Accessing Synology DiskStation Data
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From a Mobile Device
Mobile device support has been added to allow you to use iPhone OS 2.2.1 onward or Windows Mobile® 6.0 (Internet Explorer® Mobile or Opera® 9.0 and onward) to browse files stored in Files Station and Photo Station.
Page 1: ...iskStation User s Guide Applied Model DS110j DS210j DS410j DS410 DS710 DS1010 DS109 DS109 DS209 DS209 II DS409slim RS409 RS409 RS409RP Document ID Syno_UserGuide_NASeries_enu Based on Version DSM 2 2 1060 ...
Page 2: ...er a 3 5 year manufacturer warranty starting from the date of manufacturing Models not listed above purchased after 2008 3 1 are covered under a 2 5 year manufacturer warranty starting from the date of manufacturing Models purchased before 2008 2 29 are covered under a 1 5 year manufacturer warranty starting from the date of manufacturing If your product was purchased before 2010 3 15 and there is...
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Page 4: ... to resolve any disputes through binding arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph For non US customers any Dispute shall be finally resolved by arbitration conducted by three neutral arbitrators in accordance with the procedures of the R O C Arbitration Law and related enforcement rules The arbitration shall take place in Taipei Taiwan R O C and the arbitration proceedings s...
Page 5: ...ay 1U RackStation 30 5 bay DiskStation 33 Managing Synology DiskStation 36 Entering Web Management UI 36 Using Setup Utility 36 Accessing Web Management UI Manually 38 Managing Synology DiskStation 38 Connecting from Two Different Networks 39 Volume 39 Managing Volume 40 Repairing Volume by Hot Swapping 40 Joining Windows ADS Domain 40 Accessing Synology DiskStation via Telnet SSH 41 Accessing Syn...
Page 6: ...l Host 62 Web Station s detail description 62 Photo Station 3 62 Enabling Photo Station 3 63 Photo Station 3 s detail description 63 Surveillance Station 3 63 Enabling Surveillance Station 3 63 Surveillance Station 3 s detailed description 64 Mail Station 64 Mail Station Installation 64 Mail Station Setting 64 Mail Station s detailed description 64 USBCopy 65 Setting USBCopy Target Location 65 Exp...
Page 7: ...Recommended NTP Server 71 ...
Page 8: ...ut this User s Guide This user s guide covers all major functions of Synology NAS Server Synology DiskStation Some of the functions may only be available on specific models Please refer to product specification for further details ...
Page 9: ...DiskStation back up Synology DiskStation data to an external hard drive another Synology DiskStation or an rsync compatible server Transferring Data via FTP Synology DiskStation provides FTP service with bandwidth restriction and anonymous login To transfer data safely FTP over SSL TLS and uninvited IP auto block are also available Managing Files through Web Browsers File Station 2 makes it possib...
Page 10: ... DiskStation Audio Station allows users to listen to music stored on the Synology DiskStation from a connected iPod or even stream Internet Radio stations In addition users can stream music from the Synology DiskStation with a web browser over the Internet Hosting Websites The Virtual Host feature allows you to host up to 30 websites using Web Station with PHP and MySQL supported Video Recording w...
Page 11: ...Folder 256 256 256 Max Concurrent Connections 64 256 64 Max Supported IP Cameras 8 12 5 File System EXT3 FAT External Disk Read Write NTFS External Disk Read Write Volume Type Basic Agency Certifications FCC Class B CE Class B BSMI Class B HDD Hibernation Yes Yes Yes Event Notification Yes Yes Yes NTP Yes Yes Yes FTP over SSL TLS Yes Yes Yes HTTPS Connection Yes Yes Yes Windows ADS Domain Yes Yes ...
Page 12: ...onward Mac OS X 10 3 onward Linux Max User Accounts 1024 2048 512 2048 Max Group Accounts 128 256 128 256 Max Shared Folder 256 256 256 256 Max Concurrent Connections 128 256 64 512 Max Supported IP Cameras 8 12 5 16 File System EXT3 FAT External Disk Read Write NTFS External Disk Read Write Volume Type Basic JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 Agency Certifications FCC Class B CE Class B BSMI Class B HDD Hibernat...
Page 13: ... Item DS209 DS209 II DS210j DS710 Consumption And Environment Requirements Frequency 50 60Hz Operating Temperature 40 to 95 F 5 to 35 C Storage Temperature 15 to 155 F 10 to 70 C Relative Humidity 5 to 95 RH Maximum Operating Altitude 10000 feet ...
Page 14: ...40 x 3 40 x 40 x 4 40 x 40 Power Fan mm No No No x 1 40 x 40 x 1 40 x 40 x 1 40 x 40 Size HxWxD mm 120 x 105 x 142 168 x 184 x 230 168 x 184 x 230 44 x 430 5 x 457 5 44 x 430 5 x 457 5 44 x 430 5 x 457 5 Weight Kg 0 66 2 23 2 23 7 1 7 1 9 68 Supported Clients Windows 2000 Onward Mac OS X 10 3 Onward Linux Max User Accounts 1024 1024 2048 2048 2048 2048 Max Group Accounts 128 256 256 256 256 256 Ma...
Page 15: ...Yes Yes Yes Language Localization English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Dansk Norsk Svensk Nederlands Русский Polski Magyar Português do Brasil Português Europeu Türkçe Český 日本語 한국어 繁體中文 简体中文 Power Consumption And Environment Requirements Line voltage 100V to 240V AC Frequency 50 60Hz Operating Temperature 40 to 95 F 5 to 35 C Storage Temperature 15 to 155 F 10 to 70 C Relative Humidity 5 to ...
Page 16: ...ounts 256 Max Shared Folder 256 Max Concurrent Connections 512 Max Supported IP Cameras 20 File System EXT3 FAT External Disk Read Write NTFS External Disk Read Write Volume Type Basic JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 5 Spare RAID 6 Agency Certifications FCC Class B CE Class B BSMI Class B HDD Hibernation Yes Event Notification Yes NTP Yes FTP over SSL TLS Yes HTTPS Connection Yes Windows ADS Domain...
Page 17: ...tive Humidity 5 to 95 RH Maximum Operating Altitude 10000 feet Limitations 1 Each Synology DiskStation supports up to 2 USB printers 2 USBCopy function only supports USB disks with FAT32 file system 3 Some digital cameras are defined as a Still Image Device such as Canon For such devices Synology DiskStation only supports USBCopy function No USB share function 4 For Mac users Synology DiskStation ...
Page 18: ...our Synology DiskStation 18 Appearance 1 bay 2 bay DiskStation DiskStation DS710 excluded Back View Front View LAN Port Fan USB Port eSATA Port LED Indicators Power Button Power Port RESET Button USB Port USBCopy Button ...
Page 19: ...ill copy the data from the connected USB device to Synology DiskStation s internal HDD USB Port Front Back Panel The Synology DiskStation offers USB ports for adding additional external hard drives USB printers or other USB devices eSATA Port Front Panel The eSATA port is for connecting with an external SATA HDD Fan Back Panel The fan is built to exhaust waste heat out of Synology DiskStation It w...
Page 20: ...inking Disk is being accessed Off No internal disk USBCopy Green Static USB disk detected Blinking Copying data Off No USB disk attached Power Blue Static System ready Blinking Booting up Shutting down Off Power off 2 bay Models LED Indication Color Status Description STATUS Blue Static Volume normal Off Hibernation Orange Static Available volume space 1GB Blinking Volume degraded or crashed No vo...
Page 21: ...reen Static USB disk detected Blinking Copying data Off No USB disk attached Power Blue Static System ready Blinking Booting up or Shutting down Off Power off DS710 Back View Front View Hard Drive Tray Lock Power Port RESET Button eSATA Port USBCopy Button USB Port LAN Port USB Port VGA Port Hard Drive Tray Power Button LED Indicators Fan ...
Page 22: ...nternal HDD USB Port Front Back Panel The Synology DiskStation offers USB ports for adding additional external hard drives USB printers or other USB devices eSATA Port Back Panel The eSATA port is for connecting with an external SATA HDD RESET Button Back Panel 1 To restore IP DNS passwords for the admin account to default value 2 To reinstall the Synology DiskStation Hard Drive Tray Back Panel Th...
Page 23: ... volume LAN Green Static Gigabit link Blinking Network is active Off Network is down Orange Static 10 100MB link Blinking Network is active Off Network is down HDD1 HDD2 Green Static Disk ready Blinking Disk is being accessed Off No internal disk Orange Static Cannot Read Write Power Blue Static System ready Blinking Booting up Shutting down Off Power off USBCopy Green Static USB disk detected Bli...
Page 24: ...g to know your Synology DiskStation 24 4 bay DiskStation DiskStation DS409slim excluded Front View Back View LED Indicators LED Indicators Power Button Power Port USB Port LAN Port Fan RESET Button eSATA Port ...
Page 25: ... Port Back Panel The Synology DiskStation offers USB ports for adding additional external hard drives USB printers or other USB devices Fan Back Panel The fan is built to exhaust waste heat out of Synology DiskStation It will start automatically when the server starts If the fan is malfunctioning system will beep every 1 second eSATA Port Back Panel The eSATA port is for connecting with an externa...
Page 26: ...nation Orange Static Available volume space 1GB Blinking Volume degraded or crashed No volume LAN Green Static Network is up Blinking Network is active Off Network is down DISK 1 4 Green Static Disk ready Blinking Disk is being accessed Off No internal disk Orange Static Cannot Read Write Power Blue Static System ready Blinking Booting up Shutting down Off Power off ...
Page 27: ...Getting to know your Synology DiskStation 27 DS409slim Front View Back View LED Indicators Power Button USBCopy Button USB Port LAN Port Power Port Hard Drive Tray RESET Button USB Port eSATA Port ...
Page 28: ... for example digital camera USB flash disk Pressing the button will copy the data from the connected USB device to Synology DiskStation s internal HDD USB Port Front Back Panel The Synology DiskStation offers USB ports for adding additional external hard drives USB printers or other USB devices eSATA Port Back Panel The eSATA port is for connecting with an external SATA HDD RESET Button Back Panel...
Page 29: ...on Orange Static Available volume space 1GB Blinking Volume degraded or crashed No volume LAN Green Static Network is up Blinking Network is active Off Network is down DISK 1 4 Green Static Disk ready Blinking Disk is being accessed Off No internal disk Orange Static Cannot Read Write Power Blue Static System ready Blinking Booting up Shutting down Off Power off ...
Page 30: ...Getting to know your Synology DiskStation 30 4 bay 1U RackStation Front View Back View LED Indicators Hard Drive Tray Power Button Power Port LAN Port USB Port Console Port RESET Button eSATA Port Fan ...
Page 31: ...n USB Port Back Panel The Synology DiskStation offers USB ports for adding additional external hard drives USB printers or other USB devices Fan Back Panel The fan is built to exhaust waste heat out of Synology DiskStation It will start automatically when the server starts If the fan is malfunctioning system will beep every 1 second eSATA Port Back Panel The eSATA port is for connecting with an ex...
Page 32: ...ing Volume degraded or crashed No volume LAN Green Static Network is up Blinking Network is active Off Network is down DISK 1 4 Green Static Disk ready Blinking Disk is being accessed Off No internal disk Orange Static Cannot Read Write Power Blue Static System ready Blinking Booting up Shutting down Off Power off RPS STATUS Green Static Both redundant power supply are working Blinking 1 RPS not w...
Page 33: ... know your Synology DiskStation 33 5 bay DiskStation DS1010 Front View Back View Hard Drive Tray LED Indicators Power Button Hard Drive Tray Lock LAN Port VGA Port USB Port eSATA Port Power Port RESET Button Fan ...
Page 34: ...ipped with one tray lock to lock unlock the trays to the DiskStation USB Port Back Panel The Synology DiskStation offers USB ports for adding additional external hard drives USB printers or other USB devices Fan Back Panel The fan is built to exhaust waste heat out of Synology DiskStation It will start automatically when the server starts If the fan is malfunctioning system will beep every 1 secon...
Page 35: ...ume LAN 1 LAN 2 Green Static Gigabit link Blinking Network is active Off Network is down Orange Static 10 100MB link Blinking Network is active Off Network is down Hard Disk Status Indicator on tray Green Static Disk ready and idle Blinking Disk is being accessed Off No internal disk Orange Static Cannot Read Write ALERT Orange Blinking Hardware error Off System ready Power Blue Static System read...
Page 36: ...or you to enter the management UI Using Setup Utility Windows User 1 Insert the Installation CD into CD DVD Rom Drive 2 Choose Synology Assistant on the Autorun Menu 3 Follow the steps to complete installation 4 After installation double click on the desktop icon to execute the program 5 Choose the server you want to manage Click Connect or double click the selected server to enter the Web Managem...
Page 37: ...Double Click CD Rom Drive thumbnail 3 Double Click MacOSX thumbnail 4 Double Click Synology Assistant SYNOLOGY dmg thumbnail 5 Double Click Synology Assistant thumbnail to run setup wizard 6 Choose a Synology DiskStation Click Connect or double click the selected server to enter the Web Management UI 7 Choose System administrator admin input password and click Enter The default password is empty ...
Page 38: ...ckStation 3 Press Enter key on the keyboard 4 Choose System administrator admin 5 Input password for admin 6 Click Enter to access Web Management UI Managing Synology DiskStation You can start managing Synology DiskStation in Web Management UI Synology DiskStation Web Management UI provides distinctive and straightforward design for easy management You will find an online Help button at the upper ...
Page 39: ...D 0 offers Striping a process of dividing data into blocks and spreading the data blocks across several hard drives but without safety measures RAID 1 2 With RAID 1 one of the composed disks is used for backup purposes The content of disk A is mirrored to disk B to assure data integrity so the actual available storage capacity equals to the capacity of one hard drive RAID 5 3 This configuration in...
Page 40: ...follow the steps on management UI to repair the degraded volume after replacing the hard drive Joining Windows ADS Domain You can add Synology DiskStation to Windows ADS domain and let the domain users access Synology DiskStation Synology DiskStation supports Active Directory Service ADS domain After adding Synology DiskStation to a Windows domain you can go to the Privileges Shared Folder page to...
Page 41: ...etwork Services Terminal and enable the terminal service Accessing Synology DiskStation via NFS With the built in NFS option the administrator can quickly enable NFS and set up privileges on the UI with only a few clicks Go to File Sharing NFS and check the box to enable this function Go to Privileges Shared Folder to setup the NFS privileges ...
Page 42: ... target Protecting Synology DiskStation from Unauthorized Login Built in Firewall The built in firewall can prevent unauthorized logins and control which services can be accessed Go to Network Services Firewall to enable and create firewall rules You can choose to allow or deny some or all IP addresses from accessing some or all network ports Supported on specific models only Please refer to the p...
Page 43: ... admin account is blank Reinstalling Synology DiskStation If for any reason you have to reinstall the Synology DiskStation you can press the RESET button on the back panel twice and the Synology DiskStation will be reinstalled The data saved on the Synology DiskStation will not be erased during the reinstallation However for security s reason we strongly recommend that you back up the data on the ...
Page 44: ... can store music files in the music shared folder When iTunes Service is enabled you can browse the music files on iTunes For more details on the iTunes Service refer to the Extra Features iTunes Service section In addition when DLNA UPnP Media Server is enabled the music can be shared through a DLNA UPnP device For detailed information please refer to descriptions of Media Server video Video file...
Page 45: ... Capacity External HDD section for details Administrator Created Apart from the above system built in shared folders Administrator can create shared folders on the page Privileges Shared Folder of the Web Management UI Shared folders created by Administrator can be deleted or renamed at any time Setting Privileges For security reasons Administrator can go to the Privileges Shared Folder page of th...
Page 46: ...page Network Services Win Mac OS and check the Enable CIFS Recycle Bin option To permanently delete files in a shared folder just delete the recycle folder to permanently delete files in all shared folders click the Empty CIFS Recycle Bin button Setting Encoding Synology DiskStation uses Unicode to avoid file inaccessibility between users who use different languages For users without Unicode suppo...
Page 47: ... Setup Utility to map Network Drive Synology Assistant which is included in the Installation CD not only helps Administrator manage Synology DiskStation but also provides users with the following steps to map Network Drive 1 Run Synology Assistant 2 Choose the server to map network drive 3 Click on the Map Drive button 4 Follow the on screen steps to finish the setup ...
Page 48: ...Accessing Synology DiskStation Data 48 5 Upon completion user can access the mapped shared folder in Windows Explorer ...
Page 49: ...DiskStation and access the shared folder on the server Connecting through smb is suggested for better performance Linux User Linux users can mount the shared folders for accessing Mount path can be found under Privileges Shared Folder NFS Privileges of the Web Management UI Before mounting the shared folders please make sure the NFS service is enabled ...
Page 50: ...n File Sharing FTP page Note Administrator has the option to adjust FTP Bandwidth or enable Anonymous login Through File Station 2 Synology File Station 2 is a web based file management tool Administrator can enable File Station 2 service on the File Sharing File Station page of the Web Management UI Users can thus access or manage data stored on Synology DiskStation with browsers On File Station ...
Page 51: ...ta 51 From a Mobile Device Mobile device support has been added to allow you to use iPhone OS 2 2 1 onward or Windows Mobile 6 0 Internet Explorer Mobile or Opera 9 0 and onward to browse files stored in Files Station and Photo Station ...
Page 52: ...y installing Synology Data Replicator 3 software on the client PC Windows users can back up data from PC to Synology DiskStation 4 By using Time Machine on Mac OS X Mac users can back up data from their desktop to assigned shared folder on Synology DiskStation Synology DiskStation also allows you to back up system settings Local Backup and Network Backup Please follow the below steps to perform Lo...
Page 53: ...ation CD They can back up client PC data to Synology DiskStation to maintain a copy of data whenever needed Using Synology Data Replicator 3 users can 1 Monitor selected folders on client PC and perform real time backup when any modification to the file is made 2 Adjust backup versions and restore points 3 Restore backup data on Synology DiskStation to client PC at user s preference Before startin...
Page 54: ...4 Microsoft Networking over TCP IP enabled and has network connection with Synology DiskStation Installing Synology Data Replicator 3 Insert Installation CD into Windows user CD DVD Rom drive Click on Synology Data Replicator 3 and follow on screen instructions Using Synology Data Replicator 3 After installation double click on the software icon to execute the program Click on Help for detail desc...
Page 55: ...Client Go to the page Backup Configuration Backup of the Web Management UI to back up settings from Synology DiskStation to PC Client From Synology DiskStation to another Synology DiskStation The data backed up to another Synology DiskStation or an rsync compatible server using Network Backup automatically includes the User Group Shared Folder settings When you recover the data you can choose if y...
Page 56: ...56 Sharing USB Printers Synology DiskStation helps users to share up to 2 USB Printers Please refer to Help on the External Devices USB Printer page of the Web Management UI for the detailed settings on different platforms ...
Page 57: ...n is enabled the system will automatically create a home folder for each user account so that users can store data to their own home folder Applications Privilege Setting Admin can assign privileges to other users for accessing applications at Privileges Application Setting page ...
Page 58: ...rator can enter email address and SMTP server information on the page System Notification Synology DiskStation will send email to the address whenever an important event occurs to notify Administrator SMS Notification If you would like to be notified by SMS enable SMS notifications and enter information for your preferred SMS service provider Firmware Update To keep your Synology DiskStation up to...
Page 59: ...Audio Station web interface or by the direction free remote control Users can also stream music stored on Synology DiskStation to the client PC and have the music delivered by built in speakers Besides music on the Synology DiskStation users can listen to the Internet radio stations or play music from the connected iPod as well A built in playlist Random100 will randomly choose and play 100 songs ...
Page 60: ...hoto video or music You can customize how the files will be organized and displayed on the DMA menu or insert album covers for music files without embedded images Furthermore MIME types and transcoders can be enabled to enhance DMA compatibility Download Station 2 Synology DiskStation can download files from the Internet through BitTorrent FTP HTTP NZB and eMule BitTorrent partial file download is...
Page 61: ...on For the detailed description of Download Redirector please refer to Help on Download Redirector program window Web Station Personal or corporate website can be easily set up using Web Station By integrating with PHP and MySQL users can also set up online shop PHP support is turned on by default and MySQL needs to be enabled manually With the Web Station enabled the Virtual Host support allows y...
Page 62: ...t to create thumbnails automatically Administrator can then sign in to Photo Station 3 to manage the album and create blogs Administrator can customize Photo Station 3 background and theme and choose the preferred language Photo Station 3 also provides users with the search function By entering key words users can find the relevant photos videos and files You can also click on the arrow for advanc...
Page 63: ...th M JPEG video format and MPEG4 format are supported based on the IP camera s ability megapixel video live view and recording can also be supported If you record the event with MPEG4 format and the camera supports audio recording function both sounds and images will be recorded when the system is recording an event Centralized management allows you to monitor the live view of IP cameras installed...
Page 64: ...rn your Synology DiskStation into a mail server to receive and deliver e mails Mail Station Installation Go to the System Package Management page and install the Mail Station package which is available on Synology website For detailed instructions please visit Synology website Mail Station Setting Go to Applications Mail Station page Mail Station s detailed description For detailed function descri...
Page 65: ...vice will be copied to Synology DiskStation s internal HDD Setting USBCopy Target Location You can setup USBCopy target location on the External Devices USBCopy page of the Web Management UI data will be copied to the target location when you press the USBCopy button Supported on specific models only Please refer to the product Specification table ...
Page 66: ...tion descriptions please click Help on the Volume page With External HDD External USB HDD When connecting an external USB HDD to Synology DiskStation s USB port usbshare1 shared folder will be created automatically Upon disconnecting external USB HDD the shared folder will be removed When more than 1 external USB HDD is connected usbshare2 usbshare3 will be created accordingly To eject or format e...
Page 67: ...ment UI Replacing Larger Internal HDD When the internal HDD storage runs out Administrator can follow the steps below to replace a larger HDD but keep the original data For one bay models 1 Turn off the Synology DiskStation 2 Replace the internal hard drive with a larger one 3 Turn on the Synology DiskStation 4 Reinstall the system 5 Connect the replaced hard drive to the USB or eSATA port 6 Copy ...
Page 68: ... Repeat step 1 to 3 until all internal hard drives are replaced with larger hard drives 5 Click the Expand button to expand the volume size Note For hot swappable models you can perform the above procedures when the model is powered on For RAID 5 or RAID 6 volume on four and more bays models 1 Turn off the Synology DiskStation 2 Replace the first internal hard drive with a larger hard drive 3 Turn...
Page 69: ...eb Management UI for detailed instructions Change Volume Type If you have created a Basic RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume you could add a new drive to the Synology DiskStation and then click Change on the Volume page to change the volume type You have following options 1 Change Basic to RAID 1 2 Change Basic to RAID 5 3 Change RAID 1 to RAID 5 4 Change RAID 5 to RAID 5 Spare Supported on specific models o...
Page 70: ...For any questions about managing your Synology DiskStation please refer to the Help button at every page of the Web Management UI For any questions other than that please visit Synology Inc website www synology com for further assistance ...
Page 71: ... is for synchronizing clocks of computer system over data network We have provided a few recommended NTP servers For more information about NTP Server please visit http www eecis udel edu mills ntp servers html Below are few recommended NTP servers 1 time apple com 2 time asia apple com 3 time euro apple com 4 time nist gov 5 time windows com For more information please refer to http ntp isc org b...
