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1-Bay SATA NAS Server

NAS-7101

User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...1 Bay SATA NAS Server NAS 7101 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ent a commitment on the part of PLANET PLANET assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User s Manual PLANET makes no commitment to update or keep current the information in this User s Manual and reserves the right to make improvements to this User s Manual and or to the products described in this User s Manual at any time without notice If you find information ...

Page 3: ...ng USB Printer 5 2 3 3 Removing Power connection 5 3 Setup Wizard 6 4 Web based Management 9 4 1 Login 9 4 2 Quick Setup 10 4 2 1 Wizard 10 4 2 2 Add User 13 4 2 3 Add Group 14 4 2 4 Add Share 16 4 3 Users and Groups 17 4 3 1 User Management 17 4 3 2 Group Management 18 4 4 File and Print 18 4 4 1 File Server 18 4 4 2 Share Management 19 4 4 3 Printer Server 20 4 5 System 21 4 5 1 LAN Settings 21 ...

Page 4: ...4 7 6 Software Update 30 4 8 Personal Information 31 4 8 1 Account 31 4 8 2 Logout 31 5 Mapping a Network Drive in Windows XP 32 6 Printer Setup in Windows XP 34 7 Mounting SMB Server in Mac OS X 37 8 Mounting SMB Server in Linux 40 9 Network Applications 42 9 1 Personal Data Backup 42 9 2 Network File Sharing 42 9 3 FTP Server 43 9 4 Printer Server 43 9 5 USB Mass Storage Device 44 EC Declaration...

Page 5: ...r External USB HDD and Print Server Sharing Supports Windows Utility and Web Base Manage Internet Share Music Pictures Movies and Data over Network Supports BT Download Interface 10 100 1000 Base TX Auto MDI MDI X supports auto crossover detection Supports most popular OS including Windows VISTA XP 2000 Mac OS x v10 2 1 or above Linux 2 Package Contents NAS 7101 x 1 Power Adapter x 1 RJ 45 Cable x...

Page 6: ...e factory default 7 Security Slot Connects to a lock pin 8 DC In jack Connects to the AC adapter 9 Activity LED yellow Activity status of Ethernet 10 Link LED green Link status of Ethernet 11 Plastic Upper Frame Covers the groove and screws on the top of NAS 7101 LED Definition LED Name Operating Status LED Color Booting up Orange Power ON Blue NAS Accessing Blinking in blue Power LED Resetting Or...

Page 7: ...ce the device horizontally align the hard disk drive with the PCB board Push slowly and gently to the most inside until the hard disk drive is firmly seated 4 Assemble the enclosure by fastening the screws on both top and bottom sides 5 Attach the front cover to the case and secure the screw on the lower part 6 Restore the plastic upper frame by sliding it into the gape on the top of the case Make...

Page 8: ...o use when the blue LED lights up steadily 2 2 2 USB Printer Storage Device Connection n Connect NAS 7101 and a Switch Hub Router or computer with a RJ 45 Ethernet cable o Connect USB printer s or USB storage device s to this device with USB cable s NAS 7101 can automatically mount the USB devices connected p Connect the power supply to NAS 7101 q Press the Power button to turn on NAS 7101 The ora...

Page 9: ...connecting it You can unmount a USB drive by Control Panel Maintenance Disk Utility clicking Umount button 2 3 2 Removing USB Printer You have to unmount the printer before disconnecting it You can unmount a USB printer by Control Panel File and Print Printer Server Unchecking Enable box 2 3 3 Removing Power connection Press the Power button to turn off NAS 7101 and then remove its connections ...

Page 10: ...ard hyperlink you will see the Setup Wizard dialog box as below Click Setup to continue NOTE If the welcome screen does not appear click Start at the taskbar Then select Run and type D Utility setup exe assume D is your CD ROM drive k next section Please select your network storag Press Search again button Setup Wizard will list all network storage in your LAN environment Please chec e and press O...

Page 11: ... matically obtain an IP address DHCP when there is a DHCP You can select Set IP configuration manually and enter the IP settings Or select Auto server in your network You may change the time zone ntinue date and time to your network storage and press Next to co 7 ...

Page 12: ...ect please press Save button and the setting information will be save to your network storage You are about to change the setting want to keep current settings s Press OK to save new settings Press Cancel if you Click Exit button to close Setup Wizard 8 ...

Page 13: ...gement 4 1 Login Start the web browser on the computer and type the IP address of the NAS 7101 The Default IP http 192 168 0 100 The login window of NAS 7101 will appear Default login username password is admin admin 9 ...

Page 14: ... 2 Quick Setup 4 2 1 Wizard To setup basic configurations of NAS 7101 follow the diagram below 1 Language Setting Specify the language of this GUI 2 Password Setting Click Next to skip password change 10 ...

Page 15: ...e can be seen in My Neighborhood 4 Internet Protocol Setting You may specify a stationary IP address DNS server address or enable the Obtain IP address DNS server address automatically checkbox depending on your LAN configuration 11 ...

Page 16: ...Adjust date time and time zone of your local position Or select a NTP Network Time Protocol server for automatic time setting and calibration 6 Wizard Setting Confirmation Click complete to implement above settings 12 ...

Page 17: ...chapter for setting Please refer to Users and Groups chapter for more detail 1 Add User Setup user name and password Check Crate Private Folder box for creating a home directly of this user 2 User Management Add remove this user to from an existing group 13 ...

Page 18: ... Only or Writable to allow user access right Select a share name from the Access Granted column and click Remove to disable user access right from this directory 4 2 3 Add Group To add group support select the Add Group chapter for setting Please refer to Users and Groups chapter for more detail 1 Add Group Set up group name 14 ...

Page 19: ...s column and click Remove to remove this user from this group 3 Share Permission Set group permission of each shared directory Select a share name from the Access Denied column and click Read Only or Writable to allow group access right Select a share name from the Access Granted column and click Remove to disable group access right from this directory 15 ...

Page 20: ... permission of this directory in Microsoft Network and FTP environment Select a share name from the Access Denied column and click Read Only or Writable to allow user group access right Select a share name from the Access Granted column and click Remove to disable user group access right from this directory Check the box Grant access to all will enable writable permission of this directory to all ...

Page 21: ...he allowed list Check Allow to All box to enable NFS access of this directory to all users 4 3 Users and Groups 4 3 1 User Management All existing users in this system will be shown in this menu You can create a new user by filling out the form and clicking the Save button Select an existing user and click Delete User button to delete an existing user Select an existing user and click Groups butto...

Page 22: ...ting group by selecting a group name and clicking the Members button 4 4 File and Print 4 4 1 File Server Character Set Select your preferred character set Windows Setting Check Enable box to enable Microsoft Network connection Set Workgroup name for Microsoft Clients to access You can find this Workgroup name in My Network Places Set Description name for Microsoft Clients to access You can find t...

Page 23: ...can modify properties of an existing share name Select a share name in the Existing Share column and click Windows FTP Access or NFS Access button to set or remove read write permissions of the selected directory Delete Share Check Delete Share to delete a specified share name Windows and FTP Access Select a share name from the Access Denied column and click Read Only or Writable to allow user gro...

Page 24: ... allowed IP address after the slash and click Add to add this subnet section to the allowed list Check Grant access to all box to enable NFS access of this directory to all users 4 4 3 Printer Server Check Enable box to enable Printer Server function Uncheck Enable box to unmount a mounted printer This device detects the connection of a USB printer automatically Information of the printer will be ...

Page 25: ...rea network Use Following IP Address Fill in the IP address subnet mask and Default gateway information if they are assigned by your network administrator Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically NAS 7101 obtains a DNS Server address automatically if a DHCP server is present in the local area network IP Address Setting Use Following DNS Server Address Fill in the DNS server addresses if they are as...

Page 26: ...set time and date manually Time Zone Set the time difference from Greenwich Mean Time in the area where the device is installed NTP Server Select default or type the host name or IP address or domain name of the NTP server in User Define box 4 5 3 Turn Off Server To restart NAS 7101 click the Restart button To power off NAS 7101 click the Shutdown button 22 ...

Page 27: ...4 5 4 Information Display system information 4 5 5 Disk Usage Display HDD usage total disk size used disk size and user s quota information 23 ...

Page 28: ... If the DHCP Server task goes wrong the system will inform the administrator Check Interval You can select hourly or daily inform interval Enable Check this box to enable notification via email Error Handling Mail Server Specify a SMTP server for this device Email Notification Setting Error Handling Email Address Specify administrator email address Enable Check this box to enable notification via ...

Page 29: ... 6 1 DHCP Server If there is no DHCP server present this device will automatically turn on its DHCP server function 4 6 2 Bonjour Setting If enabled then the user can listen music that stored in the NAS via iTunes client 25 ...

Page 30: ...form TorrentFlux Click Save button to save check box status Click Link to bt button to open TorrentFlux in another browser window Visit http www torrentflux com for more information of this program The login window of TorrentFlux will appear Default login username password is mysql 123456 26 ...

Page 31: ...e HTTP FTP URL for it Torrent Search 1 Enter the keywords you wish to search for in the text field labeled Torrent Search 2 Select the torrent search engine you wish to use from the dropdown list next to the text box 3 Click the Search button Torrent Details View the detailed information of the task Run Torrent Start to run the selected task Stop Torrent Stop the selected task Seed Torrent Downloa...

Page 32: ...ty Umount button This device will automatically mount a USB Storage Device connected to it But you need to manually unmount the USB Storage Device before disconnecting it Detail Button If the HDD supports S M A R T it will report its health status Disk Spin Down Time Specify the HDD spin down time if there is no access to this device for some while 4 7 2 Firmware Upgrade You can perform firmware u...

Page 33: ... a local file The default file name is config tar 4 7 4 Restore Configuration You can restore system configuration from a previously saved config file saved by Save Configuration function Specify a config file and then click the Restore button to restore previous settings 29 ...

Page 34: ...l configurations to factory defaults All users networking and other configurations will be lost once the Factory Reset button is pressed 4 7 6 Software Update Select an installation module and click Upload button to install it on this device 30 ...

Page 35: ...the only section in Personal Information You could change the password of user admin and the language of the GUI Besides share list system disk quota and the percentage of disk used will be shown as well 4 8 2 Logout Click Logout to logout off this device ...

Page 36: ...ar Click Search Click Computer or people Click A computer on the network and a new window will appear 2 Input the hostname of this device in the Computer Name column which you set previously in Control Panel System LAN Settings Hostname chapter or you can also input the description of this device which you set previously in Control Panel File and Print File Server Windows Setting Description Click...

Page 37: ...d your previously set in Control Panel File and Print Windows and FTP Access You can enable automatic login process in the future by checking the remember my password box You will need to input the username and its password again each time you tried to access this network drive if the remember my password box is left unchecked 7 The selected folder will now be shown in My Computer You can then acc...

Page 38: ...respective manufacturers Take the installation of EPSON AcuLaser C1100 printer as an example 1 Connect the USB printer to NAS7101 with the printer s USB cable directly The printer will be automatically detected by NAS 7101 2 Input your hostname default arinas in the URL bar of an Explorer window Double click on the lp icon 3 A dialogue box will pop up Click Yes to continue 4 Another dialogue box w...

Page 39: ...tall its driver from the driver disk provided by the manufacturer 6 Insert the driver disk into your local computer Click the Browse button to select the corresponding INF file in the driver disk Click OK to proceed on installation 7 Click OK to proceed on installation 8 A Connecting to lp on your hostname dialogue box will pop up during the installation process The installation process may take s...

Page 40: ...tallation process is complete a lp on your hostname window will be shown Now you can print documents using the printer installed Each member in the LAN will have to complete above installation before using this printer ...

Page 41: ...e LAN environment Then you can connect to NAS 7101 using SMB protocol by inputting a URL starts with smb 1 Click on the Apple Menu and select Location Network Preferences 2 A Network window will show Select Built in Ethernet in the Show pop up menu 3 Select Using DHCP in the Configure IPv4 pop up menu 37 ...

Page 42: ...ice are within the same LAN environment 5 Select Go Connect to Server in the menu bar 6 The Connect To Server window will be shown Input smb NAS IP and then click Connect 7 A Connecting to smb NAS IP progress bar will be shown first followed by the SMB Mount window Select a folder ex admin in the Select a share pop up menu and then click OK 38 ...

Page 43: ...Password in the SMB CIFS Filesystem Authentication window and then click OK 9 If the connection succeeded you can see the NAS icon in the left column 10 Click the symbol by the right side of the NAS icon to unmount this device ...

Page 44: ...min after the prompt The system will prompt you with Password Input admin the default password for user admin to get a list of directories within the NAS 7101 3 Create a folder as the mount point for the NAS 7101 Input mkdir mnt admin after the prompt for mounting of the shared directory admin Input mkdir mnt usb1 after the prompt for mounting of the USB external drive 4 Mount the NAS 7101 with mo...

Page 45: ...t mount t smbfs o username admin 192 168 0 100 mnt admin after the prompt After the input of the mount command the system will prompt you with Password Input the corresponding password of the user 5 Unmount a directory mounted Input umount mnt admin to unmount the shared directory Input umount mnt usb1 to unmount the USB external drive ...

Page 46: ...use NAS 7101 as an external hard drive to store your data via Ethernet connection 9 2 Network File Sharing With NAS 7101 a group of people in a LAN environment can share and store files over Ethernet connection NAS 7101 could work with 10 100 1000 Base T Ethernet environment ...

Page 47: ... and password you set previously to get access to NAS 7101 2 If you are accessing NAS 7101 over Internet connection the router of NAS 7101 will have to set a NAT mapping on port 21 for FTP protocol In the URL bar of your browser input ftp your account router hostname_or_router public IP instead It is recommended to have a static IP address for the router of the FTP server to enable stable connecti...

Page 48: ...ecommended to apply external power to the USB HDD NAS 7101 will automatically mount a USB Mass Storage Device connected to it A USB external drive connected to NAS 7101 will be seen as your hostname usb1 or your hostname usb2 in Windows Explorer But you need to manually unmount the USB Mass Storage Device before disconnecting it You can unmount a USB drive by Control Panel Maintenance Disk Utility...

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