Path”, the following window will pop up to let you assign a default path for the Download Manager on the storage server.
Tray Icon After you login the storage server, the tray icon of Download Manager will display as follows. When you close the main window of Download Manager as the following picture, the Download Manager is still executing in the background and the tray icon of Download Manager is still displaying.
Chapter 9 iTunes Server iTunes is a popular and powerful multimedia player, and supports streaming media. If you have media files supported by iTunes, you can share these file by iTunes server and let other computers or iTunes-compatible media players play these media files online. Parameters Description iTunes Server You can enable or disable iTunes Server here. Click “Save” to keep changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made. Server name Please assign a name to iTunes server.
Parameters Description You can protect this iTunes server by password, so only iTunes clients who know this password will be able to share media files. Protect by password Password Confirm Password By selecting “Disable”, everyone in your network will be able to access your media files, and if too many users are accessing the media files at the same time, iTunes server may respond slower or even stop responding.
Playlist If you have a playlist file, you can upload it from PC or select it from an attached storage device (by selecting “File Server”). You can click “Open” to choose playlist file from your PC or attached storage device. Back If you want to discard all settings listed in this page, click this button to return to previous page. Save Click this button to save all settings in this page.
Chapter 10 Media Server The media server of this storage server allows you to share your media files to DLNA compliant media adapters and players through network. Parameters Description Media Server You can enable or disable media server function here. Click “Save” to keep changes or “Cancel” to discard the change you made. Server Name Please specify the name of media server here. Media players need this name to locate this media server.
Remove Select Remove selected folder from the list. Remove All Reset Remove all folders from the list. Deselect all selected folders in the list. Note: The max number of shared folders supported in Media Server is 12.
Chapter 11 System Tools The storage server provides several management tools, including Storage Tools, Storage Status, USB Copy, Config Tools, Firmware Upgrade and Reset. 11.1 Storage Tools You can use the Storage Tools to manage the partition and format of the attached storage devices. Note: When you use the Storage Tools to partition or format the hard disk drive (no matter internal SATA hard disk drive or external USB hard disk drive), the system will stop all service first.
Parameters Auto Partition & Format Description By clicking this button, the system will partition and format the attached storage device automatically. Please refer to the detail descriptions below. Tool You can format the attached storage device by this tool. The Storage Tools supports FAT16, FAT32, EXT2 and EXT3 format. The format may take several minutes to finish, depends on the size of the partition.
Add a Partition You can create a new partition in the attached storage device and format it. Parameters Size of the Space New Partition Size File System Description The total free space that can be assigned to this new partition. You can assign the size of the new partition. The Storage Tools will format the new partition. You can select FAT16, FAT32, EXT2 or EXT3 format. The format may take several minutes to finish, depends on the size of the partition.
11.2 Storage Status This Page shows the status of all attached storage devices. Parameters Description Unplug You can click this button to unplug the external USB mass storage device. If the LED of the USB port is off, you can safely detach the USB mass storage from this storage server. Partition The partition name of the attached storage device. Size Total space of this partition. Used Total used space of this partition. Here shows the size in byte and the percentage of the total space.
11.3 USB Copy USB Copy tool allows you to copy the content of one external USB mass storage device to another attached storage device. When you press the Copy button on the front panel of this storage server, the copy job will be triggered. Note: Before you trigger the USB Copy function by pressing the Copy button on the front panel of this storage server, make sure that the destination folder has enough free space to store all data of the source USB mass storage device.
11.4 Configuration Tools The Configuration Tools allow you to save (backup) the storage server’s current settings. Saving the configuration provides an added protection and convenience when there’re some problems with the storage server, and you have to reset to factory default to solve the problem. You can upload the saved configuration to the storage server through the Restore Settings tool.
11.5 Firmware Upgrade This page allows you to upgrade the storage server’s firmware Click “Next” to go to the upload firmware file page.
Parameters Description This tool allows you to upgrade the storage server’s system firmware. To upgrade the firmware of your storage server, you need to download the firmware file to your local hard disk, and enter that Firmware Upgrade file name and path in the appropriate field on this page. You can also click the browse button to locate the firmware file on your PC. After you selected the new firmware file, click “Apply” at the bottom of the screen to start the upgrade process.
to confirm your decision. The reset will be complete when the power LED stops blinking. Once the reset process is complete you may start using the storage server.
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