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One (1) FreeNAS Mini device

 

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One (1) power cord

 

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Two (2) case door keys

 

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One (1) FreeNAS Quick Start Guide (you’re reading it now).

 

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If you ordered a device pre-populated with drives:

Four (4) drive trays, populated with drives, separated from the FreeNAS 

 

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Mini device.

If you ordered a driveless model:

Four (4) drive trays, filled with dummy drives secured by two (2)  

 

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screws each.
Eight (8) additional hard drive screws.

 

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SettiNG uP your FreeNAS® MiNi

To connect to your FreeNAS Mini appliance in order to set it up you will need 
the following:

a USB keyboard (or keyboard with USB adapter)

 

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a VGA display (or display with a VGA adapter)

 

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an Ethernet cable

 

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a switch which is connected to the other computers in your network

 

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a Phillips screwdriver (if installing your own hard drives)

 

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a web browser running on a computer connected to the same network 

 

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as your FreeNAS Mini.  A modern web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, 

Google Chrome, or Internet Exporer 10 or later, is required.  If you find 

that the FreeNAS Web User Interface is working incorrectly, try using 

the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, available at 

getfirefox.com

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Summary of Contents for FreeNAS

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Page 2: ...t 13 Welcome to the FreeNAS Mini Storage Device Quick Start Guide Here you ll find everything you need to get started and to configure your device for use within your network The FreeNAS Mini Storage...

Page 3: ...your FreeNAS Mini appliance in order to set it up you will need the following a USB keyboard or keyboard with USB adapter 3 3 a VGA display or display with a VGA adapter 3 3 an Ethernet cable 3 3 a s...

Page 4: ...essories kit to install your chosen drives into the drive carriers Plugging in your FreeNAS Mini Appliance To connect the appliance to your network and prepare it for configuration perform the followi...

Page 5: ...MI LAN Port LED Indications Activity Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On 100Mbps connection G...

Page 6: ...the device will automatically receive an IP address which can be used to access the device from a web browser In the example shown in Figure 1 the device is reachable at http 10 2 1 231 If your networ...

Page 7: ...ce 2 The Initial Configuration Wizard Once you log in for the first time a configuration wizard will pop up to guide you through the initial configuration of your FreeNAS Mini appliance You may quit t...

Page 8: ...Volume configuration by hand then click the Wizard button to return to the Wizard with the Volume Configuration step left out You must have a volume configured to continue with the Wizard Figure 4 Na...

Page 9: ...supported by all modern Windows versions Mac OS X most popular Linux distributions and FreeBSD so we recommend Windows shares if you re not sure what type to pick If you want the share to be used by...

Page 10: ...te Group to add them to the system You will be prompted to create a password to create a new user You may also choose what permissions are available to the user group and other users In figure 7 both...

Page 11: ...d like FreeNAS to send the alerts from into From Email and the hostname or IP address of the SMTP server you want to use to send the emails in Outgoing Mail Server Port 25 is the default for SMTP but...

Page 12: ...r Confirm your settings 8 Connect to your share Now it s time to connect to your share The wizard will already have started the CIFS windows share service so it would already be working We ll use Wind...

Page 13: ...ources This Quick Start Guide is intended to get you started using your FreeNAS Mini as soon as possible The FreeNAS Mini supports a great many features and many different configurations For complete...

Page 14: ...e bays 2 drive inserted blue 3 drive activity green 4 unit identity 5 network link activity 6 HDD access indicator 7 power indicator 8 power button 9 2 x USB 2 0 10 reset button 13 FreeNAS Mini Front...

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Page 16: ...2014 iXsystems Inc All rights reserved FreeNAS and the FreeNAS logo are registered trademarks of iXsystems FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation used with permission...

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