Buffalo Technology HS-DTGL/R5 - Manual

5 Plug.the. power cord .into.a.wall. socket... Plug.the.other.end.of.the. Ethernet cable . into a hub, router, or switch in your network.. TeraStation Quick Setup Connect your cables

6 Make sure that the power switch. on. the. rear. of. the.TeraStation. is. in. the. ON . position, with the “I” symbol pressed down. TeraStation Quick Setup Press. the. power button . on. the. front panel. The LED’s will swirl as your TeraStation boots up. After your TeraStation has completed bootin...

8 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. Run... option. When.the. Run dialog opens, type d:\setup.exe (where d is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive). Pres...

11 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 finished. TeraNavigator Setup User name: admin Password: password See page 44 to change your password. If you’ve forgotten your passw...

1 Congratulations! You’ve completed basic setup. For more detail on the other settings available in your TeraStation, turn to Advanced Settings , beginning on page 24. . To access TeraStation data: Press.the. Start menu, select the Run... option. When the Run dialog opens, type \\TeraStation_ Name (...

15 TeraStation’s root directory will appear. You will see all of the configured shares, including share , the preconfigured data folder. All users can read and write to all folders unless otherwise configured. To set up security and password protection, or add other shares to your TeraStation, pleas...

16 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: field, wher...

17 If your Mac does not automatically detect your TeraStation’s Share folder and put it on your desktop, you will need to add the TeraStation to the Mac’s server list. Begin by clicking Go , and.then.choose. Connect to Server . Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac In.the. Server Address field, ente...

18 Select. Guest .and.click.on. Connect . Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share .or. share-mac , from.the.list.of.folders.on.the.TeraStation. The share will open. A link to the shared folder will appear on your desktop.

1 If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, there are several.ways.to.get.it. One simple method is to use the TeraStation client utility (included on your CD) to find your TeraStation(s). Just click on the tab for your TeraStation and you’ll be able to read its IP.address...You.must.have.a.Wi...

0 TeraStation Expansion 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. Up to four external USB har...

1 1. Power Button.–.Press.and.release.the.Power. Button to turn the TeraStation on. Hold it down for 3 seconds to turn the TeraStation off... 2. USB Ports – USB ports on both front and rear panels of the TeraStation may be used to connect USB hard drives, a printer, or an additional. TeraStation. to...

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... 19. 10/100/100 Mbps Ethernet Port. –. Use. this port to ...

Advanced Settings 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 page 12. You are now at Home ...Notice.that. Home is lit up in yellow in.the.screenshot.to.the.left...Y...

5 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,...

7 Advanced Settings Network (Workgroup/Domain) To make your TeraStation a member of a workgroup or domain, enter the appropriate information into the fields 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 C...

8 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 Configuration .at.left.

TeraStation. uses. RAID (“Redundant Array of Independent Disks”) technology to control the four hard drives in your TeraStation. RAID may be configured several ways: RAID Spanning - All four drives are striped into one large drive, giving the maximum capacity for your TeraStation. This size is the o...

0 Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) 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 Configuration ... You may also disable RAID Array Error Detection Response from this page. N...

Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Check) . When. RAID Configuration is done, you’ll see this screen. To configure a new array, click on. RAID Array # and go back to the bottom of page 31. To set up shares turn to page 38.

Advanced Settings Disk Management (RAID Configuration) . You’ll.see.this.screen.when.your.new.RAID. Array is completely configured. Click on Shared Folders and turn to page 38 to begin setting up shares on your TeraStation.

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.

5 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 w...

8 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 Shared Folders Setup .

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 Su...

0 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 f...

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 fields. Put checks next to each Member User . that you want to be part of the group. Click Apply ...

Advanced Settings User Management TeraStation is preconfigured with two users, admin . and. guest , out of the box. The guest . account. allows. 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. To delete...

Advanced Settings 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. user’s windows computer or domain, the same user name and password should be used when crea...

5 Advanced Settings Troubleshooting Multiple Shares When adding multiple shares, you may see this error.message... This is caused by having multiple shares to the same. resource. using. different.credentials... The. error occurs when connecting to at least one secure, restricted share. Due to a cons...

6 Advanced Settings Mapping Multiple Shares When mapping any share, select the Connect using a different user name option. A login and password prompt will appear. Use the username and password required by any secure, restricted.shares.for. all shares. All mapped shares must use the same username an...

8 USB Settings Print Server - Printer Share Installation If TeraStation is set up to share your printer (page 45), 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 Sta...

USB Settings Print Server - Printer Share Installation (continued) The. Add Printer Wizard will launch. Select the proper driver for 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. ...

51 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 61) before creating a backup job.

5 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (TeraStation List) Press. Refresh .to.get.a.list.of.TeraStations.on.your.network. Note: Disk Backups between two TeraStations use port 8873 for encrypted backups and port 873 for backups with no encryption.

5 Advanced Settings Disk Backup (Add TeraStation) To add a TeraStation to your network, enter its numerical IP address in the Remote TeraStation IP Address field and click the Add to List button.

55 To access PCast and DLNA settings, click PCast .in.the.left-side.menu.. PCast and DLNA are special services that can run within TeraStation, allowing it to be a media.server.for.LinkTheater.or.other.digital. multimedia players. The LinkTheater product is a media player that connects to your telev...

56 PCast and DLNA Settings Media Servers: The. Media Server Function will.need. to be enabled for this function to work. If you do not own a LinkTheater or DLNA media player than disabling this feature is recommended. Media Folder: The. Media Folder specifies which shared folder to share with the me...

57 PCast Settings - Choose Devices Get to this page by clicking Choose Devices .on.the. previous page. Search for DLNA Client: This.will.show.a.list. of.all.clients.that.can.connect.to.the.TeraStation. media server. For any that you want to have access, put a checkmark next to their MAC address.and....

58 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Notification) If your TeraStation is remotely managed, you may choose to receive nightly status reports and be notified of any disk events by email. To set this up, enable Mail Notification .and. enter the IP address of your SMTP server* in.the. SMTP Server Address ...

5 Advanced Settings Maintenance (UPS Settings) You may enable Synchronize with UPS .and. 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. USB-type UPS inter...

60 UPS/Maintenance port See below for connector pin assignment. Pin Signal Description 1 NC NC 2 RXD APC_Line_Fail 3 TXD APC_UPS_Shutdown 4 NC OMR_UPS_Shutdown 5 GND GND 6 NC NC 7 NC +12V 8 NC OMR_Line_Fail 9 NC NC ⦂ ╧⚗槱ቫቭ Advanced Settings Maintenance (UPS Details) This is the connector pin assignm...

61 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” an...

6 Advanced Settings Maintenance (Shutdown) From the Shutdown page, press Apply .to.shutdown.TeraStation...This.has.the.same.function.as. holding down the power button on the front of TeraStation, but may be done remotely.

6 Advanced Settings System Status (System Information) This page shows you the System Information for your TeraStation.

66 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.

68 System Status User Access Status This page shows you the current status of all users on the system.

6 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 Ma...

70 TeraStation Client Utility IP Address Setup Here, you may enter your IP address .and. Subnet Mask manually, or enable your TeraStation to acquire them automatically from a DHCP server. You’ll need the administrator password to use this.screen...Press. OK .when.you’re.done.

71 . If TeraStation encounters a disk error, it will be reported in the TeraStation status on the top of any of the Web-Based configuration screens. Run a ‘Normal’ Disk. Scan. in. the. event. of. this. error.. . If. that doesn’t work, try running a ‘Thorough’ Disk Scan. Additionally, if that still d...

7 Troubleshooting Should a Hard Drive Fail: When using RAID1 or RAID5 - The failed drive will have a red light blinking in the STATUS/FULL position of the front display. If you need to determine which drive has failed, restart the TeraStation and watch which disk LED illuminates red. After replacing...

7 Replacing a Hard Drive If a STATUS/FULL LED is blinking, note the drive number before continuing. Use a clean, padded work area to dissassemble your TeraStation. You’ll need a #2 phillips screwdriver. You will be removing and replacing a total of 22 screws to replace a hard drive, so keep each scr...

7 Replacing a Hard Drive 3 Remove the 3 screws from the rear panel as shown. M3 Screw 4mm 4 Remove the cover by sliding it towards the rear of the TeraStation. 5 Remove the front panel by removing the 4 screws on the sides of the TeraStation that hold it in place. M2.5 Screw 2.5mm

75 Replacing a Hard Drive 6 Unplug and detach the LED cable at the point indicated. 7 Remove the three screws from the side panel. M3 Screw 4mm 8 Remove the indicated screw from the base panel. M3 Screw 6mm

76 Replacing a Hard Drive 9 The side panel can be opened towards the front of the TeraStation. 10 Unplug the power and hard drive cables from the motherboard. 11 .Remove.the.three.screws.as.indicated.from.the.hard.drive.chassis. M3 Screw 4mm

77 Replacing a Hard Drive 12 Place the TeraStation on its base and slide out the hard drive chassis... 13 Remove the power plugs from all four hard drives.

78 Replacing a Hard Drive 14 Remove.the.4.screws.from.the.sides.of.the.failed.hard.drive...Note.that. the hard drive chassis is marked with numbers corresponding to the drive numbers on the front display. . . ... 4mm HD screw (note that the threads are coarser than the M3 screws; please do not get t...

80 Technical Specifications 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 C...

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