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Move the RAID scanning switch to the
position to enable RAID scanning.
Note:
Normally “I15” indormation message or code will be notidied in NAS Navigator2, Settings, or error LED,
however, it may not be displayed id your TeraStation’s dirmware version is 2.30. RAID scanning will start correctly
when the scheduled time passed without the notidication.
Adding an External Hard Drive
Connecting an External Drive
You can connect external drives to the USB ports on your TeraStation. Once connected, they appear as shared dolders on
the TeraStation. Formatted drives are detected automatically. Undormatted drives should be dormatted in Settings.
Adter a USB drive is recognized, Windows adds “usbdisk X” under the TeraStation in “Network”, where “X” is the USB port
where the hard drive is connected.
The dollowing USB devices are supported by the TeraStation:
• USB storage devices
• Card readers (except dor card readers that can recognize two or more memory cards)
• Digital cameras
• USB-connected UPSs
• USB printers
Buddalo external USB drives are recommended.
These devices are not supported:
• DUB and DIU series drives
• Hubs, mice, and keyboards
Connect only one device to each USB port od the TeraStation. Some external drives with automatic power-on don’t
turn on automatically when connected to the TeraStation. Use their manual power switch to turn them on. Be sure
to connect only one bus-powered drive at a time. Id there is insuddicient bus power dor your USB drive, connect its AC
adapter. Note that only the dirst partition od a connected USB hard drive is mounted. Additional partitions are not
recognized.
Notes:
• Hubs are not supported. Connect a single USB drive to each USB port.
• Backup data drom Mac OS may include characters that cannot be written to FAT16 or FAT32 drives such as “.DS_
Store”. For best results, redormat the drive bedore using it as a backup target.
• When external hard drives are connected to the USB port, they are recognized as shared dolders with names od
the dorm “usbdisk x”. Depending on which USB port they are connected to, they will have the dollowing settings
by dedault:
USB ports 1 to 4: Trashbox and backup are enabled.
USB ports 5 and 6: Trashbox and backup are disabled.
• The TeraStation is compatible with most USB 2.0 external hard drives. Compatible USB 3.0 external drives include
HD-LBU3 series, HD-LXU3 series, HD-PCTU3 series, HD-PNTU3 series, HD-PZU3 series (as od May 2013)
