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
The following occurs:
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If no firmware update is available (or if your connection to the internet is
interrupted), you are notified that your system is using the most current firmware.
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If a firmware update is available, a pop-up window opens and you are prompted
to update your system.
Note: There are three types of ReadyNAS OS releases:
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Long-term support releases. These releases are only updated for bugs and
security fixes, not for new features.
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Stable releases.These releases include not only bug and security fixes, but
tested new features.
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Beta releases. These releases include bug fixes, security fixes, and features
still in development.
Use the menu to select the type of update you want to use on your ReadyNAS
system.
4. If a firmware update is available, click the Update button in the pop-up window.
The system downloads the new firmware. When the download is complete, you are
prompted to reboot your system.
5. Click the Reboot button.
Your system reboots and installs the new firmware. If you enabled email alerts, your
ReadyNAS system sends a message when the firmware update finishes.
Update Firmware Without Direct Internet Access
If you keep your ReadyNAS system in a location without Internet access, for example,
at a remote vacation cabin, you must update your firmware locally.
To update firmware locally:
1. Using a computer that can access the Internet, download the latest firmware for your
system from www.netgear.com/support/product/ReadyNAS_OS_6.
If you can later connect this computer to the local area network with the ReadyNAS,
download directly to the computer. Otherwise, download the file to a USB drive or
other portable media.
2. Connect the computer on which you downloaded the latest firmware to the network
with the ReadyNAS, or if you downloaded to a USB drive, connect the USB drive to
a computer on the local network.
3. Log in to your ReadyNAS.
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