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D-Link DNS-321 Quick Install Guide

Hardware Installation

Hardware Installation

1. Access the drive bays by sliding

the faceplate up until it unlatches

from the device.

2. Once the faceplate is unlatched,

pull it off of the device, exposing

the drive bays.

3. Insert a 3.5” SATA hard drive

into an available drive bay. Make

sure to align the drive connector

to the endpoint in the DNS-321.

Gently push the drive in until it

connects.

Summary of Contents for DNS-321 - Network Storage Enclosure Hard Drive...

Page 1: ...Wireless G USB 2 0 Adapter Wireless Internet Camera with 3G Mobile Video ...

Page 4: ... Lever Power Receptacle Drive Eject Lever Reset Button COMPONENT DESCRIPTION Power Receptacle The supplied power adapter connects here Ethernet Port A Gigabit Ethernet port that connects the DNS 321 to the local network Drive Eject Lever Use the provided levers to eject the SATA hard drives ...

Page 5: ...ding the faceplate up until it unlatches from the device 2 Once the faceplate is unlatched pull it off of the device exposing the drive bays 3 Insert a 3 5 SATA hard drive into an available drive bay Make sure to align the drive connector to the endpoint in the DNS 321 Gently push the drive in until it connects ...

Page 6: ...h the faceplate to the front of the device 5 Connect an Ethernet cable into the available Ethernet port This cable should connect the DNS 321 to your local network or directly to a computer for configuration 6 Finally connect the power adapter to the power receptacle ...

Page 8: ...on type and format the drives There are four available options Standard JBOD RAID 0 and RAID 1 Highlight an available DNS 321 and click Configuration to access the web based utility At the login screen type admin for the user name and leave the password field blank Click Configuration Getting Started From the DNS 321 CD select Easy Search Utility ...

Page 9: ... OK to continue The user will be prompted to choose a file system Select the appropriate one and click Next The user can choose to Enable or Disable Auto Rebuild See the manual for more details Select the appropriate option and click Next Note If RAID 1 is not selected this option will be skipped Select a type of hard drive configuration and click Next ...

Page 10: ...D volume size Check the available capacity for a reference to what size can be chosen Click Next to continue After clicking next the DNS 321 will format the disks in the device and setup the chosen RAID or JBOD setup When the formatting and setup of the drive is complete the DNS 321 will prompt the user to restart Click the Restart button ...

Page 11: ... add a password to the admin account After login you will be redirected to the DNS 321 web UI Press OK to restart the DNS 321 Arestart countdown screen will appear and when the restart is complete the login screen will appear At the login screen type admin for the user name and leave the password field blank Click Configuration ...

Page 12: ...Highlight the drive you want to map Select an available drive letter from the drop down menu and click Connect The Easy Search Utility makes it simple to map drives to your computer To get started insert the DNS 321 CD into your CD ROM drive and launch the Easy Search Utility Once connected your mapped drive s will appear in My Computer as network drives ...

Page 14: ...e pack s you have installed Under the Status column you can see if a specific pack is currently enabled or disabled Under the Start Stop column click the Start icon to enable the specified pack Click on the Stop icon to disable the specified pack Under the Delete column press the Trash can icon to uninstall the specified pack ...

Page 15: ...15 D Link DNS 321 Quick Install Guide Notes Notes ...