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3.8.4

System Update

Note:

If the system is running properly, you do not need to update the

firmware.

Before updating system firmware, please make sure the product model and
firmware version are correct. Follow the steps below to update firmware:

Step 1:

Download the release notes of the same version as the firmware from

COMET LABS website http://www.cometlabs.com. Read the release notes
carefully to make sure you need to upgrade the firmware.

Step 2:

Before upgrading system firmware, back up all disk data on the server to

avoid any potential data loss during system update.

Step 3:

Click the [Browse…] button to select the correct firmware image for

system update. Click

Update System

to update the firmware.

Note:

System update may take tens of seconds to several minutes to complete

depending on the network connection status. Please wait patiently. The system
will inform you when system update is completed.

Summary of Contents for ND26000 Series

Page 1: ...Network Attached Storage ND26000 Series User Manual Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...ct to its products or the contents or use of this documentation and all accompanying software and specifically disclaims its quality performance merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose C...

Page 3: ...aerosol to clean ND26000 5 Do not place any objects on ND26000 for the server s normal operation and to avoid overheat 6 Use the flat head screws in the product package to fasten the hard disk in ND26...

Page 4: ...rful Services of ND26000 31 3 1 Server Administration 35 3 2 Quick Configuration 36 3 3 System Settings 39 3 3 1 Server Name 39 3 3 2 Date Time 40 3 3 3 Encoding Setting 41 3 3 4 View System Settings...

Page 5: ...8 3 Hardware Settings 73 3 8 4 System Update 74 3 8 5 Change Logo 75 3 8 6 Remote Replication Disaster Recovery 76 3 8 7 Backup Restore Reset Settings 79 3 9 Event Logs 80 Chapter 4 Copy Data Directl...

Page 6: ...6 11 3 Disk Failure or Malfunction 120 11 4 Power Outage or Abnormal Shutdown 120 Technical Support 121...

Page 7: ...iguration support 9 PHP and SQLite included permits to established interactifs links and database 9 UpnP support for multimedia files sharing 9 3 high speed USB 2 0 480Mbps to support multiple USB dev...

Page 8: ...Contents Your ND26000 package contains 9 ND26000 9 Adaptor 9 Power cord 9 9 9 CD ROM user manual Quick Install Wizard and software inclusive 9 Quick Installation Guide 9 Ethernet cable x 1 1 3 Hardwar...

Page 9: ...6000 Please check your network environment and select the appropriate installation method before installing ND26000 1 Office Home Connect ND16000 and PC to the same hub switch router 2 Individual Conn...

Page 10: ...n easily When ND26000 is turned on please check the following items to make sure system status is normal LED System starting up System has started nPower Blue Blue oNetwork LAN Blink in orange Orange...

Page 11: ...ink in red Hard disk not detected Red Incorrect hard disk format Long blink in green and red alternatively Bad blocks are found in hard disk Short blink in green and red alternatively Warning on disk...

Page 12: ...f Windows and MAC users are different Please select the appropriate procedure according to your OS 2 3 1 Windows Users Insert ND26000 CD ROM in your PC 1 Run Quick Install Wizard When the browser prom...

Page 13: ...13 When you have entered quick configuration page follow the instructions to complete the settings Click Next to continue Step 1 Enter the server name and click Next...

Page 14: ...14 Step 2 Enter a new password or select to use the original password Click Next to continue...

Page 15: ...your location or enter the date and time manually You can also select to synchronize the time of ND26000 with an Internet time server automatically Click Next to continue Step 4 Select the encoding l...

Page 16: ...t Unicode e g Windows 95 98 ME OS select the language the same as the OS of your PC here in order to view the files and directories on the server properly Step 5 It is recommended to use DHCP protocol...

Page 17: ...7 Note If you select to enter IP address manually please make sure your PC and ND26000 are in the same LAN If you are not sure about the network settings please contact your network administrator or I...

Page 18: ...lect the desired mode and click Next to format and initialize the disk Note All disk data will be cleared after disk initialization Step 7 You have finished quick configuration Please make sure all se...

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Page 20: ...Next to proceed Congratulations You have finished Quick Configuration Your ND26000 is ready to use ND26000 provides several default share folders for data sharing and access To map the share folders...

Page 21: ...and click Map Network Drive Note The share folders Qdownload Qmultimedia Qusb and Qweb are system default network share of ND26000 for the use of Download Station Multimedia Station USB Auto copy and...

Page 22: ...n all configurations are completed Click on the name of ND26000 on the list to enter administration page 3 When the administration page of ND26000 is shown you can start to use the services If you hav...

Page 23: ...cess ND26000 If the OS of your PC is Windows 98 ND26000 supports Internet Explorer 6 0 or above only 2 3 2 MAC Users ND26000 provides two methods for MAC users to connect to ND26000 You can select A C...

Page 24: ...24 2 Open a web browser and enter the default IP address of ND26000 to login the system Default IP of ND26000 http 169 254 100 100 6000 Note Please use the browser Safari in MAC to access ND26000...

Page 25: ...name and password to login Default user name administrator Password admin 4 Follow the step by step guide in Quick Configuration to complete the settings of ND26000 If you have any questions during w...

Page 26: ...select Using DHCP Note If you are not sure about the network settings please contact your network administrator or ISP 2 Connect ND26000 to your MAC by a cable Open a web browser and enter the defaul...

Page 27: ...4 Go to TCP IP Configuration of Network Settings Select to use static IP and input the IP address of ND26000 Make sure the value does not conflict with the IP address of your MAC and other devices in...

Page 28: ...sure about the settings please contact your network administrator or ISP 5 Click Yes to restart ND26000 for the changes to take effect Please wait patiently for ND26000 to restart 6 Connect your MAC...

Page 29: ...29 Note Please use the browser Safari in MAC to access ND26000...

Page 30: ...d to login Default user name administrator Password admin 8 Follow the step by step guide in Quick Configuration to complete the settings of ND26000 If you have any questions during web administration...

Page 31: ...oup of ND26000 If you cannot find the server please browse the whole network to search for ND26000 Double click the name of ND26000 for connection b Use Run function in Windows Enter ND26000 name or N...

Page 32: ...access ND26000 If the OS of your PC is Windows 98 ND26000 supports Internet Explorer 6 0 only 2 Please use the browser Safari in MAC to access ND26000 The user name here should be the same as the serv...

Page 33: ...is shown click Administration Web File Manager Web Server Multimedia Station or Download Station Enter the user name and password and then start to manage ND26000 For further details please refer to...

Page 34: ...ou can restore all backup data Please refer to Chapter 3 8 6 Web Server ND26000 enables you to upload html files and manage your own website easily Please refer to Chapter 7 Printer Server ND26000 sup...

Page 35: ...Manager Apple Networking Microsoft Networking SATA Disk USB Disk E SATA Disk User Management Users User Groups Quota Create Change Password Create Private Network Share Assign User Groups Quota Settin...

Page 36: ...on to complete the settings of ND26000 If you have any questions during web administration please click the help button on the top right hand corner of the page Other buttons are described as below Re...

Page 37: ...trator password or select to use the original password Step 3 Enter the date time and select the time zone for the server Step 4 Select the language the server uses to display files and directories Th...

Page 38: ...Enter the IP address subnet mask and default gateway for the server Step 6 Initialize the disk volume in ND26000 for first time configuration Step 7 When ND26000 is initialized the basic settings wil...

Page 39: ...er name date time and view system settings 3 3 1 Server Name Enter the name of ND26000 The server name can be 14 characters long at maximum which can contain alphabets numbers and hyphen The server do...

Page 40: ...enable or use specified NTP Network Time Protocol server to update the date and time of the system automatically To enable NTP server please enable Configure NTP server or client setting and enter th...

Page 41: ...stern Europe Latin 1 Note All files and directories on ND26000 will be created using Unicode encoding If your FTP clients or the OS of your PC does not support Unicode e g Windows 95 98 ME select the...

Page 42: ...tings automatically via DHCP If your network supports DHCP ND26000 will automatically use DHCP protocol to retrieve the IP address and related information Use static IP address To use fixed IP address...

Page 43: ...U refers to the size in bytes of the largest packet that a given layer of a communications protocol can transmit ND26000 uses Standard Ethernet frames 1500 bytes by default If you network appliances s...

Page 44: ...kgroup name 9 Standalone Server Use local users for user authentication 9 WINS server If the local network has a WINS server installed specify the IP address ND26000 will automatically register its na...

Page 45: ...in the network there is no need to configure ND26000 as the domain master When you find the waiting time for accessing Network Neighborhood too long it may due to failure of an existing master browse...

Page 46: ...to ND26000 If you do not want to assign a network zone enter an asterisk to use the default setting This setting is disabled by default 3 4 4 Web File Manager To access files on ND26000 via web brows...

Page 47: ...fault setting is No Since most FTP clients do not support Unicode currently it is recommended that you disable Unicode support here and select the language the same as your OS in System Settings Encod...

Page 48: ...ings you greater convenience to enjoy multimedia files By enabling uPnP Media Server you can share pictures music and video files on a specific shared volume Default name QMultimedia When booting the...

Page 49: ...lease be warned against illegal downloading of copyrighted materials The Download Station functionality is provided for downloading authorized files only Downloading or distribution of unauthorized ma...

Page 50: ...50 3 4 9 Web Server You can publish your own server by enabling Web Server function of ND26000 For further information please refer to Chapter 7...

Page 51: ...51 3 4 10 View Network Settings You can view current network settings and status of ND26000 in this section...

Page 52: ...52 3 5 Device Configuration You can configure SATA disk USB disk USB printer and external SATA eSATA disk in this section...

Page 53: ...ork share for data copy function via USB ports 9 Qweb network share for Web Server You can create the following disk volumes Single disk volume Each disk will be used as a standalone disk However if a...

Page 54: ...triping disk Volume RAID 0 Striping disk combines 2 drives into one larger disk It offers the fastest disk access but it does not have any protection of your data in the striped array fails The disk c...

Page 55: ...SB Disk The ND26000 supports USB disks and thumb drives for extended storage Connect the USB device to the USB port of the ND26000 when the device is successfully detected the details will be shown on...

Page 56: ...ply connect a USB printer to the USB port of ND26000 ND26000 will detect the printer automatically 2 A printer icon should be shown in the share folder of the server Double click the icon 3 Install th...

Page 57: ...fault administrator has access to system administration and cannot be deleted o Guest This is a built in user and will not be displayed on User Management page When you use a non registered user name...

Page 58: ...e a new user 9 User name The user name must not exceed 32 characters It is case insensitive and can contain double byte characters such as Chinese Japanese and Korean except 9 Password The password is...

Page 59: ...have administration right You cannot delete this group o Everyone All registered users belong to everyone group You cannot delete this group You can manage user groups with the following options 1024...

Page 60: ...ones Lee for Administration Department and Ms Jane Wu for Sales Department The IT Department therefore needs to create two user accounts for them to access company data on ND26000 i To create a user a...

Page 61: ...oups the users belong to on the right list i e Mr Jones Lee for Administration Dept and Ms Jane Wu for Sales Dept and click Add Then click Close iv After creating the users the users will appear on th...

Page 62: ...please go to User Management User Groups page Select the user group Administration Dept and click Create Private Network Share on the right 2 Enter the network share name media Select to disk volume t...

Page 63: ...63 4 Enter Access Control You can see that only Administration Dept has full access right to the folder...

Page 64: ...ota for all users ii Quota size on each disk volume Please refer to the following example to configure the quota setting of users The IT department is planning to set the disk quota of Mr Jones Lee fr...

Page 65: ...ee on User page and click Quota Settings on the right 3 Enter the quota size 2000MB and click OK 4 Follow the same steps and enter the quota size 4000MB for Jane Wu and click OK The quota setting is s...

Page 66: ...imary purpose of network storage is file sharing You can create different network share folders for various types of files and provide different file access rights to users or user groups There are fo...

Page 67: ...racters 9 Disk volume This area shows the disk volume status 9 Path All data are stored under the assigned path onto the disk volume You can select Specify path automatically or assign a path manually...

Page 68: ...68 3 7 2 Property To edit the property of an existing network share select a share and click Property You can then edit the content of that share...

Page 69: ...an assign access rights to users or user groups 9 Deny access Access to the network share will be denied 9 Read only Users can read the files only on the network share 9 Full access Users can to read...

Page 70: ...k OK to confirm 3 7 5 Restore If the default network share of the ND26000 are not created or have been deleted you can use the restore function to recreate the default share folders used by the variou...

Page 71: ...71 3 8 System Tools System Tools enable you to optimize the maintenance and management of ND26000...

Page 72: ...l will be sent to the administrator automatically You can refer to Event Logs section in Event Logs refer to Chapter 3 9 to check all happened errors and warnings If your mailbox requires SMTP authent...

Page 73: ...d hard disk will go to standby mode if there is no access within the specified period iii Enable light signal alert when the free size of SATA disk is less than the value The Status LED indicator will...

Page 74: ...metlabs com Read the release notes carefully to make sure you need to upgrade the firmware Step 2 Before upgrading system firmware back up all disk data on the server to avoid any potential data loss...

Page 75: ...75 3 8 5 Change Logo You can choose a personal picture to display on the login page of ND26000 The size of the picture cannot exceed 20K bytes...

Page 76: ...COMET LABS NAS series The files will be compressed before the replication process in order to save time for data transfer Make sure a network share is created before creating a remote replication task...

Page 77: ...cation enable Microsoft Networking service make sure the destination network share and directory have been created and the user name and password are valid to login the destination folder Note You can...

Page 78: ...78 ii Edit a Select the task to be edited b Click Edit c Modify the settings d Click OK to save or Cancel to quit iii Delete a Select the task to be deleted b Click Delete...

Page 79: ...ing user accounts server name and network configuration etc click Backup and select to open or save the setting file To restore all settings click Browse to select a previously saved setting file and...

Page 80: ...80 3 9 Event Logs ND26000 can store thousands of recent event logs including warning error and information messages In case of system malfunction event logs can be retrieved to analyze system problems...

Page 81: ...Device Configuration please refer to Chapter 3 5 1 A system default folder Qusb will be created in ND26000 4 Connect USB devices e g digital camera flash to the USB port of ND26000 5 Press the Copy bu...

Page 82: ...tos by web administration 1 To use Multimedia Station of ND26000 make sure a SATA disk is installed correctly in ND26000 according to the instructions in Chapter 2 1 A share folder Qmultimedia will be...

Page 83: ...nd corner Login with administrator name and password to manage Multimedia Station Users without administration right can view the photos and multimedia files on Multimedia Station but they do not have...

Page 84: ...media folder directly You can upload multimedia files to ND26000 directly by the following steps 1 Use Run function in Windows Enter server name or server IP to access share folder on ND26000 2 Open t...

Page 85: ...files by date Return to previous page Return to Home Create folder Rename file or folder Select all Select none Delete Support file format list Type File format Picture jpg bmp pig Video wmx wvx avi m...

Page 86: ...thumbnail of the picture 2 The information of the photo e g file name resolution size camera producer will be shown on the right You can enter a description for the picture in the box below the photo...

Page 87: ...ockwise Zoom in Zoom out Play slideshow Select the time interval in seconds Click play to play slide show To stop playing click stop Print the image Save the picture Play music or video files To play...

Page 88: ...ed for downloading authorized files only Downloading or distribution of unauthorized materials may result in severe civil and criminal penalty Users are subject to the restrictions of the copyright la...

Page 89: ...89 2 Click on the link http ND26000 IP Qdownload on Download Station page or click Download Station on the login page of ND26000 to access Download Station...

Page 90: ...oad a torrent file You can download legal torrent files by searching on the Internet There are websites that provide legally sharing torrents e g www legaltorrents com Please download the torrent file...

Page 91: ...k will appear on View Run List 5 You can select an available download task and click Set Share Time to configure the time for sharing the torrent file or click Set Config to set the maximum number of...

Page 92: ...a paused task select the task in View Pause List and click Pause Restart Task You can also increase or decrease task priority by clicking Increase Task Priority and Decrease Task Priority when there...

Page 93: ...93 9 To access the folders you have downloaded please go to the share folder Qdownload of ND26000...

Page 94: ...the instructions in Chapter Erreur Source du renvoi introuvable A share folder Qweb will be created Enable Web Server in Network Settings 2 You can upload your HTML files to the folder Qweb by the fol...

Page 95: ...on Web Server page or click Web Server on the login page of ND26000 to access the web page you upload Note that when Web Server is enabled you have to type http ND26000 IP address 6000 in your web bro...

Page 96: ...enable this function in Network Settings and follow the steps below 1 Open an IE browser and type ftp ND26000 IP or ftp ND26000 name OR 2 By Web File Manager of ND26000 a Go the ND26000 administration...

Page 97: ...97 b Click FTP c Enter the user name and password to login FTP service...

Page 98: ...98 d You can start to enjoy FTP service...

Page 99: ...the web browser and go to ND26000 administration page Select Web File Manager and enter the correct login name and password You may also enter guest in the login name field without password to access...

Page 100: ...ine Click on a file displayed on the web page The information of the file will be displayed If your browser does not support the file format a download window will pop up automatically Download the fi...

Page 101: ...elete ii Click Delete on the toolbar iii Confirm to delete the file or folder To delete all files and folders click Select All and then Delete Upload file i Open the folder to upload file to ii Click...

Page 102: ...amed in Chinese you may have to configure the browser settings Take Internet Explorer as an example follow the steps below to configure the settings 1 Click on Tools in IE browser 5 Restart the browse...

Page 103: ...lder Refresh reload the current page Home return to network share list home page Create folder Rename file or folder Delete file or folder Select all Cancel selection Logout Full access network share...

Page 104: ...file types to be excluded from backup The system will filter all files belonging to these file types when backing up data Schedule You can specify a schedule for backing up data with this option e g...

Page 105: ...NetBak Replicator Use NetBak Replicator 1 Before using NetBak Replicator please login ND26000 administration and go to Network Share Management to create a share folder for backup Make sure the share...

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Page 107: ...pear on the left list Select a server and a share folder on the right NetBak Replicator also supports backup via WAN you can enter the IP address of ND26000 for data backup directly and select a share...

Page 108: ...t All Select all folders The column on the left shows all available folders and the right column shows the files in the folders Clear All Clear selection of all folders Select My Document Select all f...

Page 109: ...109 5 You can start the backup procedure upon successful connection to the ND26000 Backup Select files and folders for backup...

Page 110: ...110 9 Start When you have selected the files for backup to ND26000 click Start on NetBak Replicator The program will start to copy the selected files to the specified share folder on ND26000...

Page 111: ...111 9 File Filter Click File Filter on NetBak Replicator main page to select file format to be skipped from backup Then click OK...

Page 112: ...112 9 Schedule Click Schedule on NetBak Replicator main page Then check the box Enable Backup Schedule and select the frequency and time for backup Click OK to confirm...

Page 113: ...system will upload all files or folders to the server instantly for backup when the files or folders are modified Other files will be gray and cannot be selected Click Monitor again to cancel monitor...

Page 114: ...this function NetBak Replicator will record all current settings of the user including whether or not monitor function is enabled When the user login again this program will load the previous recorde...

Page 115: ...inal position Select the location that the data will be restored to b Select new restore position Click to select the directory to restore data to or select a previously chosen location from the drop...

Page 116: ...has already existed on the target folder you can select to 9 Recover all files 9 Pop up a request dialog 9 Skip this file If an error happens in the process of file restoring you can select to 9 Stop...

Page 117: ...ve all logs on NetBak Replicator click this button All logs will be saved as text file b Clear All Click this button to clear all logs c Option Select the type of logs to be recorded Record all logs o...

Page 118: ...sh caused by power outage This section provides a general overview on system maintenance 11 1 Restart Shut down Server Follow the steps below to restart or shut down ND26000 1 Enter the administration...

Page 119: ...ND26000 1 Press the reset button of ND26000 for a few seconds A beep sound will be heard 2 Login ND26000 with the default user name and password Default user name administrator Password admin Note To...

Page 120: ...Abnormal Shutdown In case of power outage or improper shutdown of ND26000 the system will resume to the state before it is shut down If your server does not function properly after restart please do...

Page 121: ...chnical Support COMET LABS provides dedicated online support and customer service via instant messenger You can contact us by the following means Online Support www cometlabs com E mail support cometl...

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