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1. e 2e e eoe nnn 25 Adding Extra Hard Drives 31 Shared Folders a 35 Cl 4 39 SONS Ree 40 PIIMCGES Laeuoncusnshuks nun ua ne ExWE MER aEERA MESE NNUS E Han A DNE EN MANN 42 BACKUPS zssexssanEuuEMIN AE EMEN NE MNA EE EN NRN MEER EE EMG MR 46 t 50 Maintenance Settings 51 UPS Settings errore rore nennen unns 52 Client Utility e eere e nen een 61 Troubleshooting 2 cree enr nne 63 Technical Specifications 64 Technical Support 65 Basic Setup Begin setting up your TeraStation by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the TeraStation as shown e707070707070 0 079709797 e9o 9909969994 69 94 9 96 ese o 05000090 2 cece ce cece ses ess see E E193835 Fe C US LISTED S N gt 45801050210981 ODEL HD H1 0TGUR5 K s BUFFALO INC AC100V 240V MADE IN JAPAN 50 60Hz 0 6A TeraStation Quick Setup Connect your cables Plug the power cord into a 120 volt wall socket Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into a hub router or switch in your network TeraStation Quick Setup Tee w w w w yey Make sure that the p2. Disk Format 333731 EE s B To initiate a comprehensive disk check on a hard drive or array of drives select the hard drive or array that you want to check from the Target Disk dropbox and click the Select Target button A disk check on larger hard drives or arrays may take several hours 33 Disk Management Disk Format Format 333 z I e k a Target Disk USBDisk2 Rl File System XFS Default zl r Warning atting The backup pr e TIL Fall Wh ASIDE to lon pr Plesse makes ny scheduled backups ha ae el To format a hard drive or array select it from the Target Disk dropbox Choose the file system desired from the File System dropbox internal drives can only be formatted with XFS Note that FAT32 has a 4 gigabyte file size limit If you choose FAT32 for your file system you will not be able to store files larger than 4 gigabytes on the drive Buffalo Technology recommends the XFS file system Press Select Target Disk when done Depending on the size of the target hard disk or array a Disk Format may take several hours to complete Shared Folders Shared Folders Setup W Shared Folder Name Disk Area Shared Folder Description No Shared Folders exist To begin setting up shares on your TeraStation select Shared Folders from the left side menu and then click the Add button under Shared Folders Setup 35 Add a new S
3. ome r Committing settings to memory etwork Settings have been successfully saved ry Group Settings LH Group Name Group Description Add a name and a description to the Add New Group fields Put checks next to each Member User that you want to be part of the group Click Apply when your group is set up the way you want it To Delete a group put a check next to its name and click Delete To add a group to your TeraStation click Add Add New Group Group Name Group Description Member Users 39 User Management r User Settings G User Name B admin WB guest E Dalai The Add New User dialog will appear Enter a User Name Password and User Description for the new user and click the Apply button If a user will be accessing the TeraStation from a Windows 95 98 computer their password should be 15 characters or less Mac users s passwords should be 9 characters or less TeraStation is preconfigured with two users admin and guest out of the box The guest account allows network users login access so that they can clear the print que It has no password The admin and guest user accounts cannot be deleted To delete any other user put a check next to their name and click Delete To add a new user click Add c r Add New User Network User Name isk Managemen Password Confirm Password User Descri
4. Network Disk Management Shared Folders Group Management User Management Print Server Disk Backup PCast Maintenance L System Information USB Details Drive Properties I Hetwork Information fuser Access Status _y User Access Status F Windows Access User User Disconnected y FTP Access User User Disconnected PC Name IP Address IP Address This page shows you the current status of all users on the system 60 TeraStation Client Utility El TeraStation Client Utili feinyey eye Tera Station 61 This is the TeraStation Client Utility Installed on your PC it allows you to access each of the TeraStations on your network Click Refresh List to get tabs for each of your TeraStations Each tab shows the Host Name Workgroup IP Address and Subnet Mask of the associated TeraStation as well as the version of firmware it s running With a TeraStation s tab selected you can click on the View Shares button to go directly to its root share Clicking the Setup pulldown menu and selecting Browser Management takes you to the browser management tool that we began exploring on page 21 And clicking Setup and choosing Modify IP Address takes you to the following screen TeraStation Client Utility IP Address Setup 7 o M a ZR ZH Here you may enter your IP address and Subnet Mask manually or enable your TeraStation to acquire them automati
5. If the Disk Sleep function is enabled disable it page 53 before creating a backup job Disk Backup Edit Backup Job Edit Backup Job Job Number Job 1 Backup Job Schedule Backup Date Sunday i Backup Time Hour Minute Encrypted Transfer G Enable Disable Compressed Transfer G Enable Disable Overwrite Backup G Enable Disable W Differential Backups al Ee ee r Backup Source and Destination Folders W Source Backup Shared Folder Choose a source and destination folder for backup and click Select G Not Scheduled O Immediately O Every day O Every week Destination Backup Shared Folder TERASTATIONGusbdiski z sut z REGIE Whe scredilingin sir et cur Joshe destinati ently or conflicts may occur e e ER ADU MET s ke duled at the o ba cts Sha eB to Sha Also should two separate backup jobs be erwrite the occur ir producing undesirable results e backup folder e to not schedule backups of the same source or UNE o aa eA onflicts may A Backup Job can run regularly on a daily or weekly schedule or immediately by appropriate choices in the Backup Job Schedule field Date and Time for the backup may be entered and Encryption and Compression enabled or disabled Enable Overwrite Backup to have each scheduled backup write over the previous backup or Differential Backups to backup only files changed since the previous backup Select the folder to be backed up from the Sou
6. clear up the hard drives for your new one This will destroy all data currently on the disks so back up any important data before deleting RAID arrays Whether you want to clear out an old array or create a new one begin by clicking on the array s underlined RAID Array under Name 27 Disk Management RAID Configuration A configured RAID array may be deleted by pushing the Delete RAID Array button This will free up all hard drives listed under Disk Structure r RAID Settings RAID Array Name RAID Array 1 RAID Mode ORAIDS ORAIDI Spanning Pluss settings Disk Structure Jl Disk check Disk 1 WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 Standard 232 2 GB Disk Format Shared Folders M Disk 20WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 Standard 232 2 GB M Disk 3 WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 Standard 232 2 GB Disk 4 WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 Standard 232 2 GB __Setup RAID Array _ Cancel S339 RAID Settings RAID Array Name RAID Array 1 RAID Mode RAID5 r Disk Structure Disk 10WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 RAID Array 1 232 2 GB Disk 2 WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 RAID Array 1 232 2 GB Disk 3 WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 RAID Array 1 232 2 GB Disk 4 WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 RAID Array 1 232 2 GB ss3mg39 i o m To configure an unconfigured array put checks next to the hard disks you want included in the array under Disk Structure and choose your RAID mode Click Setup RAID Array when ready It may take several
7. minutes to complete setting up the RAID array When it s finished a Disk Check will run 28 Disk Management Disk Check r Configuration Complete The RAID Array configuration has completed successfully Network shares can now be created at Shared Folders to begin using this new RAID Array RAID Array Configuration Name RAID Mode RAID Array 1 Not Configured RAID Array 2 Not Configured RAID Array Error Detection Response c fp ggogagga lc 33 It Pq ie a Automatic Shutdown G Enable O Disable When RAID Configuration is done you ll see this screen To configure a new array click on RAID Array and go back to the bottom of page 28 To setup shares turn to page 35 Disk Management RAID Configuration 59523325 ul E 2 _r Configuration Complete The RAID Array configuration has completed successfully Network shares can now be created at Shared Folders to begin using this new RAID Array Name RAID Mode Disk Structure RAID Array 1 RAIDS Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 RAID Array 2 Not Configured RAID Array Error Detection Response Automatic Shutdown G Enable Disable You ll see this screen when your new RAID Array is completely configured Click on Shared Folders and turn to page 35 to begin setting up shares on your TeraStation Disk Management USB Settings If you ve plugged an external USB hard drive into one of the USB ports
8. 3 Completo 53 0 Minute RAIDS Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 30 312 000 kbytes 4 980 kbytes 0 00 XFS Not Configured RAID Array 1 WOC WD2500BB 22GUA0 243 481 141 kbytes RAID Array 1 WDC WD2500BD 22GUA0 243 01 141 kbytes RAID Array 1 WDC WD2500BB 226UA0 243 481 141 kbytes RAID Array 1 WDC WD2500BB 22GUA0 243481 141 kbytes Unknow Unknown WDC WD8008BB 00FI 78 150 744 kbytes Not Obtained BUFFALO INC USB2 IDE Bridge Not Obtained Not 0 System Status Network Information E TeraStation exploder 2359 m339d0 3533 73 Home Basic Network Disk Management Shared Folders Group Management User Management Print Server Disk Backup PCast System Information Bl uss Details Drive Properties Y Hetwork Information User Access Status MAC Address IP Address Subnet Mask DNS Server Address Default Gateway Ethernet Frame Size Link Speed Packets Received _y Network Information Packets Received with Errors Packets Transmitted Packets Transmitted with Errors 00 0D 0B 7A A0 92 192 168 1103 255 255 255 0 24 26 193 62 192 168 1 1 1 518byte 100MbpsiFull Duplex 2 214 Packet 0 Packet 2 799 Packet 0 Packet This page shows you the System Information for your network connection 59 System Status User Access Status 5259 02 372213 52 3 53 11 LEE Station Home Basic
9. B A Connector 4 Max 480 Mbps HS Mode Max 12 Mbps FS Mode UPS Compatible 17W Maximum 2 4 x 6 94 x 7 4 60 x 173 5 x 185 mm 15 8 Ib 7 2 kg 32 95 F 20 80 non condensing Buffalo Technology offers toll free technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week for this product Customers in the United States and Canada can obtain technical support using the following information Web www buffalotech com E mail info buffalotech com Telephone 1 866 752 6210 USA amp Canada only FCC Warning This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation GPL Statement This product uses GPL LGPL software Please see the GNU LICENSE document on the LinkNavigator CD ROM for more information concerning the terms of the license To obtain a copy of our open source software please send a message to GPL buffalotech com to inquire about obtaining a package 65
10. B hard drive under TeraStation See page 35 for information on setting up shared folders on a USB Hard Drive Page 34 will show you how to reformat the USB Hard Drive Page 46 shows you how to set up TeraStation to backup to a USB Hard Drive USB Printer Information See page 42 to set up a USB Printer as a network printer on TeraStation 17 1 Power Button Press and release the Power Button to turn the TeraStation on Hold it down for 3 seconds to turn the TeraStation off TeraStation Front Panel 2 USB Ports USB ports on both front and rear panels of the TeraStation may be used to connect USB hard drives a printer or an additional TeraStation to your TeraStation See TeraStation Expansion on page 17 for more information on using TeraStation s USB ports 3 Disk 1 Status 5 Disk 2 Status 4 Disk 1 Access 6 Disk 2 Access 9 Disk 4 Access T Disk 3 Access 8 Disk 3 Status 10 Disk 4 Status iS Oo 13 Link Act Nap Power 11 DIAG 3 Hard Drive Status also 5 8 and 10 This LED will glow green when the corresponding hard drive is detected at boot and will blink green when a disk check or format is in process It will glow red when the hard drive is 90 full or more and blink red if there is a problem with the drive 4 Hard Drive Access also 6 7 and 9 This LED will blink green when the associated hard drive is accessed During startup it s normal for all the lights on
11. E37 Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Normal 978 RPM 56 This page shows you the System Information for your TeraStation System Status USB Details r USB Details USB Class Manufacturer evice Name USB 2 0 1 1 Storage hp photosmart 76 ie USB 1 1 Storage BUFFALO INC USB2 IDE Bridge USB 2 0 rn m Gro A ser r m Pe m This page shows you details on USB hard drives and printers plugged into your TeraStation 57 System Status Drive Properties This page shows you the properties of all hard drives and RAID arrays in and attached to your TeraStation Home Basic Network F RAID Array Information Disk Management RAID Array 1 d Folders Group Management User Management Print Server Disk Backup Ex Maintenance stem infa mation Pima RAID Array 2 ria W ssk ua Wissen Sii P Disk Information Disk 1 Statr RAID mode Disk Structure Total Capacity Amount in Use Percentage in Use File Format Status Unit Name Total Capacity Disk Status Unit Name Total Capaclty Disk 3 Statu Unit Name Total Capacity Disk 4 Status Unit Name Total Capac P USB Disk Information USB Disk 1 USB Disk 2 Manufacturer Model Name Unit Name Total Capacity File Format Manufacturer Model Name Unit Name Total Capaci Internal and External Drive Properties Checking 9
12. ROM drive Setup should automatically launch If it does not manually launch setup exe by pressing the Start menu and selecting the Run option When the Run dialog opens type d setup exe where d is the drive letter of your CD ROM drive Press OK to continue 21x aie O O O OO O O O O y O 9 cancel Brose TeraNavigator is now running Please press the Install Client Utility icon and then Start When installation is finished press Launch gt TeraNavigator fa x BUFFALO Tera Navigator TeraStation Setup Wizard eM Install Client Utility GNP Easy Backup NP View Documentation NP Technical Support NP The TeraStation Client Utility allows you to easily configure TeraStation s network settings The tabs show the names of available TeraStations If you have more than one TeraStation on the network click the tab of the one you want to select it While a TeraStation s tab is selected its P Address is visible and the View Shares button will take you directly to its network shares and folders See page 61 for more information on TeraStation Client Utility For now make sure that the proper TeraStation s tab is selected click Setup and choose Browser Management 10 TeraNavigator Setup This login prompt will appear Enter admin for the user name Until you change it the password for the admin account will be password Press the OK button when finished E
13. Server Delete Print Queue If a corrupt print job is sent to a printer printing may suddenly fail If your print jobs seem to be locked up clearing the print queue may resolve the issue To execute the Delete Print Queue program press the Delete button This will clear all current print jobs Users will have to re send any incomplete print jobs to the printer If there are still problems printing to the printer then check the printer manufacturer s documentation for troubleshooting information Also verify that the USB cable is securely fastened to both the printer and the TeraStation Finally you may try turning the TeraStation off turning the printer off turning the printer back on and then turning the TeraStation back on again Note that if a multi function all in one printer is attached to the TeraStation usually only the printing and fax functions will work Other features such as scanning probably will not function 45 Disk Backup l aaa Terastation PCast Maintenance System Status Disk Backup Job Number Job 1 Job 2 Job 3 Job 4 Job 5 Job 6 ob 7 Job 8 Status Not Create Not Create Not Create Not Create Not Create Not Create Not Created Not Create _y Search for a Backup Destination by Password Eases Password to Search 46 To create a backup job click on an underlined Job Number The Edit Backup Job dialog will appear
14. TeraStation HD HTGL R5 BUFFALO STATUS FULL STATUS FULL ACCESS ACCESS DISK Information ACCESS ACCESS SIATUS FULL STATUS FULL DtAG v U Rev B User Manual Congratulations on your new TeraStation This user manual is intended to assist you in configuring it If you run into difficulties or need additional help feel free to contact our 24 7 Technical Support at 1 866 752 6210 USA amp Canada only This user manual uses images representative of TeraStation user interfaces and software Because we re constantly updating our product the images and text in this manual may vary slightly from the images and text displayed by your TeraStation These changes are minor and should not affect the ease of setup adversely As time passes future user interfaces updated software and later versions of this manual may be freely available for download at our web site http www buffalotech com support Table of Contents TeraStation Quick Setup l TeraNavigator Setup scccsscesscessceseemeeemecneeeneen 8 Accessing TeraStation Data from PC 14 TeraStation Diagram e esee 18 Advanced Settings 2 esee nnn 21 Basic Settings ee errore nenne nnn uns 22 Network Settings e eoe enn 23 Disk Management
15. anced Settings beginning on page 21 To access TeraStation data Press the Start menu select the Run option When the Run dialog opens type WTeraStation Name where TeraStation Name is the TeraStation Hostname set on page 13 Press the OK button to continue Wid Le oce eme 14 TeraStation s root directory will appear You will see all of the configured shares including share the preconfigured data folder All users can read and write to all folders unless otherwise configured To set up security and password protection or add other shares to your TeraStation please refer to pages 35 37 of this manual To change your RAID configuration see pages 26 29 To setup a printer see the Printers section beginning on page 42 Drive letters can also be mapped to shares on your TeraStation see page 16 for more information Note If this page does not appear or if you receive a popup window from your firewall saying that a NetBios Session has been blocked from your TeraStation s IP address you will need to add your TeraStation s IP address to your firewall s trusted zone You can get your TeraStation s IP address from the TeraStation Client Utility see page 10 Consult your firewall documentation for more information on allowing network access to and from a specific IP address 15 From the TeraStation s Root Directory screen see page 15 click t
16. cally from a DHCP server You ll need the administrator password to use this screen Press OK when you re done 62 If TeraStation encounters a disk error it will be reported in the TeraStation status on the top of any of the Web Based configuration screens Run a Normal Disk Scan in the event of this error If that doesn t work try running a Thorough Disk Scan Additionally if that still does not resolve the problem a format is recommended Formatting the drive will delete all of the data on it so back up any data you can before formatting Finally if none of the above solutions help then please contact our 24x7 Technical Support at 1 866 752 6210 for more assistance DIAG LED codes One blink every second RAID Array Configuration is running normally One blink every four seconds RAID Error Four blinks every four seconds Internal Fan Error Five blinks every four seconds Flash ROM Error Six blinks every four seconds Hard Drive Error Seven blinks every four seconds RAM LAN or HDD Controller Error 63 LAN Standards Transmission Types Access Media Media Interface USB Standard USB Connector Data Transmission Speed UPS Power Consumption Dimensions Weight Operating Environment IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX IEEE 802 3 10BASE T 1000Mbps 100Mbps 10Mbps 100BASE TX 4B 5B MLT 3 10BASE T Manchester Coding CSMA CD RJ 45 USB 2 0 Hi Speed HS Full Speed FS Low Speed LS US
17. e Enable Disable 52 You may enable Synchronize with UPS and UPS Automatic Shutdown from this page Consult your Uninterruptable power supply s documentation for further information about setting up your UPS system TeraStation s UPS interface is serial USB type UPS interfaces are not currently supported See page 20 for more information on TeraStation s UPS interface Maintenance Disk Sleep Function _r Disk Sleep Scheduling Disk Sleep Enable Disable Disk Sleep Time Hour Minute Disk Wake Up Time Hour Minute If there are regular periods when your TeraStation is not in use you may want to schedule disk sleeping Enable Disk Sleep select the time that you want to initiate sleep mode and select the time that you want the TeraStation to wake up and resume normal operation Click Apply To avoid conflicts do not use the Disk Sleep Function concurrently with Disk Backup 53 Maintenance Shutdown Shutdown Shutdown TeraStation I Mail Notification I UPS Settings From the Shutdown page press Apply to shutdown TeraStation This has the same function as holding down the power button on the front of TeraStation but may be done remotely 54 Maintenance Initialization j9 The INIT button on the rear of your TeraStation normally returns the TeraStation to factory ef settings when held down for 15 seconds This affects Admin Password Ethern
18. et Frame ef i Size and IP Address If the Remain option has been selected on the screen below then is the Admin Password will not be reset when the INIT button is held down Pressing Apply for Restore Defaults from Maintenance nitialization resets Admin Password Hostname TeraStation Description NTP Settings B basic neon Workgroup Settings Access Restrictions User Disk Management re Settings Group Settings Mail Notifications UPS M Restore TeraStation Configurations to Factory Defaults Settings Disk Sleep and Disk Backup If you select E s SLT ET the Remain option for Admin Password and then click Apply the admin password will no longer be reset when the INIT button on the TeraStation is held down 55 System Status System Information Home Basic Network Disk Management Shared Folders Group Management User Management Print Server Disk Backup PCast Maintenance 259 3933379 333 T System Information J uss Details I Drive Properties I Network Information I User Access Status _r System Information TeraStation Name TeraStation Description Firmware Version Current Date and Time Time Zone Windows Network Workgroup Domain Name AppleTalk Function AppleShare Network Zone Settings FTP Server Function NTP Function Disk Sleep Function Email Alert Notification Fan Status TERASTATION TeraStation 1 in the office 1 08 2005 6 1 20 51 0 GMT 06 00 HOUS
19. hared Folder Add new Shared Folder Shared Folder Name Shared Folder Description bulging media collection Disk Space RAID Array 1 Shared Folder OS Support M Windows Apple EIFTP Disk Backup Shared Folder Attributes Read Only Wiitable Recycle Bin G Enable Disable Remote Backup Password Emm r Access Restrictions Access Restrictions Enable Disable Writable Read Only All Groups Users hdusers Ej F p admin User i To add a new shared folder enter a name for it in the Shared Folder Name box and choose which Disk Space it will reside in You may also choose which operating systems the share will support by putting the appropriate checks next to Shared Folder OS Support and whether the share supports the Recycle Bin by putting a dot next to Enable or Disable Enter a Shared Folder Description and a Remote Backup Password if you desire Click the Apply button to build the new shared folder 36 Shared Folders Access restrictions r Edit Shared Folder Shared Folder Name Shared Folder Description bulging media collection Disk Space RAID Array 1 Shared Folder OS Support Windows M Apple MFTP E Disk Backup Shared Folder Attributes ORead Only C Wiitable Recycle Bin G Enable Disable Remote Backup Password ERES _y Access Restrictions Access Restrictions G Enable Disab
20. he Tools pull down menu and select Map Network Drive Map Network Drive will run Select the drive letter you would like to map from the Drive pull down menu Enter the WTeraStation Namelshare name in the Folder field where TeraStation Name is the TeraStation Name set on page 13 and share name is share if you re mapping to this preconfigured folder or the name of another shared folder that you set up on page 22 You may browse for a shared folder by pressing the Browse button and searching through the Entire Network and then the Microsoft Windows Network Check the Reconnect at logon checkbox to have Windows connect to this mapped drive everytime it starts When finished press the Finish button TeraStation is now mapped to a drive letter Y M Linkd ro ores a LT e 16 TeraStation Expansion Information TeraStation has four USB 2 0 ports two on the front panel and two on the rear These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives or a USB Printer TeraStation will then share the USB devices allowing everyone on the network to use them Up to four external USB hard drives or one printer and three hard drives may be added to TeraStation To connect a USB printer or hard drive to TeraStation simply plug it into one of the four USB Ports USB Hard Drive Information You may plug in additional USB hard drives to any of the four USB ports on your TeraStation See page 31 for setting up your US
21. le Writable All Groups Users admin ues i jum To use Access Restrictions for a share put a dot next to Enable Highlight groups or users in the All Groups Users column and use the left pointing arrow buttons located just to the left of each box to move individual groups or users from the A Groups Users column to the Read Only box if you want to give them read access only or all the way to the Writable box if you want to give them full access to the share Right pointing arrows will move highlighted users or groups back to the right Click Apply when you have your groups and users in the appropriate boxes To set up new groups and users see pages 39 and 40 37 Shared Folders Anonymous FTP Setup Anonymous FTP Setup Anonymous FTP Server Enable Disable nonymous User Public Shared Folder st lm Read Only Writable To allow Anonymous FTP choose Enable for Anonymous FTP Server Select a folder to share from the Anonymous User Public Shared Folder only one folder may be shared by anonymous FTP and choose whether you want the share to be Writable or Read Only Click the Apply button to set up anonymous FTP If FTP Server is disabled in the Basic window this page will not be accessible Anonymous FTP mode uses port 8021 i e ftp IP Address 8021 38 Group Management MANUAL
22. nited States Canada Network Sharing Services AppleTalk Protocol FTP Server 22 GEnable Disable Enable Disable Network IP Address Properties 7 B a E http 192 168 1 103 cgi bin ts cgi page network IP Address Properties Automatic via DHCP G Enable Disable IP Address 921681103 O Subnet Mask 2552552550 i Default Gateway Address 5215811 sd DNS Server Address 4251302 sd y Ethernet Frame Size Properties 1 518 bytes Default xl In most networks TeraStation will get its IP address automatically from a DHCP server You may disable DHCP here If DHCP is disabled and an IP address is not set manually it will default to 192 168 11 150 The TeraStations P Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Address and DNS Server address may all be entered manually under IP Address Properties Ethernet Frame Size may also be set manually on this page Click Apply after making any changes 23 Network Workgroup Domain Workgroup and Domain Properties Network Member G Workgroup Domain Workgroup Name home Domain Name Domain Controller Name ERES WINS Server IP Address To make your TeraStation a member of a workgroup or domain enter the appropriate information into the fields on this page and click Apply If the TeraStation is to be part of a Windows Domain the TeraStation should be added beforehand to the Domain Co
23. nter Network Password 11 User name Password See page 47 to change your password If you ve forgotten your password see page 51 If this login prompt does not appear your DHCP server may not be functioning correctly If DHCP is disabled you may re enable it or verify that the TeraStation s IP address page 10 is in the same range as that of your PC See page 61 and page 62 to manually configure your TeraStation s IP address if necessary You are now logged in to the TeraStation Management Utility Bookmark this page in your browser so it can be easily accessed for future configuration changes You can also get here by typing http TERASTATION __ NAME into a Web browser where TERASTATION NAME is the name of your TeraStation that you set on page 13 For detailed explanations of each menu and setting please refer to the Advanced Settings section starting on page 21 of this manual To continue setup click on the Basic link on the left side E TeraStation exploder P Cin amp Ba Lu IE Station Basic F Information Checking RAID Array 1 Network Fr TeraStation Name TERASTATION Disk Management F IP Address 192 168 1 103 Shared Folders 7 y Current Date and Time 2005 6 1 20 5 13 Group Management HDD Space Used RAID Array 1 0 0 GB 696 5 GB 0 0 User Management Print Server Disk Backup PCast Maintenance T m n m m System Status 12 Here on the Basic
24. ntroller with a computer account in Server Manager 24 Disk Management Drive Properties This page shows the current properties of your hard drives and RAID Arrays To change these settings click on RAID Configuration at left 25 3535333 iz p oj mum wu gt RBEESEREE 2 amp E SZ In BEES BEe 3 E k E Jk Eg E s o SEBE Status Note on RAID Arrays TeraStation uses RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks technology to control the four hard drives in your TeraStation RAID may be configured several ways RAID Spanning All four drives are striped into one large drive giving the maximum capacity for your TeraStation RAID Spanning is fast and efficient but has no redundancy If one hard drive fails all data on the TeraStation is lost This is how your TeraStation is set up out of the box RAID 1 mirroring Hard drives or spanned pairs of hard drives are arranged in mirrored pairs Each half of the pair reads and writes exactly the same data This costs you half the total capacity of your TeraStation but provides excellent redundancy If a hard drive fails the mirror continues to supply data so you may work on normally You may replace the damaged or defective drive at any time and normal RAID 1 mirroring will then be automatically restored RAID 5 parity All drives in a RAID 5 array reserve part of their data space for parity information allowing all data to be rec
25. on your TeraStation you may set it up from this page Click on its name under USB Disk Setup to begin Drive Properties I RAID Configuration Jl ust settings l pisk check I Disk Format Shared Folders 53332313 r USB Disk Setup Name USB Disk 1 USB Disk 2 USB Disk 3 USB Disk 4 USB2 IDE Bridge Not Assigned Not Assigned 31 Disk Management USB hard drive setup y USB Disk Setup USB Disk Name Assigned Disk E w E n e n 2 Da zB SEE E Unknown Disconnected Unknown WDC WD800BB 00FJ 74 5 GB 32 From here you can see your USB hard drive s setup information If the hard drive s information isn t displayed properly try restarting your USB hard drive and then restarting your TeraStation Some USB hard drives must be reformatted from within TeraStation before they can be assigned shares Press Format USB Disk or choose Disk Format from the left side menu to begin reformatting your USB hard disk Turn to page 34 for more information on reformatting disks Turn to page 35 to set up shares on your USB hard drives Disk Management Disk Check r Disk Check Target Disk _y Warning Juss Settings Prior to performing a disk check confirm that this TeraStation is not a backup target of another raStation J Disk check TeraStation a Backups can not be performed on a TeraStation while in a Disk Check process
26. overed if a single drive fails The parity information takes up about one hard drive s worth of space so if you set up all four drives in the TeraStation as a RAID 5 array your usable capacity will be about 3 4 of the total capacity of the TeraStation RAID 5 is an excellent compromise between efficiency and security If a single drive fails no data is lost After the damaged or defective drive is replaced your TeraStation will automatically restore all data to the new drive and resume normal RAID 5 operation Buffalo Technology recommends RAID 5 for its excellent balance of efficiency and security 26 Disk Management RAID Configuration This page shows your current RAID arrays You may delete old arrays or create new ones by clicking on the underlined RAID Array under RAID Array Configuration RAID Array Configuration Name RAID Mode Disk Structure RAID Array 1 RAID5 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 You may also disable RAID Array Error Detection RADAmay2 Not Configured Response from this page Normally this is set to a automatically shut down the RAID array when an Bande Scu iuam error is detected Though it is not recommended you may disable that behavior by clicking Disable and then Apply under RAID Array Error Detection Response Note that your TeraStation has four internal hard drives Before creating a new RAID array you may have to delete one or more pre existing RAID Arrays to
27. ower switch on the rear of the TeraStation is in the ON position with the I symbol pressed down Press the power button on the front panel The LED s will swirl as your TeraStation boots up After your TeraStation has completed booting up and the LED s have ceased to swirl check the LINK ACT LED on the front of the TeraStation If it s lit then your TeraStation is connected properly and you can go on to page 8 If it s not lit turn to page 7 for troubleshooting 6 Having problems The TeraStation s Ethernet port will automatically adjust to use either a Crossover or Patch cable so you may connect the TeraStation to your network with either type of Ethernet cable Buffalo Technology doesn t recommend connecting the TeraStation directly to a PC Verify that the LINK ACT LED on the front of TeraStation is lit see page 6 s picture If it s lit go to page 8 to continue setting up TeraStation If the LINK ACT LED is still not lit try the suggestions below to verify that you re not suffering from common setup problems Having problems Make sure that O the TeraStation and the router hub or switch are both powered on O the Ethernet cable is securely plugged in at both ends and Oe the Ethernet cable is not damaged Verify this by trying a different Ethernet cable If problems persist contact our 24 7 technical support at 1 866 752 6210 Setting up TeraNavigator Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your PC s CD
28. page begin by changing the name of your TeraStation in the TeraStation Hostname field A friendly easy to remember name is recommended The name cannot contain any spaces or special characters Alphanumeric characters hyphens and underscores are allowed Ashort description of the TeraStation can be entered into the TeraStation Description field You ll then see this description in Network Neighborhood on Windows machines Make sure that the date and time are correct in Date and Time Setup To synchronize clock settings with your computer press Use Local Time Once desired fields have been completed press the Apply button at the bottom of the page For more information on the Configuration Utility turn to Advanced Settings beginning on page 21 r Hostname Setup TeraStation Hostname TERASTATION TeraStation Description TeraStation 1 inthe affice _y Date and Time Setup Date oos Year 6 Month fi Day Time eo Hours E Mins 45 Secs Time Zone emT 06 00 z r NTP Settings NTP Server O Enable Disable NTP Server Address r Text Display Settings Display Language English i Windows Client Language cP437 United States Canada z r_Network Sharing Services AppleTalk Protocol Enable Disable FTP Server Enable Disable 13 Congratulations You ve completed basic setup For more detail on the other settings available in your TeraStation turn to Adv
29. ption tint Server s 40 User Management changing passwords Jg Station r User Settings Network Dj User Name User Description T o Ko 3333g 5 79333 Enter the desired new password in both boxes and click Apply To change an accounts password click on the name of the account under User Settings Note if a user name and password are used to log into user s windows computer or domain the same user name and password should be used when creating the user s account on the TeraStation or problems accessing shared folders may occur Edit User User Name Disk mnm Password IEEE a Shared Folders Confirm Password User Description Built in account for administering the system m Group Management Print Server Disk Backup Apply Cancel PCast Baan Maintenance System Status Print Server Settings Print Server Configurations _ Windows Print Server Enable Disable G Enable O Disable i ha mas r Use E En m m A USB printer plugged into a USB port on either the front or the rear of your TeraStation may be used as a Windows Print Server and or an Apple Print Server on your network by choosing Enable on this page as appropriate and then clicking Apply 42 Print Server Printer Share Installation If TeraStation is set up to share your printer page 42
30. rce Backup Shared Folder dropbox and the destination for the backup files from the Destination Backup Shared Folder dropbox The destination folder may be on a USB drive attached to the TeraStation or another TeraStation on the network Click the Apply button when your backup job is set up the way you want it or Clear Job to stop a job from running again Disk Backup TeraStation List a TeraStation exploder Basic Network Disk Management Shared Folders Group Management User Management Print Server 23239333 I Disk Backup Y TeraStation List J aaa Terastation PCast Maintenance System Status r TeraStation List Name TERASTATION BT TERAO1 BT TERA02 IP Address 192 168 1 103 192 168 7 49 192 168 7 165 Backup Support Support Support Support Disk Sleep Not Configured Not Configured Not Configured Press Refresh to get a list of TeraStations on your network 48 Disk Backup Add TeraStation r Add Remote Off Subnet TeraStation Remote TeraStation IP Address Emi Addie List L TeraStation IP Address Not Remote TeraStations Identified To add a TeraStation to your network enter its numerical IP address in the Remote TeraStation IP Address field and click the Add to List button 49 Advanced Settings Clicking on PCast on the left side menu takes you to this page Use this field to set a share on your TeraStation as
31. rked on page 12 You are now at Home Notice that Home is lit up in yellow in the screenshot to the left You can return to this page at any time by clicking on Home from the menu at the left of your Browser Management screen Here you can see basic information about your TeraStation s setup Now click the Basic link from the menu on the left side of your screen Basic You may modify your TeraStation s hostname and description under Hostname Setup Make sure that the date and time are correct in Date and Time Setup To synchronize time settings with those in your computer press Use Local Time To have your system time automatically set by an NTP server enable NTP Server and enter an IP address for the NTP server Ensure that both the Display Language and the Windows Client Language are set to languages that you re comfortable with If you need to access your TeraStation with FTP or AppleTalk enable these protocols under Network Sharing Services Once desired fields have been completed press the Apply button Hostname Setup TeraStation Hostname JTERASTATION TeraStation Description jTeraStation 1 in the office r Date and Time Setup Date 2005 Year E Month 1 Day Time feo Hours E Mins m Secs Time Zone i GMT 06 00 js NTP Settings NTP Server NTP Server Address r Text Display Settings Enable G Disable Ea Display Language Windows Client Language CP43 U
32. the front panel to light up in order producing a pinwheel effect 18 11 Diagnostic LED The Diagnostic LED may flash when the TeraStation encounters an error In this event please contact our 24 7 technical support at 1 866 752 6210 12 Power This LED glows a steady green while the TeraStation is operating normally It blinks quickly during bootup and shutdown and slowly while the TeraStation is in sleep mode 13 Link Act This LED will glow when the TeraStation is connected to a network and blink during normal network activity It changes color to indicate the speed of the connection blue for a 1000Mbps connection green for 100Mbps and red for a 10Mbps connection 14 Power Socket Plug the power cord into this socket 19 15 Power Switch This is the TeraStation s master power switch While it is on the power button on the front panel of the TeraStation may be used to start and shut down the unit When this switch is off no power goes to the unit If this switch is left off for an extended period of time the TeraStation s internal system clock may need to be reset 16 Internal Fan The internal fan will adjust its speed according to the temperature inside the TeraStation To prevent possible overheating keep the fan clear and clean of obstacles or dust 17 INIT Button The INIT button restores your TeraStation to factory default settings See page 51 for more information on using the INIT but
33. the media folder for your LinkTheater Choose Enable for PCast Media PCast Media Server Settings Server and choose the share where you keep your LLL ER E media files as the Media Folder If you choose to Enable a password pick one that you can easily SO E enter with your LinkTheater s remote control commas 0 Apply Elle Edit View Favorites Tools Help BUFFALO If you don t have a LinkTheater you can ignore this page Maintenance Notification If your TeraStation is remotely managed you may choose to receive nightly status reports and be notified of any disk events by email To set pP ME this up enable Mail Notification and enter the aem IP address of your SMTP server in the SMTP ee Server Address field Select a Subject line for FT sp Aten the emails i e TeraStation report and enter the skis T email address of each person you want to receive i notification emails into a Recipient Mail Address field Disk Sleep Function Shutdown I Initialization m System Status SMTP server must be of open type There s no provision for entering a username or password 51 Maintenance UPS Settings 3223333 W Maii notification UPS Settings I Disk Sleep Function I Shutdown I Initialization m System Status UPS Power Properties Synchronize with UPS UPS Automatic Shutdown Enable Disabl
34. ton 18 UPS interface An Uninterruptable Power Supply can use this interface to safely shut down your TeraStation in the event of a power failure This interface is non LPS DP 1 DP 1P DP 2 or DP 2P cables may be used to connect to the UPS 19 10 100 100 Mbps Ethernet Port Use this port to connect your TeraStation to a switch a router or another computer The port is autosensing so either a conventional Ethernet cable or a crossover Ethernet cable may be used TeraStation Rear Panel 14 Power Socket 15 Power Switch 16 Internal Fan 17 INIT Button i 18 UPS Interface 19 10 100 1000 Ethernet 20 USB 2 0 1 1 Ports Series A Connector 20 USB Ports TeraStation offers four USB 2 0 1 1 ports for adding external drives or USB printers Please see the TeraStation Expansion section on page 17 to learn more about using TeraStation s USB Ports 20 Browser Management Tool Home T B Fm n m n m Disk Management Shared Folders Group Management User Management Print Server Disk Backup PCast Maintenance System Status F Information F TeraStation Name r IP Address y Current Date and Time r HDD Space Used TERASTATION 192 168 1 103 2005 6 1 20 5 13 RAID Array 1 0 0 GB 696 5 GB 0 0 21 Welcome to Advanced Settings We ll discuss the many adjustments you can make to your TeraStation Begin by bringing up the Browser Management screen that you bookma
35. you can easily add the printer to any Windows PC on your network Follow these steps for each PC that you want to be able to access the printer Access the TeraStation by pressing Start selecting the Run option and entering WTeraStation Name where TeraStation Name is the name you set on Page 18 Press the OK button when finished Hack oe gt E Bb Bt teral2 Andre Backup Right click on the p icon and select Connect You ll receive a warning that the server doesn t have the proper drivers Press the OK button to continue 43 Print Server Printer Share Installation continued The Add Printer Wizard will launch Select the proper driver for your printer If your printer is not in the list you ll have to insert the CD that came with your printer into your PC s CD ROM drive and press the Have Disk button Refer to your printer documentation for SAGE AeIE A2 further information on installing your printer if necessary Press the pple oe OK button when finished Dias If Ip is the only printer installed on the PC then it will automatically be set as the default printer If it s not the only printer you may make it the default printer by clicking Printers and Faxes in Control Panel right clicking on the p printer icon and selecting the Set as Default Printer option from the File drop down menu 44 Print
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