User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Getting Started
- Start Using Your ReadyNAS System
- Additional Documentation
- Supported ReadyNAS Systems
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Browsers
- Diskless Systems
- Basic Installation
- Upgrade Pre-6.2 ReadyNAS Firmware for Use With ReadyCLOUD
- Discover and Set Up Your ReadyNAS Using ReadyCLOUD
- Local Setup Wizard
- Admin Page
- Access the Local Admin Page
- Register Your System
- Five Levels of Protection
- The ReadyNAS Community
- Safe Mode
- 2. Volume Configuration
- Basic Volume and RAID Concepts
- ReadyTIER, Tiers, Data, and Metadata
- Manage Volumes
- Change RAID Mode
- View the Status of a Volume
- Configure the Checksum Function
- Format Disks
- Create and Encrypt a Volume
- Delete a Volume
- Name a USB Drive
- Expand Storage Capacity
- Add Protection to a Volume
- Add Protection to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Add a Group to a Flex-RAID Volume
- Delete a RAID Group
- Use the Volume Management Wizard to Create a Volume
- Add a Tier to a Volume
- Enable or Disable Quotas on Volumes
- Maintain Volumes
- 3. Shares
- 4. LUNs
- 5. Snapshots
- 6. Users and Groups
- 7. Use Cloud Services
- 8. System Settings
- 9. System Power
- 10. Install and Manage Apps
- 11. System Monitoring
- 12. System Maintenance
- 13. Backup and Recovery
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(Optional) For a secure encrypted connection, replace http with https.
You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system.
4. Enter a user ID and password.
You can log in with administrator or user credentials. If you log in as a user, your
access is limited by the settings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator.
Your shares are displayed on a web page.
Use a Windows Device
You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network-attached
Windows-based device.
To access a share using a network-attached Windows device:
1. Ensure that the SMB file-sharing protocol is enabled on your ReadyNAS system.
For more information, see Set Network Access Rights to Shared Folders on page
71.
2. Enter \\<hostname> in the File Explorer address bar.
<hostname> is the name that you assigned to your ReadyNAS system or the default
host name if you did not change it.
Note: If you cannot access the ReadyNAS using its host name, try entering
\\<ReadyNAS IP address> in the File Explorer address bar instead. <ReadyNAS IP
address> is the IP address of the ReadyNAS.
You are prompted to log in to your ReadyNAS system.
3. Enter a user ID and password.
You can log in with administrator or user credentials. If you log in as a user, your
access is limited by the settings configured by the ReadyNAS system administrator.
Windows Explorer displays the contents of all available shares on your ReadyNAS
system.
Use a macOS Device
You can access shares on your ReadyNAS system using a network-attached macOS
device.
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