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NAS HARDWARE PREPARATION 

 
1) Mount drives on supplied NAS drive racks, install drives in NAS 
 
2) Connect network cable 
 
3) Connect power supply 
 
4) Turn on NAS, rear switch above network connector. Fan turns on. 
 
Wait, observe LED’s 
 
5) Front panel LED sequence after power up 
    Wait a few seconds 
    - White LED flashing  /  Red LED off 
    Wait a few minutes, then 
    - White LED flashing  /  Red LED solid on 
    Wait a few seconds, then 
    - White LED solid on  /  Red LED solid on 
 
6) Press the initialize button (front panel above USB) for a few seconds, release 
 
Wait, observe LED’s 
 
7) Front panel LED sequence after initialize button is depressed and released 
    Wait a few seconds 
    - White LED solid on  /  Red LED flashing 
    Wait about 10 minutes – drive format and data writing from NAS hardware 
    - White LED solid on  /  Red LED off 
 
8) NAS drives are prepared. NAS is ready for configuration. 
 
If all goes well as mentioned above, go to step 9. Else go to RUNNING 
LSUPDATER PROGRAM – NO DATA ON DRIVES to assist in NAS drive 
formatting and initialization. 
 
9) Run NAS Navigator program 
    - Navigator will display all Link/Tera-Stations on your network 
    - Upon first startup of NAS, the NAS IP Address will be DHCP assigned 
    - NOTE NAS FIRMWARE VERSION reporting in Navigator (bottom right) 
 
10) Right click on highlighted NAS in detail window. Select Properties 
 
11) Change NAS to static IP Address if desired 
 
Go to RUNNING LSUPDATER PROGRAM – NO DATA ON DRIVES 

Summary of Contents for LS421DE

Page 1: ...S2 backup GENERAL PREPARATION 1 Go to Buffalo web site buffalotech com download the following firmware update comes with LSupdater program unzip file Note At the time of this writing our NAS came with firmware version 1 01 The update is version 1 31 To the best of my understanding the drive s installed in the NAS stores the firmware data it is not written to the hardware LSupdater writes the firmw...

Page 2: ...r Disk header example Disk 2 5 type SELECT DISK 2 enter space between each word and disk number Response Disk 2 is now the selected disk 6 type CLEAN enter This will un allocate and un initialize the disk Another command is CLEAN ALL Will place 0 s on entire disk space Clean All will take a lot of time and is not necessary for NAS drive prep Clean All is good to use if you are disposing or selling...

Page 3: ... is depressed and released Wait a few seconds White LED solid on Red LED flashing Wait about 10 minutes drive format and data writing from NAS hardware White LED solid on Red LED off 8 NAS drives are prepared NAS is ready for configuration If all goes well as mentioned above go to step 9 Else go to RUNNING LSUPDATER PROGRAM NO DATA ON DRIVES to assist in NAS drive formatting and initialization 9 R...

Page 4: ...the firmware packed in the zip file initialize the NAS and drive s and force format drives Open LSUPDATER INI file for editing Edit the Flags and SpecialFlags sections as follows with one space before and after the equal sign Flags VersionCheck 0 SpecialFlags NoFormatting 0 Debug 1 Save LSUPDATER INI file Do not change any items above Flags header This edit will do the following VersionCheck 0 Wil...

Page 5: ...x Rebuild partition table x Update initrd x Delete user data partition x Update root x Force update Destination of Firmware boot Change IP Address if required CONFIRM PROPER OPTION SETTINGS BEFORE PROCEEDING All option boxes CHECKED 5 Click OK CONFIRM PROPER NETWORK NAS TO UPDATE BEFORE PROCEEDING 7 Click Update LSUPDATER will inform you when update process is complete When update is finished you ...

Page 6: ...y It will retain existing data on drives in NAS Open LSUPDATER INI file for editing Edit the Flags and SpecialFlags sections as follows with one space before and after the equal sign Flags VersionCheck 0 SpecialFlags NoFormatting 1 Debug 1 Save LSUPDATER INI file Do not change any items above Flags header This edit will do the following VersionCheck 0 Will Not Check Version 0 false NoFormatting 1 ...

Page 7: ...trd Delete user data partition BLANK x Update root x Force update Destination of Firmware boot Change IP Address if required CONFIRM PROPER OPTION SETTINGS BEFORE PROCEEDING Config Rebuild partition table MUST BE UNCHECKED Config Delete user data partition MUST BE UNCHECKED 5 Click OK CONFIRM PROPER NETWORK NAS TO UPDATE BEFORE PROCEEDING 7 Click Update LSUPDATER will inform you when update proces...

Page 8: ...sed USB connection to CLEAN before connect via SATA this time Re Run CLEAN using DISKPART 8 Attach drive to computer start Disk Manager Drive should report as being Online Drive should be un allocated no partitions or formatting Drive should be reporting not initialized 9 Will computer initialize partition and format drive And write read data 8 What is the NAS status using Navigator program If EME...

Page 9: ...in the network share on the computer when viewed no file reading or writing is allowed until the backup process is completed or canceled NAS3 is locked down until released by NAS1 when all data is transferred A NOTE ABOUT DATA TRANSFER RATES NAS TO NAS Data transfer from NAS to NAS can be done two ways Using computer to initiate data transfer using network shares SLOW Using NAS Backup feature FAST...

Page 10: ...ited good tech support question Organized and store all the software drivers computer drive C backups personal files church files home business files pictures audio and media files easily in to the NAS network Set up a DLNA NAS for media server everybody now can use media files direct from the NAS Computers don t have to be on all the time anymore as a server Everyone in the household has their ow...

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