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Table of Contents
Introduction to the QNAP ES NAS ................................................................................................................. 4
Basic configuration and preparation for installation .................................................................................... 5
The high-availability architecture of the ES NAS ...................................................................................... 5
Disk drives and installation ....................................................................................................................... 6
Search and install the NAS with Qfinder Pro ................................................................................................ 7
Download and install Qfinder Pro ............................................................................................................. 7
Search and connect to a NAS via Qfinder Pro ........................................................................................... 7
Page 1: ...2016 QNAP Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 1 Quick Setup QNAP Enterprise Class ES NAS Series Model ES1642dc ES1640dc...
Page 2: ...disclaims any express or implied warranty relating to sale and or use of QNAP products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose merchantability or infringement o...
Page 3: ...he QNAP ES NAS 4 Basic configuration and preparation for installation 5 The high availability architecture of the ES NAS 5 Disk drives and installation 6 Search and install the NAS with Qfinder Pro 7...
Page 4: ...In addition the ES NAS can accommodate any number of SSDs Implementing a read cache across an array of SSDs is the most common method to accelerate application performance and resolve increased worklo...
Page 5: ...o that if one server fails the other can assume its role 2nd tier failover implementation redundant network switches The above figure shows a configuration with two hosts connecting to two Ethernet sw...
Page 6: ...s all SSD drives as well as intermix of SSDs and HDDs for balancing cost and performance requirements for a variety of usage cases such as virtual desktop infrastructure VDI and web servers All HDD ar...
Page 7: ...irewall unblock the utility first 2 Select the installation language It is recommended to close all other running programs before you proceed 3 Read the license agreement check I accept the terms of t...
Page 8: ...your Windows please visit the Microsoft TechNet website https technet microsoft com en us library cc754203 v ws 10 aspx 2 After installing Qfinder Pro launch it to search for your NAS Double click on...
Page 9: ...QNAP Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 9 3 You can configure basic settings on this page including IP addressing and the username and password Click on the field to modify its setting and then click Pr...
Page 10: ...lizing the system drives Click Cancel to cancel initializing the system drives 5 The NAS will reboot now 6 After the reboot completes double click on your NAS in Qfinder Pro to go to the login page Lo...
Page 11: ...or confirmation of disk initialization if there are raw disks found Click Yes to continue disk initialization and No to abort this operation 8 The Welcome screen displays Click x in the upper right co...
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