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Follow these steps to attach and use your USB storage device:
1. Attach the USB cable from your device (or the USB connector attached to your device) to one
of the USB-A connectors on the rear panel of the NAS drive.
2. If your device is self-powered, turn on the power to your device.
3. Your device should now be visible through your fi le browser. If it is not immediately visible it
may mean that it is not formatted in a format compatible with the NAS drive. In this case you
must take the additional step outlined in Step 4.
4. You must reformat the device using the administration tool before NAS drive will recognize it.
BEFORE PROCEEDING, MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU HAVE SAFELY SAVED ALL OF YOUR
DEVICE’S DATA TO ANOTHER STORAGE DEVICE.
Enter the administration tool and go to the screen at Advanced / Maintenance / Disk Utility.
Highlight your device in the list of devices. Its Mount Point will be /mnt/USBx where x is a
sequence number. Select the FAT32 Format Type in the drop-down menu. Now press the
Format button. You will be prompted to confi rm. Press YES to continue. After successfully
reformatting your device, you can logout of the administration tool and again look for the
device in your fi le browser.
Now you can drag and drop fi les to your USB storage device like any other storage device on
your system. Access to the attached USB storage device is not password protected.
NAS Administration Reference
The web-browser-based administration tool provides full access to all confi guration settings for
the product when used as a NAS device. This section of the manual provides a description for the
settings within each of the following main areas:
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Setting up read/write access by User and by Group
• Setting up File Servers, Print Servers, and Shares
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System settings, such as IP Address and Date and Time