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TeraStation User Manual

TS-XL/R5 and TS-WXL/R1 models

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Page 1: ...TeraStation User Manual TS XL R5 and TS WXL R1 models www buffalotech com v2 3...

Page 2: ...ns a fast reliable Linux based server with multiple hard drives that may be configured in RAID arrays This user manual is intended to assist you in configuring your new TeraStation Because we re const...

Page 3: ...s 33 Disks RAID Configuration 34 Hot Spare 36 Hot Swap 37 USB Hard Drives 38 Formatting Hard Drives 39 Encryption 39 Adding Shares 40 Mapping Additional Shares 43 TeraSearch 45 Maintenance 48 Replicat...

Page 4: ...4 TeraStation Quick Setup Front Panel TS XL R5 Power On Off LCD Display Door Lock Display Button Status LEDs Function Button...

Page 5: ...5 TeraStation Quick Setup Open Front Panel TS XL R5 Diagnostic Port Buffalo factory use only Drive Lock Press left to open drive Drive LED Init Button...

Page 6: ...6 Serial Port for UPS TeraStation Quick Setup Rear Panel TS XL R5 USB Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Power Connector Security Mount Power Mode Auto Manual...

Page 7: ...7 TeraStation Quick Setup Front Panel TS WXL R1 Power On Off LCD Display Door Lock Display Button Status LEDs Function Button...

Page 8: ...8 TeraStation Quick Setup Open Front Panel TS WXL R1 Diagnostic Port Buffalo factory use only Drive Lock Press left to open drive Drive LED Init Button...

Page 9: ...9 Serial Port for UPS TeraStation Quick Setup Rear Panel TS WXL R1 USB Ports Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Power Connector Security Mount Power Mode Auto Manual...

Page 10: ...your unit will power down by itself and you will have to manually turn it back on Also note that the unit needs to be powered on if you want to use the Web Access feature When using Web Access it is b...

Page 11: ...s a new shortcut to Buffalo NAS Navigator Double click it to open the NAS Navigator2 client utility Using the TeraStation with a PC Double click on your NAS device s icon to open it Or right click on...

Page 12: ...the shares on your TeraStation open its Web Admin Tool map a drive letter to a share or make a desktop shortcut to the main share on the TeraStation Clicking I m Here causes the TeraStation to beep a...

Page 13: ...ore than one NAS device on the network each will be visible here Click on the chosen device to highlight it Click on the gear symbol to drop down available commands Open Web opens the Web Admin Tool C...

Page 14: ...ick IP Address to change the TeraStation s IP Address settings The IP Address page lets you change the TeraStation s IP address settings If you have more than one NAS on your network Show View Options...

Page 15: ...server list Begin by clicking Go and then choose Connect to Server In the Server Address field enter your TeraStation s IP address in the form smb ipaddress where ipaddress is your TeraStation s IP ad...

Page 16: ...te If you have configured share permissions on your TeraStation select Registered User and enter your login credentials Select the volume that you want to mount such as share from the list of folders...

Page 17: ...ress You can get the TeraStation s IP address from the LCD display on the front of the TeraStation Press the Display button until the IP address is displayed You can always get the TeraStation s IP ad...

Page 18: ...2 and choose Open Web Admin Alternately you may access the Web Admin Tool by typing the IP address of your TeraStation into the URL bar of a browser running on a computer connected to the same network...

Page 19: ...n prompt will appear Enter admin for the user name Until you change it the password for the admin account will be password Press the Login button when finished User name admin Password password Advanc...

Page 20: ...the left side you can see your TeraStation s system information Tabs and submenus along the upper edge allow easy access to all of the settings pages for your TeraStation Category Tabs Individual Sett...

Page 21: ...formation and click Save You may enable quotas for the user if desired The hard limit is the maximum amount of space in gigabytes that this user will be able to use The soft limit which should be smal...

Page 22: ...mmas and ending with a carriage return These files can contain from 1 1000 users Paste the contents of the CSV file into the CSV input window and click on Start Import Adding Users in CSV Format The u...

Page 23: ...local TeraStation may then be moved to the External Users list This will remove all passwords leaving their accounts unusable until the passwords are set on the SMB server The External Users and their...

Page 24: ...24 To add a group select the Local Groups submenu under the Users Groups tab Click on Create Group Enter information for your group and click on Save Adding Groups...

Page 25: ...for the maximum storage to be available to the user or group The hard limit is the absolute maximum amount of space in gigabytes that this user or group will be able to use The soft limit which shoul...

Page 26: ...he IP address settings manually if desired If no DHCP server is available and an IP Address is not set manually it will default to a random address on the 169 254 xxx xxx subnet with subnet mask 255 2...

Page 27: ...ou need an intelligent switch that supports port trunking Configure two LAN ports on the switch in port trunking mode Connect them to Ethernet ports 1 and 2 on the TeraStation In the Web Admin Tool na...

Page 28: ...ups that share the same speed and duplex settings Utilizes all slaves in the active aggregator according to the 802 3ad specification Switch must support IEEE 802 3ad Dynamic link aggregation to use t...

Page 29: ...ending on your network type you may choose to authenticate in Workgroup NT Domain or Active Directory Mode Note Before configuring NT Domain authentication make sure that your Advanced Settings Workgr...

Page 30: ...main or Active Directory Mode Whichever mode you choose enter the information needed to log in to the network and click Save when finished Note If using the TeraStation with an AD server then the AD s...

Page 31: ...k on the name of your share Click Enable and then Save In NFS Client Setup click Add Client Enter the IP address and subnet mask of your client and click Save Repeat for each client that you want to a...

Page 32: ...nder one folder or DFS root To configure DFS from the Web Access Tool navigate to Shared Folder DFS Click Change Settings Enable DFS Select whether or not DFS to allow multiple DFS links on the root I...

Page 33: ...33 In System Settings you can modify the NetBIOS name of your TeraStation date and time settings and language settings System Settings...

Page 34: ...a used for redundancy RAID Spanning is fast and efficient but with no redundancy if one hard drive fails all data on the TeraStation is lost RAID 1 Hard drives are arranged in mirrored pairs Each half...

Page 35: ...akes up about one hard drive s worth of space so if you set up all four drives in the TeraStation as a RAID 5 array your usable capacity will be about 3 4 of the total capacity of the TeraStation This...

Page 36: ...s or RAID 1 arrays Any data on the hot spare disk will be erased if the array switches over to it To configure a hot spare first build a RAID 5 or RAID 1 array Leave at least one drive unused Navigate...

Page 37: ...e function button for 3 seconds until it beeps The TeraStation will rebuild the RAID array automatically Only failed drives may be hot swapped If your drive is operating normally with green or blinkin...

Page 38: ...ted with the TeraStation s format utility before working properly Before disconnecting USB devices from the TeraStation they should be dismounted Hold the function button down until it glows blue and...

Page 39: ...ypt the drive or array with 128 bit AES encryption The drive will operate normally in the TeraStation but will not be accessible if removed and connected to a different device Note that if you use enc...

Page 40: ...her shares as desired To add a new share to your TeraStation navigate to Shared Folders Folder Setup and click Create Folder Enter a name for your new share Other settings can be changed as desired Yo...

Page 41: ...the Local Users or Local Groups tab If you are using AD then you will have additional tabs for Domain Users and Domain Groups If you re using SMB then you ll have an additional tab for External Users...

Page 42: ...ve Read Only access They will not be able to save files back to the share If that s what you want click Save Or to add write access double click on Read Only Chose Read Write Click Save Your user and...

Page 43: ...s hostname you can get it from the NAS Navigator utility or its LCD display or IP address Press OK Your TeraStation will open Share is a data folder in your TeraStation by default Info contains your u...

Page 44: ...rowse or enter TeraStation_Name share_name in the Folder field where TeraStation_Name is your TeraStation s hostname and share_name is the name of a folder on your TeraStation Check the Reconnect at l...

Page 45: ...ation It indexes Word Excel PowerPoint pdf html text and other files To use it open the share that you want to be able to search such as share by clicking on its name in Shared Folders Folder Setup Pu...

Page 46: ...ed Folders TeraSearch and click Modify Settings Put a check next to Enable chose a time for your regular updates and click Save Note The TeraStation must be powered on to update the index Updating may...

Page 47: ...wser where IPaddress is the IP address of your TeraStation Login with your username and password or you can use the guest account with a blank password Enter the term you want to search for in the Sea...

Page 48: ...48 The Maintenance submenu holds such settings as Email notification Alerts and LCD display brightness You can also restart or shut down the TeraStation from here Maintenance...

Page 49: ...to System Backup Replication Click Add Replication Select the source and destination folders for replication and click Save Note When replication is first configured existing files are not immediatel...

Page 50: ...50 To create a new backup job click Create New Job in System Backup Select the desired job schedule and properties and click Apply when done Backup Jobs...

Page 51: ...d after initialization or revert the password to its default setting of password You can also initialize your TeraStation from the Init button located on the bottom side of the display panel Open the...

Page 52: ...eraStations must be from the same series to use each other s configuration files though they may be different sizes Normally NS SHFT only restores settings It doesn t affect the data on the TeraStatio...

Page 53: ...down menu Click Save You will have to enter the admin password for the chosen TeraStation to continue You have the option of password protecting the configuration file To do so enter a password and cl...

Page 54: ...with NS SHFT select the TeraStation that you want to restore to from the dropdown menu Click Restore Enter the admin password for the TeraStation to continue If you entered a password when you were bu...

Page 55: ...55 You may have multiple configurations saved Select the configuration file with the settings that you want to use Choose which settings to restore and click OK...

Page 56: ...Reader and launch EXT3 Reader Click Enable You may now connect your EXT3 formatted USB hard disk to the computer You will be able to read and copy files from the hard disk to your computer Notes EXT3...

Page 57: ...ction to the TeraStation After attaching the UPS to the TeraStation navigate to System Power Management UPS Settings in the Web Admin Tool Configure your desired settings and click Save Note Even if y...

Page 58: ...nto power saving sleep mode at regular intervals Click Modify Settings to configure a sleep interval To manually wake a TeraStation from sleep mode before its wake up time hold down the power button o...

Page 59: ...B port on the TeraStation and power it on Print Server Access the TeraStation by clicking Start selecting the Run option and entering TeraStation_Name where TeraStation_Name is the DNS name of your Te...

Page 60: ...C s CD ROM drive and click the Have Disk button Refer to your printer documentation for further information on installing your printer if necessary Click OK to finish If lp is the only printer install...

Page 61: ...ation process can be done on any machine on your network Multiple machines may print to the printer at the same time Repeat this process on all computers that require access to the printer Not all USB...

Page 62: ...rent print jobs Users will have to re send any incomplete print jobs to the printer If there are still problems sending jobs to the printer shut down the TeraStation and the printer Turn the printer o...

Page 63: ...n for backups from a Mac running Time Machine begin by creating a folder for the backups In Shared Folder Setup click on Create Folder Name the folder Make sure that Apple is checked for Shared Folder...

Page 64: ...ou created for the backups Click Save Enter the Mac s Computer Name from its Sharing page as the Target Host Name For the Target MAC address enter the Mac s Ethernet ID from Advanced Settings in its N...

Page 65: ...it unless you have changed it To work with Time Machine this name should contain only the following characters 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstu vwxyz _ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Spaces and other chara...

Page 66: ...Name_TargetMACAddress sparsebundle is being created in the backup folder To be safe wait seven minutes before continuing After seven minutes have passed open the Finder Click on All below Shared Find...

Page 67: ...67 Move the switch to the ON position Click on Change Disk Choose your TeraStation from the list and click Use for Backup In 120 seconds Time Machine will begin running a backup...

Page 68: ...be streamed to DLNA compatible media players on your network To configure DLNA media streaming click on Modify Settings Highlight Enabled and choose the media folder on your TeraStation to share Click...

Page 69: ...69 Clicking Authorized DLNA Media Clients opens this screen where you can see all of the available media players on your network Click Close when done...

Page 70: ...ation s built in BitTorrent client will download files for you To enable it select Enabled Choose a target folder for downloaded files to go to and click Save Then click Open Download Manager BitTorre...

Page 71: ...71 To add a torrent click Add and then Browse Navigate to the torrent file and open it The file s will automatically download in the background...

Page 72: ...ur USB device to either of the USB ports on the back of the TeraStation The function button will glow blue for 60 seconds 2 While the function button is still glowing blue press it once Direct Copy By...

Page 73: ...ccess your router supports UPnP most do since 2001 If you choose not to enable this then you must manually configure your router and firewall to forward internal port 9000 to the Internet Choose a nam...

Page 74: ...t setting Allow Anonymous will allow anyone to access the share Choose this if you want your TeraStation share and all files on it to be freely available to everyone in the world Allow All Groups User...

Page 75: ...page 73 Alternately you can go directly to your share by typing BuffaloNAS com your_BuffaloNAS_name in the URL window The folders from your TeraStation s share will appear Files from anonymous shares...

Page 76: ...76 To access individual folders on the right click on their open links Clicking on individual files will give you other options depending on the filetype...

Page 77: ...s option will only appear if you are logged in and at least one user besides admin has been given access to the share A new window will open Click on Browse and navigate to the file that you want to u...

Page 78: ...Folders Setup click on the folder that you want to be able to access remotely It will be named share unless you have added new folders to your TeraStation Enable FTP in Shared Folder Support Enable A...

Page 79: ...ected B E10 UPS AC line failure B E11 FAN Error Fan rotation speed is low or fan is stopped B E12 Overheating B E13 Error has occurred on RAID Array X B E14 Cannot mount RAID Array X B E15 Bad sectors...

Page 80: ...lling array X I20 Formatting array X I21 Performing disk check on disk X I22 Filling disk X I23 Initializing system B I24 Obtaining an IP address from DHCP I25 Updating firmware I26 Initializing web c...

Page 81: ...ft Windows only one set of login credentials can access or map drive letters for a network resource such as the TeraStation As such only one username and password can be used while mapping drives to a...

Page 82: ...stricted shares are being mapped then it s not necessary to set a username and password for shares Multiple mapped drives to unrestricted shares can exist without a username or password as long as no...

Page 83: ...ard drive will now slide out If TeraStation encounters a disk error an error will appear on the front panel LCD screen If notification is configured you will be sent an error message by email The LED...

Page 84: ...e empty drive slot Close the drive lock to secure the hard drive in place Hold down the function button until it beeps The rebuild process may take several hours Performance will be slower than usual...

Page 85: ...SFTP NFS AFP Power Consumption 60 W nominal TS XL R5 30 W nominal TS WXL R1 Dimensions 6 7 x 8 5 x 9 1 170 x 215 x 230 mm TS XL R5 6 7 x 6 7 x 9 1 170 x 170 x 230 mm TS WXL R1 Weight 17 6 lb 8 0 kg f...

Page 86: ...default groups are always available on the TeraStation hdusers admin and guest These groups may not be deleted or edited Microsoft Network Group WORKGROUP Ethernet frame size 1518 bytes AFP enabled F...

Page 87: ...urs a day 7 days a week USA and Canada Toll free 866 752 6210 Email info buffalotech com Contact Information North America Buffalo Technology UK Ltd 2 Bracknell Beeches Old Bracknell Lane Bracknell Be...

Page 88: ...88 The source code for Buffalo products that use GPL code is available at http opensource buffalo jp GPL Information North America GPL Source Code...

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