Installing QTS Using Qfinder Pro
Warning
Installing QTS deletes all data on the drives. Back up your data before proceeding.
Important
To protect your NAS from brute force attacks, create a new system administrator account
during QTS installation to disable the default "admin" account.
1. Power on the NAS.
2. Connect the NAS to your local area network.
3. Run Qfinder Pro on a computer that is connected to the same local area network.
Note
To download Qfinder Pro, go to
https://www.qnap.com/utilities
.
4. Click Next.
The QNAP Warranty Service page opens in the default web browser.
5. Click Check warranty.
The QNAP Warranty Service window opens in a new web page.
Important
You can check your device warranty policy or purchase an extended warranty plan at
6. Close the warranty page.
The Smart Installation Guide opens in the default web browser.
7. Click Next.
The Enter the NAS name and administrator’s password screen appears.
8. Specify the following information.
• NAS name: Specify a name with 1 to 14 characters. The name supports letters (A to Z, a to z),
numbers (0 to 9), and hyphens (-), but cannot end with a hyphen.
• Username: Specify an administrator username that contains 1 to 32 characters. The name
supports letters (A to Z, a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and hyphens (-), multi-byte Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, and Russian characters.
The username cannot contain the following special characters: grave accent (`), asterisk (*), equal
sign (=), plus sign (+), square brackets ([ ]), backslash (\), vertical bar (|), semicolon (;), colon (:),
apostrophe ('), quotation mark ("), comma (,), less than sign (< ), greater than sign (>), slash (/),
question mark (?), percent sign (%)
• Password: Specify an administrator password with 1 to 64 characters. The password supports all
ASCII characters.
• Confirm Password: Enter the new administrator password again.
9. Click Next.
The Set the date and time screen appears.
10. Specify the time zone, date, and time using any of the following methods:
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