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1. Dismount All Refresh Status About NDAS Sofkweare Dawicontrol GmbH Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 24 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 6 3 Changing from Read Only Mode to Read Write Mode 1 Click NDAS Device Management 2 and select the NDAS device you want to change from Read Only to Read Write 2 Select Dismount NDAS Device 1 Dismount E NOAS Device 2 ONDAS Device 3 amp NO45 Device 4 ONDAS Device 5 E DAS Device 6 Properties Register a Mew Device Dismount All Refresh Status About W045 Software Options Exit 3 A warning will appear Click Yes HDAS Device Management Are you sure you want to dismount the NDAS device The dismounting may Fail iF applications are accessing the NDAS device _ In the Future do not show me this dialog box 4 Click NDAS Device Management The status icon is now changed to white select Mount Read Write Dawicontrol GmbH 29s User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Mount Read only E NDAS Device 2 Mount Read Write LI NDAS Device 3 QQ NDAS Device 4 Deregister ONDAS Device 5 Properties a Hl HOAS Device 6 Register a Mew Device Dismount All Refresh Status Abouk W045 Software Options Exit 5 The White Square will change to a Blue Square indicating Read Write Mode N
2. i NDAS Device 5 2 4440 VEBH5 BOJS4 seees eae Migrates mirrored disks to recoverable disks Dawicontrol GmbH 4 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS 7 9 Managing Bind Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS There are some operations that can change configuration of bind after it is made and used Bind configuration can be only changed while it is not used by any PCs You can check what operation is available by right clicking on the bound device or each member device Each operation menu becomes available only when the operation can be applied Add Spare Disk You can add one spare disk to Mirror RAID1 bind type If Mirror RAID1 bind has a spare disk spare disk will be used when one of the bind member devices is unavailable or found to be defective Spare disk should be large enough to be a member of Mirror RAID1 NDAS Bind Management jind A Refresh Mirrored Disk RAID 1 NDAS Device 1 VSUEK F5GOX EC645 eeee6 2 NDAS Device 7 SFTQU JCX9K 1FTDA esees NDAS Device 3 P O1K32 MT9 4 CD080 eeses ADAS Device 4 WiSWE 84CR6 BOSTA seeee ADS Device 5 HT CR5 HT 4E PNSHE s e s a 2 NADAS Device 6 HNViC 2E42 LI16LE eeees File Tool Help Bind Mame DAS Device T 64554 TPFD2 JITV5 seeee ADAS Device 6 K6C95 25604 65N4K 00 ome NDAS Bind Management Fie Tool Help c Bind B Unbind i Refresh 2 DAS ENE 3 0IKSZ MT9Y4 CDOS0 e e ea 2 NDAS Device 4 V5ME 84CR6 BOSTO seees 2 NDAS Device 5 HTCRS
3. Mame l MDAS Device 1 Status RAIL status comment 372 60 G6 Ready Papena T e gt NADAS Device 5 Bind Disks 166 30 GB Ready Odd Mirror SFT OO J_aok 1FTO4 seeee DAS Device 4opend a Disk gt 572 60 GB Ready Reset bind information Kel 95 2 560 4 65N4h soooe ADAS Device 4 gt HNYC 2E42 U16LG e0eee 1190465 Ready NDAS Device 3 Select a mirror disk HTCRS HTX4E PNSHE eeeee 693GB Ready NDAS Device 6 offline Select a backup disk to make a mirror TARY S AMNSBK AL370 0 8 ta Adds a mirrored disk to a basic disk Capacity MOAS Device z 27e D0 GB MDAS Device 3 70 33 GB NOS Device 4 149 04 GB NDAS Device 5 166 30 GE 3 Synchronizing process will be started once you have mounted the devices in read write mode But until devices are fully synchronized they will run in recovery mode In this mode you can access the contents but the access speed may be slow Mirror RAID1 cannot protect data against original disk s failures in this mode So it is recommended to wait until synchronization is completed before use Dawicontrol GmbH 34 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 4 You can check the current progress of synchronization from NDAS Bind Management NDAS Bind Management S Eg File Tool Help g Refresh Capacity Status RAID status Comment Meed resynchronizin Mirrored Disk RAID 1 149 0455 Inuse yo ip n 3 Re
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5. Format Recommended Format NetDisk 1 E oe 71x 5 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 4 A Warning will appear asking if you are sure you want to format the drive Click on OK Format NetDisk 1 E x WARNING Formatting will erase ALL data on this disk To format the disk click OK To quit click CANCEL cne 5 Click on OK once the format has completed Formatting NetDisk 1 a Fg Format Complete Dawicontrol GmbH ae cee User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 9 Uninstall Before you can uninstall a NDAS device you must close all applications using the NDAS device NDAS Disk Management NDAS Bind Management Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer must also be closed e Close NDAS Disk Management by selecting Exit LI NDS Device 1 ONDAS Device 2 ONDAS Device 6 O sz O0 06 00 01 4F 6E 1 1 O XS 00 06 00 05 566 48 2 065 Register a Mew Device Refresh Status About HDAS Software Options Eit e Uninstall NDAS device o Goto Start gt Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs o Select the NDAS Software and click on Uninstall Add or Remove Programs 2 Gre you sure vou want to remove MODAS Software 3 30 1603 from your computer Note A warning window may appear if any of the NDAS devices is still in mounted state Click Cancel and Dismount the NDAS devices e Restart the PC once uninstallation i
6. Mirrored Disk T2 Unbind grat 2 NDAS Device 1 Migrate A460M LRCTG X7980 eneee peni gt NDAS Device 2 KEC95 2 EO4 65N4K seeee 2 X5 00 06 00 05 66 48 2 065 HMYXC ZE42 U16LE 0 00 X2 O0 0B D0 01 AF 6E 1 1 D HTCRS HT 4E PNSHE ee ea 76 33 GB Ready NDAS Device 6 gt ia 232 56 GB Ready 149 04 GE Ready n4556 TPFD2 Tv5 sss Migrates mirrored disks to recoverable disks Dawicontrol GmbH 40 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 8 Unbind You can unbind the bound NDAS device by selecting it and using Unbind button or menu If any member device is not available when unbinding bind information on that device will not be updated You need to unbind again for the device Warning Data on aggregation stripe RAIDO bind types are not accessible once unbinding is done You can still use the devices as a basic disk after unbinding Mirror RAID1 but data on each device may not be valid if the bind was not in Healthy state HDAS Bind Management File Tool Help Bind 7 Unbind G Refresh Mame Capacity Status RAID sta Comment Striped Disk RAID 0 745 21GB Ready Healthy 2 NDAS Device 1 Unbind O460M LRCTG 7980 eeene Migrate 2 NDAS Device 2 KEC95 2 BO4 65N4K seeee DAS Device 3 1LOMO FRDSO LVGR4 seene ADAS Device 4 290 00 6 E301 C UGFQE GPO7 Z e aa e NDAS Device 6 Sf H 4 VEYLE AVHS6 eee oe NADAS Device f 34554 TPFD2 JITV5 eesee 166 30 GB 232 00 aB
7. Register a New Device Properties Dismount All Refresh Status Abouk W045 Software Options Exit Offline The current state of the NDAS device Deregister Enables users to un register NDAS device Properties Displays properties of the NDAS device NDAS device in Connected Mode E NO45 Device 1 B HCAS Device 2 NDA Device 3 Mount Read only NDAS Device 4 Mount Read Write ONDAS Device 5 W CAS Device 6 Deregister Register a Mew Device Dismounk All Refresh Status Properties About WO45 Sofkweare Options Exit Online The current state of the NDAS device Mount Read only NDAS device can be mounted into Read Only Mode Mount Read Write NDAS device can be mounted into Read Write Mode Deregister Enables users to un register NDAS device Properties Displays properties of the NDAS device Dawicontrol GmbH 22 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS E NDAS device mounted in Deactivated Mode ENDAS Device 1 B NEAS Device 2 ONDAS Device 3 NDAS Device 4 Activate ONDAS Device 5 Deregister W OAS Device 6 Properties Register a Mew Device Dismount All Refresh Status About W045 Sofware Options Exit Deactivated The current state of the NDAS device Activate Enables NDAS device to be activated into Connected Mode Once activated NDAS device will be indicated by white colored box Deregister Enables
8. and not a Dynamic Disk 7 Initialization is completed Before NDAS device can be used it must be partitioned See Chapter 8 2 Dawicontrol GmbH s4 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 8 2 Partition NDAS device 1 From the Computer Management window find the NDAS device you want to format 2 Right click and select New Partition Disk 1 Basic 145 04 26 145 04 GB Online Unallocated New Partition E Unallocated fE Primary partition Properties Help 3 New Partition Wizard Click next New Partition Wizard x Select Partition Type There are three types of partitions primary extended and logical Select the partition you want to create Primary partition Estended partition Logical dive Description A primary partition i a volume you create using free space on a basic disk Windows and other operating systems can start from a primary partition ou can create up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended partition lt Back Cancel 4 Select Partition Type e Select Primary partition e Click Next 5 Specify Partition Size e Click Next Dawicontrol GmbH 48 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS New Partition Wizard x Specify Partition Size Choose a partition size that is between the masimum and minimum sizes Masum disk space in megabytes MB 167598 Minimum
9. disk directly to a network without a server In NAS the hard disk must be connected to a storage server which must also be connected to the network 3 For NDAS mode do I need drivers installed on each computer using NDAS device Yes the drivers need to be installed on each computer that wants access to NDAS device However if you are using Windows Sharing only one computer will need the software installed Computer must be on as a Host computer The other computers will not need it Dawicontrol GmbH 56 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 11 2 Windows 2000 XP Vista 1 Lam having trouble using Multi write over wireless wired connection What do you recommend Try a wired connection for our 3 X drivers and compare how it works If you are using wireless with other computers we recommend enabling the hard wired computer first then the wireless computer Please make sure you are running the same NDAS software version on all computers When using wireless we also recommend 802 119 When using 802 11b we highly recommend hardwiring your computer when doing large file transfers because of the low bandwidth associated with 802 11b 2 How should format NDAS device We recommend formatting NDAS device via NDAS Ethernet mode If using NDAS device as a USB device only then it is OK to format via USB It is also recommended that you format NDAS device to NTFS if using Windows 2000 XP Our 3 X d
10. faster access to your data than a basic or aggregated volume 2 Select NDAS devices to use as bind members HDAS Bind Wizard Select Disk You can select the disks to be bound Available Selected Mame Capacity me Mame Capacity NDAS Dev 298 08 GB NDAS Dev 372 60 GB HDAS Dev 232 08 GB NDAS Dew 372 60 GB lt Remove All Total number of disks required 2 Total disk size in gigabytes GB 745 21 GB Note The data on the disks will be deleted once binding i completed Cancel Dawicontrol GmbH 36 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 3 Check the result pages whether the bind operation is completed successfully NDAS Bind Wizard Completing the Disk Bind Wizard fou have successtully completed the Disk Bind Wizard You must first mount and then format the bound disks before using therm The binding results are followings Bind Type Striped Disk RAID 0 Disks selected HDAS Device 1 HDAS Device 2 Disks size 745 21 GB To close this wizard click Finish Cancel HDAS Bind Management File Tool Help F Bind 4 Unbind G Refresh Mame Capacity Status RAID sta Comment Striped Disk RAID 0 745 21 G6 Ready Healthy MDAS Device 1 372 60 GB Read 2 A46QM LACTSO 47980 e0e08 cady NDAS Device 2 372 60 G6 Read K6C95 22604 65N4k seeee cady ADAS Device 3 149 04 G6 I 2 1LO2O FROSO LVGR4 seee8 n Ise
11. i MDAS Device 4 2086 08 GE Read gt E301 C U6FQE GPO7Z2 e epas cady NADAS Device 5 2 444 4 EBHS B0IS4 seaee 232 68 GB Ready 2 NDAS Device 6 S7HV4 VF LK NVHOG 00 eee NDAS Device 7 64554 TPFO2 JITV5 e0eee 186 350 66 In use 232 08 GB In use Dawicontrol GmbH 31s User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 6 Using bound devices After binding you can mount the bind as a usual NDAS device But you need to format the devices to use To do so select any one of Se the Bound NDAS device and Mount tes Melas i gt MDAS Device 2 Read Write Found New Hardware n es Wizard may appear Click NEXT and Mount Read Write pmb amp NO45 Device 4 proceed in finishing the wizard And please Deregister ONDAS Device 5 format the new NDAS bind according to Beee E DAS Device 6 Chapter 9 Formatting NDAS devices Register a Mew Device Dismount All Refresh Status In some cases Mount Read Write and About NDAS Software Mount Read only menu can be disabled Options This means that the bind is not in mountable Exit status You can check further information at Properties menu and NDAS Bind Management HDAS Bind Management File Tool Help h Bind A Refresh Mame Capacity Status RAID status Comment s _ o Mon Fault tolerant RAID Striped Disk RAID 0 42 2106 Non m Missing mem all members should be available to mount thi 2 NDAS Device 1 A460M LALTO 4 960
12. to the NDAS device and connect the power adapter to a power source 3 If your NDAS device has an On Off switch press the On Off Switch to ON position 2 2 eSATA USB Mode Note NDAS software does not need to be installed to use in eSATA USB mode 1 Connect the included eSATA USB cable from eSATA USB port on NDAS device to your PC s eSATA USB port 2 Make sure the power connector is connected firmly to the NDAS device and connect the power adapter to a power source 3 If your NDAS device has an On Off switch press the On Off Switch to ON position Dawicontrol GmbH 6 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 3 NDAS Software Installation 3 1 Installing NDAS 3 3x Software Installation of the NDAS software is simple and easy If you are downloading the software please unzip the driver and double click on setup exe to begin installation lf you are using the Installation CD insert the CD into your CD ROM drive and select Installation for your model 1 NDAS Install Wizard Click the Next button to continue to the next step i NDAS Software 3 61 2056 Setup F wki Welcome to the Setup Wizard for NDAS N DAS Software 3 61 2056 Network Ghect Attached Storage Setup will install HDAS Software 3 61 2056 on your computer To continue chick Nest WARNING This program i protected by copyright law and International treaties DAWICONTROL MASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS j Cancel Dawi
13. AS Software 3 61 2056 MAWICONTR o The program features you selected are being installed MASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS Please wait while the Setup Wizard installs NDAS Software 3 61 2056 This may take several minutes Status Installing device drivers Driver LEs Protocol Cancel 5 Click Yes or continue anyway if one of these Windows appears Windows 2000 Click Yes Windows XP Click Continue anyway Dawicontrol GmbH 9 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 6 Click the Finish button to complete iy NDAS Software 3 61 2056 Setup gt N D AS Setup Wizard Completed Network Drect Attached Stoga The Setup Wizard has successtully installed HDAS Software 3 61 2056 Click Finish to exit the wizard DAWICONTROL MASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS 7 Click on the Yes button to restart your computer if this window comes up restart required for NDAS device to function Add or Remove Programs Dawicontrol GmbH 10 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 4 NDAS Device Registration Note You must register your device if you are using NDAS Mode 4 1 Add Register a New NDAS Device Using the Registration Wizard 1 Click on the NDAS Device Management icon located on the system tray 2 Select Register A New Device Register a Mew Device Dismount All Refresh Status About W045 Sofware Options Exit 3 NDAS Device Registra
14. Below we will explain their features HDAS Device 1 Properties General Hardware Hosts Adwanced Deactivate WD45 device Deactivation of the W045 device will end communication between your system and the device However the device is still registered on your system This allows the device to be activated without re registration Reset HDAS Device Connection You can resek che connection to the MCAS device Export You can save the registration to the File and import it From other computers Deactivate This feature will stop all communication from your computer to the NDAS device It must be activated in order to mount it again Reset Reset will completely reset the connection of your NDAS device This will be useful is you are having trouble communicating to the NDAS device Export This useful tool will allow you to export the NDAS device ID and Key so that it can be imported into another computer This prevents you from having to manually type in the ID and Key on each system Dawicontrol GmbH 30s User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Export Registration Select a W045 Device to export MODAS Device 1 we You need to complete the Following information to export the registration data Device ID PMM4A asmau lt JFFA i Write Key Do not export the write Key Description Save Cancel Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Save As Save in My Documents IO GomPlayer 4 yyy Mus
15. DAS Device 1 Dismount E NDAS Device 2 LI NDAS Device 3 GQ NDAS Device 4 LINDAS Device 5 BENDS Device 6 Properties Register a Mew Device Dismount All Refresh Status About W045 Sofware Options Exit Dawicontrol GmbH 26 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 6 4 Using NDAS Device Properties Clicking on your NDAS Device Management Sanad going into the Properties of your NDAS device will display useful information about your NDAS device hardware 6 4 1 General This will display information such as the Device Name Status and display how many users have the NDAS device mounted in RW or RO mode Also displays the capacity of the hard drive within your NDAS device HDAS Device 1 Properties J fx General Hardware Hosts Advanced Device Mame Device ID write Rey Status Online Unit Device Information Disk Drive Status Capacity Read Only Access Read Write Access Logical Device Information Basic Disk 74 5 GB Mounted in Read Write mode 1 NDAS Device 1 Dawicontrol GmbH J User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 6 4 2Hardware Hardware displays detailed information regarding the Chipset of your NDAS device Mac Address as well as detailed information regarding the Hard Drive within your enclosure Having the Mac Address of your NDAS device will be useful if
16. FAQ For the most recent list of FAQs please visit http www dawicontrol com 11 1 General 1 What can NDAS device be used for NDAS device can be used with a variety of applications It is ideal for all users that cannot afford NAS systems such as small to medium businesses SOHO Small Office Home Office workgroups departments schools and public institutions NDAS technology s convenience and low cost provides the best storage solution for home office networking e Use as storage for Personal Computer and Home Networking storing and sharing files backup archiving etc e Expanding storage requirements e Business primary or secondary network storage e Public institution s storage for data archives disclosed data backups and data conservation e Multimedia storage device MP8s Digital Photos Digital Video e Multi platform networking Simultaneous read only use from Macintosh and Windows e Non PC Non Computing applications Security CCTV technograph recording MRI entertainment 2 How is NDAS different from NAS or SAN NDAS is a better alternative to NAS or SAN NDAS is much more cost effective efficient and easy to use It is for users looking for lower costs and storage associated with backup archiving Although both NDAS and NAS are storage devices that are implemented over a network NDAS takes up less space than NAS or SAN products NDAS utilizes NDAS technology allowing it to connect the hard
17. Fie action View widow He aa m File Action View Window Help e amg Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity Free Space zi E System Tools E ic Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 3 9966 1 94 GB Eb Event viewer FI Shared Folders 3 a Local Users and Groups Per ormance Logs and Alerts l ia Disk Management 4 ce E Services and Applications SSDisk 0 Basic min ee 3 99 GB 399 GB NTFS ee Online Healthy System CAAA AA AAAA Disk 1 Unknown 146 04 GE 146 04 GB Mot Initialized Unallocated B Unallocated E Primary partition 4 Find the NDAS device you want to initialize e The NDAS device is usually indicated by Not Initialized e Ifthe NDAS device is described as Basic or Healthy skip to Chapter 8 2 Partition NDAS device Otherwise go to next step Dawicontrol GmbH 46 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 5 Initialize NDAS device B Unallocated Disk 1 EES Unknown 96 10 GE Wot Initialized Initialize Disk Properties Help Right click on the Disk that pertains to your NDAS device and select Initialize Disk Initialize Disk window will appear Select the NDAS device and click OK 6 NDAS device will be automatically initialized 46 10 GE Online Unknown Disk 1 becomes Basic Disk 1 Note It is VERY important that your NDAS device is listed as a Basic Disk
18. HTX4E PNSHE sseee NDAS Device 6 HNYC 2E42 L16L6 eeeee 2 NDAS Device T G4554 TPFD2 JITV5 esees 2 NDAS Device 3 KEC95 24BO4 65N4K eneee Adds a spare disk to the Fault tolerant RAID disk group Capacity Status RAID status 148 50 GB Ready Healthy 149 04 GB Ready 149 04 G6 Ready 372 60 GB Ready Spare disk 186 50 GB Ready 76 93 GB Ready 149 04 56 Inuse 232 88 GB Ready 372 00 5B Inuse Dawicontrol GmbH Capacity Status 148 30 GB Ready 149 04 GB Ready 149 04 GB Ready 372 60 GB Ready 166 30 GB Ready 76 33 GB Ready 149 04 GE Inuse 232 58 GB Ready 372 60 GB Inuse Seles Comment This disk See RAID status comment Healthy oy ioe User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Reset bind information HDAS Bind Management Bind information is stored on the disk And it can be corrupted or Fie Tool Help may not be valid for some reason Jnbind A Refresh such as a replaced disk and or Mame Capacity Status RAalbstatus Comm disk IO error You can use Reset 2 NDAS Device 1 me ee bind information menu to reset mae Bind Disks ieee oe NDAS Ge Add Mirror q Ready Append a Disk Reset bind information t Ready NDAS D 5 2 culo 149 04 GB Ready this information to a default value SFTOO I4 HM YsC 2E42 L16L5 e00ee SDAS Device 6 6455 4 TPFD2 JITy5 seeee NDAS Device 3 HTERS HT 4E PWSHE ee a a 232 00 GB In use offline Reset bind information to remov
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20. S Device Management and place the cursor on a NDAS device to view its functions Below is a list of the NDAS device Modes and related functions Note The square box is there to show the current mode status of your NDAS device It cannot be selected For more information please see the section on page 19 A NDAS device mounted in Read Write Mode NDAS Device 1 Dismount E NOAS Device 2 ONDAS Device 3 NOAS Device 4 O NDAS Device 5 O45 Device 6 Properties Register a Mew Device Dismountk All Refresh Status About W045 Software Options Exit X e Mounted RW The current state of the NDAS device e Dismount Enables users to change NDAS device mode to Connected Mode e Properties Displays properties of the NDAS device B NDAS device mounted in Read Only Mode E HCAS Device 1 NDAS Device 2 Dismount ONDAS Device 3 amp NOAS Device 4 ONDAS Device 5 E NO45 Device 6 Properties Register a Wew Device Dismount All Refresh Status About W045 Software Options Exit e Mounted RO The current state of the NDAS device Dawicontrol GmbH User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS e Dismount Enables users to change NDAS device mode to Connected Mode e Properties Displays properties of the NDAS device C NDAS device in Offline Mode E W045 Device 1 W NOS Device 2 ONDAS Device 3 NDAS Device 4 ONDAS Device 5 NDAS Device 6 Deregister
21. User Manual for NetDISK Installation of NDAS Software Version 3 3x For Microsoft Windows Only Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Vista DAWICONTROL MASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Dawicontrol GmbH Gerhard Gerdes Str 3 37079 Gottingen Germany Software Release Statement User Manual for Microsoft Windows Software Version 3 3x released 2009 Copyright Statement Copyright 2009 Dawicontrol GmbH All rights reserved Reproduction translation transformation or adaptation in any manner without prior written permission of Dawicontrol is strictly prohibited License Statement The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement The software may be used only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement Warranty Statement Dawicontrol reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes to the content hereof without the obligation of Dawicontrol to notify any person of such revision or changes Dawicontrol provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Dawicontrol GmbH oie User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Table of Contents w AVROGUCHON cecettteteceeneatta encuentran natin
22. ant to remove a defective member or want to remove a spare disk NDAS Bind Management Mee Fie Tool Help P Bind G Refresh Name Capacity Status RAID status Comment Mirrored Disk RAID 1 148 30 G6 Ready Healthy NDAS Device 5 2 HNYSC 2E42 U16LG 143 0466 Ready NDAS Device 6 2 G4SSA TPED2 JITYS eeees 9 O88 GB Ready NDAS Device 1 no A46QM LACTG X7980 s0 0s DAS Device 7 372 60 GB Read K6C95 246804 65N4k seeee Eady NADAS Device 3 HTCRS HTX4E PHSHE eeeee 76 33GB Ready 372 60 GB Spare Gites Configure RAID without this disk Remove disk from RAID set Disk type is not changed HDAS Bind Management Seles Fil Tool Help Bind A Refresh Mam Capacity Status RAID status Comment NADAS Device 1 A460M LACTS 47930 eeeee NADAS Device 2 K6C95 25B04 654k seeee 372 60 GB Ready 372 60 GB Ready NDAS Device 5 D HNYXC 2E42 Ul6Lg ssese 1170465 Ready NDAS Device 6 2 64554 TPFD2 JITY5 esess 232 88 GB Ready ADAS Device 3 HTCRS HT 4E PNSHE seeee Mirrored Disk RAID 1 148 30 66 Ready Healthy 76 53 G6 Ready Dawicontrol GmbH 44 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 10 NDAS Bind Terms Degraded mode Even if one NDAS device fails while accessing Mirror RAID1 bind you can still access the data But redundancy is not available in this state and it is called degraded mode If another NDAS device fails in this mode Mirror RAID1 becom
23. ard X Completing the New Partition Wizard You have successtully completed the New Partition Wizard fou selected the following settings Partition type Frimary partition Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 151598 MB Drive letter or path E File system TFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label Hew Volume Chock formak es To close this wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel Dawicontrol GmbH 50 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS e You can see the partitioned disk SF Disk 0 Basic C 399 6 3 99 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Disk 1 ES Basic New Yolume E 145 04 5B 146 04 G6 MTFS Online Healthy Dawicontrol GmbH oe ee User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 8 3 Format NDAS device Through My Computer or Computer 1 Double click on My Computer 8 My Computer Net Dis ki Open Explore Search Sharing and Security Copy Create Shortcut Rename Properties Capacity 149 5B File system NTFS 7 Allacatian unit size Jan96 bytes Volume label MetDisk 1 Format options M Quick Format Enable Compression Greate an MS DOS startup disk cose Dawicontrol GmbH My Computer window will appear Right Click on your NDAS Device choose Format The Format window will appear with a few options Check the box that says Quick
24. black colored dot then please go to the FAQ I ve installed my NDAS device and it shows up as a Black Dot If NDAS device is enabled open Computer Management by right clicking on My Computer Go to Manage then click on Disk Management Check if your NDAS device is recognized It should show up as Disk 1 or Disk 2 or a different number depending on the number of drives that you have on your computer Right click on the appropriate Disk and click Initialize if that option exists Also make sure that the NDAS device is partitioned and formatted If you see something that says Unallocated then right click on the Unallocated create a partition and then format the drive to your file system preference To use NDAS device with other Operating Systems such as Windows 98SE ME and Mac OS X you will need to format your NDAS device to FAT32 for it to be recognized Formatting Repartitioning will erase any data on the drive 12 Why am I getting a Data has been corrupted message when try to open or copy a file Open up Command Prompt and run chkdsk for the NDAS device drive Go to Start Run type in cmd without the quotation marks Dawicontrol GmbH 59 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Then type in chkdsk NDASDeviceDriveLetter R For example if your NDAS device shows up as drive letter E in My Computer you would type in the following chkdsk E R 13 Why do I keep getting
25. ch for current and updated software by looking on Your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for zottware Ces this time only Co Yes now and every time connect a device Click Next to continue e t should automatically find the appropriate drivers for your NDAS device Dawicontrol GmbH 14 4 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Found Mew Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for HOAS SCSI Controller if 9 IF your hardware came with an installation CD lt or floppy disk insert it now Wi hat do wou want the wizard to do Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Dawicontrol GmbH 15 lt User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 2 Registration is completed e Click NDAS device Management Pio see the registered NDAS device NDAS Device 1 BANDAS Device 1 Dismount E NDAS Device 2 NDAS Device 2 ONDAS Device 3 Dismount ONDAS Device 3 NDAS Device 4 NDAS Device 4 ONDAS Device 5 ORE ONDAS Device 5 Properties ENDAS Device 6 E NDAS Device 6 Register a New Device Register a Mew Device Dismount All Dismount All Refresh Status Refresh Status About NEAS Software About WOAS Software Options Options Exit R
26. control GmbH sT ee User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 2 Accept License Agreement and then click Next to continue installation ig NDAS Software 3 61 2056 Setup License Agreement MAWICONTR ol Please read the following license agreement carefully MASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS BY INSTALLING OF USING THIS sOFTWARE OR AUTHORING ANY OTHER PERSON TO DO SO YOU ACCEPT THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT AND ARE BOUND BY ITs TERMS DEFINITIONS Sothware Sothware means the computer programs templates and other information installed by this installation utility do not accept the termes in the license agreement 3 Click the Install button to install drivers ig NDAS Software 3 61 2056 Setup Ready to Install the Program PMAWICONTR ol The wizard i ready to begin installation MASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS Click Install to begin the ingtallation IF pou want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Notice IF you are using this product in a wired 10Mbps LAN or wireless 802 115 LAN environment there i a possiblity of data transmit eror or unstable connection kis recommended that this product is used in 100M bps wired LAN or 802 11073 wireless LAM environment Dawicontrol GmbH 8 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 4 Please wait while installation continues ie NDAS Software 3 61 2056 Setup Installing NAD
27. disk space in MB E Partition size in ME lt Back Cancel NOTE The partition size is automatically set Do not change the size 6 Assign Drive Letter or Path e Select Assign the following driver letter e Choose a letter for the drive from list e Click Next New Partition Wizard E x Assign Drive Letter or Path For easier access You can assign a drive letter or drive path to your partition X Assign the following drive letter fE 7 Mount in the following empty NTFS folder Browse Do not assign a drive letter or drive path lt Back Cancel Dawicontrol GmbH 49 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 Format Partition New Partition Wizard Format Partition To store data on this partition you must format it first Choose whether you want to format this partition and if so what settings you want to use Do not format this partition f Format this partition with the following settings File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label New Volume iY Perform a quick format Enable file and folder compression lt Back Cancel e Select Format this partition with the following Settings e File System NTFS e Allocation unit size Default e Volume Name Enter a name for the disk e Select Perform a quick format Recommended e Click Next 8 Partitioning is finished Click Finish New Partition Wiz
28. e must be connected via Ethernet or Wireless Router Dawicontrol GmbH 17 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS e To share Read and Write access all computers on the network using the NDAS device must have the same NDAS driver version installed e NDAS device must be registered onto each computer Warning e DONOT perform disk operations format partition and chkdsk when multiple PCs have the NDAS mounted e NDAS device can be formatted partitioned chkdsk aggregated or mirrored ONLY when one PC is connected Dawicontrol GmbH sis User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 5 Introduction to NDAS Device Management 5 1 NDAS Device Status Modes NDAS device provides users with 7 basic Modes Below is a chart describing each of the NDAS device Modes and the icons that correspond with each Mode NDAS device Color Icon Mode Meaning Green Read Only Mode Mounted RO Users can only read from NDAS device Blue l Read Write Mode Mounted RW Users can read write from to NDAS device omeo Ready omeo NDAS device is ready to be mounted Black Disconnected Disconnected Mode NDAS device is registered but your system cannot find the NDAS device Power Cord Ethernet Cord or eSATA USB Cord may be unplugged Make sure any Antivirus Firewall software or Spyware is not interfering with the connection Red w Slash Deactivated Deactivated Mode NDAS device
29. e unrecognized bind information Replace Device You can replace a member of Mirror RAID1 bind You need to use this menu when the hard disk has bad sectors or a NDAS device becomes unavailable and you want to replace the unit with another NDAS Bind Management DEK NDAS device Once a member is Fe Tel Hep replaced it may need 2 Bind B vie B eres Sy n G h ro n IZ n g Name Capacity Status RAID status Comment Mirrored Disk RAID 1 148 30GB Ready Healthy NDAS Device 1 2 SUEK FSGQK EC645 ee0ee 149 04GB Ready Spare disk This disk 0JK32 MT NDAS Device 4 VASXE 84CR6 BQOSTA eeeee NDAS Device 5 HTCRS HTX4E PNSHE eeeee NDAS Device 6 gt HNYXC 2E42x L16L8 eeeee 149 04 GB 186 30 GB 76 33 GB NDAS Device 7 64554 TPFD2 JITVS eeeee NDAS Device 8 K8C95 2XBO4 65N4K eeeee 232 88 GB 372 60 GB Replace the selected device in RAID with another one Dawicontrol GmbH s43 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Clear Defective Mark lf any bad sectors are detected while accessing Mirror RAID1 bind the device with bad sectors will be marked as defective disk In most case it is recommended to replace the disk But if you want to continue to use the disk you can just clear the defective mark to retry Configure RAID without this disk If Mirror RAID1 has a spare disk you can remove one member disk using Configure RAID without this disk This operation can be useful if you w
30. e unusable So you need to replace the defective device as soon as possible Spare disk A spare disk is automatically used when Mirror RAID1 enters degraded mode The spare disk will be used as an active member of RAID Even if spare disk is used RAID will be in degraded mode during desynchronizing Irreconcilable state When each member of Mirror RAID1 is used in degraded mode independently the data on the devices may have a different copy of data Because both copies may be valid data it can not be resolved automatically A user needs to solve this case by replacing one of the disks or unbind Resynchronization When using Mirror RAID1 same data is written to each member device But when one of the devices becomes unavailable or a device is added later to the bind both devices won t have the same copy of data So Mirror RAID1 system will need to copy data from one device to another and this process is called resynchronization Out of sync The member of Mirror RAID1 is not identical to another member and may have not valid data Dawicontrol GmbH sd Se User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 8 Formatting NDAS device 8 1 Initialize NDAS device 1 Right click My Computer or Computer and select Manage 2 Computer Management window will appear Click Disk Management under Storage 3 Computer Management window will list all the disks in the computer m Computer Management E ol x S
31. ead Write Mode Read Only Mode Note If you cannot see your NDAS device please click Refresh Status and check again Dawicontrol GmbH 16 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 4 3 Using NDAS Device Now that you have successfully installed NDAS device it is time to familiarize yourself with using the NDAS device Your NDAS device will show up as a local drive in My Computer Drive letter and NDAS device name may vary between Personal Computers F My Computer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help gt Ba P Search Folders Es x if Ei Address W My Computer A Hard Disk Drives System Tasks View system lt Local Disk 01 information T 4dd or remove programs g Change a setting Other Places Devices with Removable Storage EJ My Network Places oo o 0 My Documents 9 DVD RW Drive Fi 3 Shared Documents i p Onto Fane Free Space 74 4 GB Total Size 74 5 GB 4 My Computer You can use NDAS device like a local drive on your PC e Drag and drop files from to NDAS device e Copy and paste data from to NDAS device e Make and delete folders e Share files and folders e Backup your data 4 4 Sharing NDAS Device Once NDAS device is connected to your network it can be accessed from any computer on your LAN To share NDAS device the following must occur Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Environment e All computers and NDAS device must be on the same LAN e NDAS devic
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33. ed Storage NDAS e L Make sure that your network adapter and router are compatible with the NDAS connection The NDAS connection uses a layer 2 type protocol 9 When adding NDAS device to my computer why does the Next button stay gray You may not have entered all the aloha numeric values correctly There are no letter O s please verify that you have used the number 0 zero for anything resembling an O Also please check your other letters as well two V s may look like a W Start by entering only the NDAS device ID The ADD button should not be grayed out if the correct ID is entered Once it is not grayed out proceed to add the Write Key as well Please also make sure that there are 20 characters for the NDAS device ID not including the Write Key 10 Using Windows file sharing function after reboot share gets lost Is there any work around Create a batch file and place it in your startup folder To create batch file e Open up notepad type in net share sharename DriveLetter path For example net share NDAS device F e Save the file as a bat extension For example the file name would be called NDAS bat 11 linstalled the NDAS device key but cannot see NDAS device in My Computer What should do Click on the NDAS device Management in your System tray and make sure NDAS device is mounted There should be a dot next to your NDAS device colored either Blue Read Write or Green Read Only If it is a
34. egin using it immediately 1 2 Package Contents The following items are included in the NDAS device packages items varies with model e NDAS device e Software Installation CD e Ethernet Cable eSATA Cable USB Cable e Power Adapter and Power Cord Dawicontrol GmbH 4 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 1 3 System Requirements Supported Operating Systems e Microsoft Windows 2000 e Microsoft Windows XP e Microsoft Windows Server 2003 e Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition e Microsoft Windows Vista Required Hardware e 500 MHz Pentium Ill or higher e 512 MB RAM 1 GB recommended e ESATA USB 2 0 Port e CD ROM drive for installation e 10 100 1000 Base T full duplex switch for NDAS mode e Gigabit Ethernet switch and Gigabit Ethernet network card mode are recommended for NDAS Device Giga Note NDAS devices cannot be used with any type of Hub 1 4 NDAS Device Setup Overview Wired ows NetDISK Dc 8310 NDAS Router MAC Dawicontrol GmbH a User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 2 Cable Installation Do not connect eSATA USB cable and Ethernet cable at the same time 2 1 NDAS Mode 1 Connect the included Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on NDAS device to a switch Wireless users Connect NDAS device to your wireless router or access point with included Ethernet cable 2 Make sure the power connector is firmly attached
35. ething to my NDAS device why does the following show up can not copy NDAS device Management The disk is write protected Remove the write protection or use another disk You do not have Read Write access Click on the NDAS device Icon in your bottom right system tray Go to your NDAS device and then click on Dismount Now click on the system tray icon and go to your NDAS device and click on Mount Read Write 20 Why can t format my whole NDAS device to FAT32 Windows 2000 XP comes with a limitation of only 32GB partitions that it can create This is a Windows limitation and the only resolution is to use 3rd party partitioning software or use a Windows 98SE ME computer to format the entire drive to FAT32 With our Multi Write drivers NTFS is recommended anyways for stability and performance purposes 11 3 eSATA USB 1 I have plugged in NDAS device to my eSATA USB port and cannot see NDAS device in My Computer Plug NDAS device into a different eSATA USB port on your PC Or try using a different eSATA USB cable With Windows ME 2000 XP and MAC NDAS device uses the Operating Systems built in eSATA USB drivers therefore no software is necessary If you are using Windows 98SE please check our website for the latest USB drivers at www dawicontrol com If using Windows98SE ME and MAC make sure that NDAS device is formatted to the supported files system Windows Me requires FAT32 Mac has its own file system but also suppo
36. ic My Recent My Network Monitor Documents 2 my Pictures Emy videos DB My Virtual Machines Desktop RON My Documents My Computer Ara File name NDAS Device 1 My Network Save as type NDAS Registration Files ndas Once complete the exported ID will appear as an icon To add the exported information to your NDAS software simply double click on the saved icon Import Registration Select HDAS Devices to register NDAS Device 1 Description Device ID PhM44 05M 8U IFFA Write key Present Dawicontrol GmbH x Import Registration Select HDAS Devices to register Mame C NDAS Device 1 Status Registered Description Device ID PMM4A 05M8U XJ FF 6 Write key Present 23 x User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 NDAS Bind Management 7 1 About NDAS Bind Multiple NDAS devices can be used as if they are a single disk This is called a NDAS bind and it can be created and managed by the NDAS Bind Management tool You can bind multiple NDAS devices for more capacity per volume more performance or protection from hard disk failures NDAS support three bind types Aggregation Stripe RAIDO and Mirror RAID1 A Aggregation also called spanned disk or JBOD e Allows any number of NDAS device units between 2 and 8 to be recognized as a single disk drive e Useful when a larger storage device is needed e This bind does not provide any fault t
37. is deactivated and needs to be Activated Click on the NDAS device Management menu and click on Activate Disconnected Mode There is a communication error between your computer and the NDAS device Power Cycle the NDAS device and reboot the computer amiyn Identify Mode amiyn NDAS device is identifying its status Dawicontrol GmbH 19 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 5 2 NDAS Device Management E NOAS Device 1 HDAS Device 2 W CAS Device 3 E DAS Device 4 B HDAS Device 5 W MCAS Device 6 Register a Mew Device Bismount All Refresh Status About W045 Software Options Exit Click the NDAS Device Management Piocated on the system tray All registered NDAS device s will be displayed on the NDAS device Management Menu e When you click on the icon Lists all NDAS devices that are registered e Register a New Device Registers a NDAS device to your computer e Refresh Status Updates status of your NDAS device s e About Displays NDAS software version information e Options Can customize NDAS device Management features and error messages dialogs e Exit Exits NDAS device Management NDAS Device Management can be restored by selecting Programs gt NDAS Software gt NDAS device Management at Start Menu Dawicontrol GmbH 20 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 6 NDAS Device Functions 6 1 NDAS Device Management Click on NDA
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39. lso make sure that Script Blocking is turned off for antivirus software If problems still persist please try uninstalling the Firewall Antivirus software and reinstall NDAS software Also try updating your NIC drivers to the latest available from the manufacturer 16 keep getting Autoplay when plug in NDAS device Open My Computer and go to Tools menu at the top Click on Folder Options Click on the View tab and go to Advanced Settings Make sure to check the box next to the entry Hide extensions for known file types Then create a blank text file in the root directory of your NDAS device and name it autorun inf Place this in the root directory of your NDAS device drive letter in My Computer SP2 users will have to use a utility called TweakUI from PowerToy free to download to disable the Autoplay feature 17 Why can t my computer go into hibernation or standby You must have customer select the Allow suspend hibernation box from the Options menu in NDAS device Management Dawicontrol GmbH 60 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 18 I have clicked on the NDAS device Management on my desktop and nothing happens The icon on the desktop is only used to launch our icon into the system tray if for some reason it is not already there The icon in the system tray is used for Mounting Dismounting Adding Removing Devices and switching modes for Read Write on NDAS device 19 When I try to copy som
40. nnected to switch and the dip Switches if any are in the down position e D Please make sure that any firewall antivirus software is disabled before installing The latest versions of antivirus software have a new feature called script blocking Please also ensure that this feature is disabled before continuing e E You might also need to enable our protocol and programs to run in your Antivirus Firewall program as well e F Even after you have done these things it is still possible that the firewall antivirus software is blocking access For troubleshooting purposes if it still does not work please try uninstalling the firewall antivirus software reboot then reinstall our software to see if it works If it works then you can go ahead and reinstall the antivirus firewall software e G If using Wireless then please make sure that you are connected to the wireless router and that your signal is good Try going to your wireless router s website and check for the latest firmware and also check for the latest drivers for your wireless card as well e H Try plugging in via wired connection and see if it works that way e Power cycle your switch router e J If you are using VPN software please try unchecking the box for Deterministic Network Enhancer or any other VPN protocol in your NIC Properties e K Check to see if you have any Spyware installed Dawicontrol GmbH 58 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attach
41. olerance If any one unit fails all data is lost B Stripe also called RAIDO e Allows 2 4 or 8 NDAS device units to be recognized as a single disk drive e Useful when a larger storage device is needed e This bind does not provide any fault tolerance If any one unit fails all data is lost Warning Because the block size of the striped disks is not 512 bytes some applications or operating systems may not access striped devices correctly C Mirror also called RAID1 e Allows 2 NDAS device units to be mirrored You can add one more NDAS unit device as a spare disk e Provides fault tolerance All data is written to both devices so data can be accessed even after one device fails Warning Mirroring RAID1 protects data only from hard disk failure It cannot protect data from logical error such as file system error or incorrectly written data by application software You need to backup your data to storage regularly to prevent these kinds of data loss Dawicontrol GmbH 2324 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 2 NDAS Bind Management You can run NDAS Bind Management tool from Windows Start gt Programs gt NDAS software gt NDAS Bind Management menu You can create remove and configure NDAS bind using this tool and you can also check current status of the bind from it You can operate NDAS devices or NDAS bind by selecting and clicking right mouse button 7 3 Before bind All NDAS device
42. rivers are only supported on NTFS while 2 X drivers support FAT32 You can sure Disk Management Windows or Disk Utility MAC to do the format 3 How do I disconnect NDAS device We always recommend using the Dismount option from your NDAS Device Management tool if connected via NDAS Ethernet You can use the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your System Tray to stop the NDAS device before disconnecting this applies to USB or NDAS mode Close all windows that may be accessing the NDAS device 4 When I try to write to NDAS device I get a write protected error and cannot write to the disk The permissions scheme may need to be reset Try disabling the NDAS device on all machines first then re enable them one by one If that doesn t help try rebooting the machines and power cycling NDAS device 5 Can I set the My Documents folder to point to my NDAS device instead of a place on my local hard drive We do not recommend doing this as your computer will be dependent on this location during software installation and uninstallation You may receive Windows Error Messages looking for a non existing location 6 My computer is moving very slowly when my NDAS device is enabled and the ACT light on my NDAS device is solid yellow What is going on This is a result of a bad connection between the computer and the NDAS device Please make sure that you are using only network switches and routers and that you are not using any network hubs Al
43. rts FAT32 It is up to you to choose the appropriate one 2 My NDAS device shows up as a Black dot when used with eSATA USB When used with eSATA USB mode the software is not needed therefore you will see a black dot disconnected in the system tray as that is an indicator for NDAS Ethernet mode Dawicontrol GmbH Ols User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 12 Regularoty Statements European Community CE This product conforms to the following European Directive s and Standard s Application of Council Directives EC directive 89 336 EEC Importers Name Dawicontrol GmbH Type of Equipment Information Technology Equipment TRANSLATION Storfestigkeit nach EN 50082 1 89 336 EEC wird erfullt Dawicontrol GmbH Gerhard Gerdes Str 3 37079 Gottingen Germany Dawicontrol GmbH 62 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 13 Additional Information and Assistance Additional Information and Assistance For additional information frequently asked questions or troubleshooting help please refer to the User Manual Assistance is also available by contacting Dawicontrol Whenever you contact Dawicontrol for technical support please have the following information available Product Name Model Serial Number Software Version How to Contact Dawicontrol Tel 49 0 551 35000 Technical Support on the Internet For the latest information on NDAS device v
44. s finished Dawicontrol GmbH 54 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 10 NDAS Command Line Utility Included with the Driver 3 11 or later is an option to run your NDAS software from a command line interface Please Note These options are for advanced users only 1 Open your Command Line and type in the following command cd Program Files NDAS System This should bring you to the path C Program Files NDAS System 2 Next type in ndascmd This will load the NDAS command line help The Syntax for the interface should be as follows ndascmd lt command gt parameters The command can be one of the following e register lt device name gt lt device id gt write key e unregister lt device number gt e list devices e list logdevices e mount wait lt ldn gt device lt dn gt ro rw e unmount force wait lt ldn gt device lt dn gt e dismount force wait lt Idn gt device lt dn gt e syncdismount lt ldn gt device lt dn gt e activate lt device number gt e deactivate lt device number gt e query device hosts lt device number gt e purge lt volume path gt e g C or C NDAS Command Notes e idn Logical Device Number Can be found by using list devices e dn Device Name Name given to the NDAS device in the NDAS software Dawicontrol GmbH 2556 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 11
45. s to bind must be registered with write key and must be online status And they must not be mounted on any PCs including the PC which performs the bind operation Make sure that all NDAS devices to bind is in Ready status If the device is In use status check which PC has mounted the devices using Properties menu gt Hosts tab and dismount the device from the PC And press Refresh button or F5 key to refresh HDAS Bind Management E B Eg File Tool Help h Bind G Refresh Mame Capacity Status RAID status Comment NDAS Device 1 gt A460M LRCTS X7980 eseee da NDAS Device 2 gt pane 372 60 GR Ready a2 00 6B In use R C95 25604 65N4kK saeee ADAS Device 3 149 04 G8 I 1LOXG FRD3O LVGR4 seses ian NDAS Device 5 40444 YEBHS BOI54 eeeee NADAS Device 6 SF HY4 VFYLE WVHE6 eee oe ADAS Device fF 564554 TPFO2 JITV5 eeee8 32 50 6B In use 232 05 G6 Ready 166 30 56 In use DAS Device 4 295 08 GB Read gt F3CIC LIGFOE GP072 eeees cad Dawicontrol GmbH oO ye User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 4 Creating Mirror without destroying data Use Add Mirror menu to create a mirror RAID1 while keeping the contents of the disk 1 Select NDAS device which you want to keep data and click right mouse button 2 Select Add Mirror menu and than select a device that you want to use as a mirrored disk MDAS Bind Management E a Ed Fie Tool Help amp Refresh Bind Capacity
46. seee NADAS Device 2 372 60 6B Read D K8C95 2xBO4 65N4K eenes ae 5 00 06 00 05 66 46 2 0GLG5 HNYHC 2E42 LI16LG eoeee A 42 00 08 00 01 4F 6E 1 1 2 76 53 GB Ready 149 04 GE Ready HTCRS HTs4E FWSHE a e eee DAS Device 6 2 64554 TPFO2Z JITV5 see88 232 58 GB Ready Dawicontrol GmbH 38 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS HDAS Device 2 Properties General Hardware Hosts Advanced Device Name WAS Device 2 Device ID IVC S4 KERMY F 7 T8 Write Key Present Status Online Unit Device Information Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Rename Remove Member of Striped Disk RAID 0 Status Mok Mounted Capacity 152 6 GB Read Only Access Read Write Access Logical Device Information Disk RAID 0 0 0 KB Missing member 1 NDAS Device 2 2 NDAS Device 4 Unavailable Dawicontrol GmbH 39 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 7 Migrate from previous version of the NDAS software Some bind types that are created by previous version of the NDAS software need a migration to be used by current version of software Once migrated the bind cannot be used by the older version of software anymore HDAS Bind Management File Tool Help i e Bind 7 Unbind amp Refresh Name Capacity Status RAID status Comment Connect all member devices and use Migrate menu lon required TF any of the disk is missing unbind RAID and create it again
47. so if you have any software firewalls installed on your computer i e Norton Internet Security McAfee Personal Firewall etc make sure to add ndasmgmt exe and ndassvc exe into their list of programs to Dawicontrol GmbH ae ee User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS Allow with full access You can also try disabling your Antivirus software to see if that makes a difference Please also try power cycling your NDAS device and Switch as well 7 Sometimes when I transfer files to my NDAS device why is the speed so slow Try updating your Network Card s drivers to the latest from the manufacturer If you network card has the option of changing the transmit and receive buffers to both 128 in the card s properties in device manager please try doing that If you have an nForce chipset try updating your Nvidia nForce drivers to the latest Unified Drivers from Nvidia s website Please also make sure that you are using 100 1000 MB Switch as well 8 I ve installed my NDAS device and it shows up as a Black Dot Note If you are using NDAS device via eSATA USB then no software installation is required therefore please ignore the Black Dot Please check to make sure of the following e A You are using the latest version of our software which can be found at www dawicontrol com e B Power cable is plugged in tightly and NDAS device hard drive is spinning e C There is a link light on the port where it is co
48. synchronizing will be started when RAID is mounted in Read Write mode DAS Device i 149 0468 I VWSUEK FSGOX EC45 ee SDAS Device 2 2 NnS 149 0466 Inuse Out of sync Data of this disk is out of sync with another RAID member s data SFT QO JCe9K 1FTOA ADAS Device 3 gt DIK32 MTSy4 CD0E0 eeees 7725068 Ready NDAS Device 4 156 30 G6 Read 2 WeOxE 64CR6 B0574 ee8e8 zady i WDAS Device 5 HTCRS HTX4E PNSHE eweee TIGB Ready ADAS Device 6 gt HNYEC 2E42 ieLeeeees OTOM Inuse NDAS Device T 2 G455A TPFD2 10TVS eeeee 9 ESB Ready ADAS Device amp 372 60 GE I gt KeC95 2 604 65N4k eoee8 nM Use Dawicontrol GmbH 30 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 5 Creating new bind Warning All data on the disks will be deleted once bind is completed Some versions of MS Windows operation system do not recognize storage larger than 2TB 2048 Giga bytes If you want to use a single large volume you need to use Windows 2003 server SP1 Windows XP x64 edition Windows Vista or later 1 Click Bind icon on the toolbar to start NDAS Bind Wizard Select a bind type and the number of disks to use HDAS Bind Wizard Select Bind Type fou can select the bind type Select the bind type you want to create Aggregation Mirror RAID 1 Number of disks Description 4 striped disk RAID O stores data in stripes on two or more disks A striped disk gives You
49. this error message The device j Generic volume cannot be stopped right now Try stopping the device again later Close any windows that are displaying your NDAS device and retry what you were doing earlier If you continue to get that error message reboot your computer However if you were copying a large amount of files it is possible that it is still being copied in the background from its cache You may need to wait until it is finished before continuing If you are still having problems then you can shut down the computer remove the computer from the network and then powering the computer back on 14 just installed NDAS device why is the NDAS device showing up as a red color Try unplugging your NDAS device s power cord wait about 10 seconds and plug it back in If this does not work restart your computer Please disable your firewall antivirus software you may need to configure the software to allow your NDAS device to run If this does not work plug NDAS device via USB to see if it is recognized If so recover the data and reformat the drive While in USB delete the partition and bring the NDAS device back to the Ethernet and format the NDAS device Formatting will erase any data on the drive 15 keep getting Internal Error Update Failed What does this mean Try updating to our latest drivers to see if that fixes the problem Before installing our NDAS software please disable any Firewall Antivirus software and a
50. tion Wizard will appear Click Next to continue 4 Enter a name for the NDAS me Device Registration Wizard device Click Next DAS Device Name Specify the name For the W045 device Please choose a name For the W045 device This name will be used to identify the NOAS device in your system only The name can be up to 30 characters long Please enter the name MODAS Device 1 Click Next when you Finish Dawicontrol GmbH alls User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 5 Add your NDAS device ID and Write Key The Write Key is needed to write to your NDAS device Once entered click Next to continue Note NDAS device ID and Write Key does not contain the letter O Please use the number 0 for all letter Os If your NDAS device ID and Key are not typed in correctly The Next button will not be selectable HDAS Device Registration Wizard DAS device ID Enter the WOAS device ID to register To register the W045 device please enter the NOAS device ID The ID and Write Key are located on the bottom of the W045 device NOAS device ID is composed of 20 characters Please enter the NDAS device ID write Key is needed For Reads Write mode It is composed of 5 characters Please enter the Write Key Optional vee Click Next when you Finish TF the W045 device ID andor the Write Key is invalid Next will not be enabled Cancel NDAS Device Registration Wizard Mount SDAS Device Do you
51. users to un register NDAS device Properties Displays properties of the NDAS device 6 2 Changing from Read Write Mode to Read Only Mode 1 Click NDAS device Management Sanad select the NDAS device you want to change from Read Write to Read Only 2 Select Dismount NDAS Device 1 NDAs Device 2 O NDAS Device 3 amp NO45 Device 4 ONDAS Device 5 E EAS Device 6 Properties Register a Mew Device Dismount All Refresh Status About W045 Sofware Options Exit 3 A warning will appear Click Yes Dawicontrol GmbH D3 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS HDAS Device Management gt Are you sure you want to dismount the NDAS device The dismounting may Fail iF applications are accessing the NDAS device _ In the Future do not show me this dialog box 4 Click NDAS device Management The status icon is now changed to white select Mount Read only Deregister Options 5 The White Square will change to a Green Square indicating Read Only Mode T NDAS Device 1 Dismount E NOAS Device 2 l ONDAS Device 3 amp NO45 Device 4 ONDAS Device 5 E NO45 Device 6 Properties Register a Mew Device Dismaunk All Refresh Status About W045 Sofware Options Exit E HDAS Device 1 Mount Read only B NDAS Device 2 Mount Read Write ONDAS Device 3 NDAS Device 4 ONDAS Device 5 Properties DAS Device 6 Register a Mew Device
52. utilizing Mac Address Filtering within your Network NDAS Device 1 Properties General Hardware Hosts Advanced Hardware Information about your W045 device El Hardware Version 1 0 Max Transfer Blocks Command Processing Slots 1 Max Unit Devices 2 Max LLs 1 MAC Address 00 06 00 01 34 BE Unit Device 1 Device Type Disk Drive Transfer Mode PIG DMA LEA Mode LEA LEA4S Model SAMSUNG SP SOZM Firmware Revision TK 100 24 Serial Number 505v 10 900381 Dawicontrol GmbH 28 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 6 4 3Hosts Hosts will display to you everyone that has the NDAS device mounted Whether they have Read Write Access or Read Only access this section will display the computer s name as well as their IP address This is useful when you want to find out who has access to your NDAS device NDAS Device 1 Properties General Hardware Hosts Advanced The Following hosts are using this W045 device Some information may not be available Access Hostname Network Address Shared Ry TESTLAB4 192 1668 0 243 192 168 172 1 192 16 Click here bo refresh the list Dawicontrol GmbH 29 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 6 4 4Advanced Advanced has several different options for use with your NDAS device Deactivate Reset and Export are 3 options you will have
53. want bo mount this WOAS device now Registration is Finished successfully and the device is now ready to use Do vou wank bo mount the NOAS device to your system now Yes I want to mount this NDAS device as Read Only Mode Mo I don t want to mount this WO45 device now Read Write Mode Mounts NDAS device as Read Write Mode Note Read Write Mode will be disabled if a user did not enter the Write Key during step 5 Read Only Mode Mounts NDAS device as Read Only Mode Don t Mount NDAS device is left in Connected Dismounted Mode Dawicontrol GmbH al User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 7 Registration is finished Click Finish HDAS Device Registration Wizard Completing the NDAS Device Registration Wizard You have successfully completed the W045 device Registration Wizard To close this wizard click Finish Optionally you can save the registration to the File For registering From other computers Click here to save as a file Cancel Dawicontrol GmbH 13 User Manual DC 8310 NDAS Network Direct Attached Storage NDAS 4 2 Found New Hardware Wizard 1 After you have registered the Found New Hardware Wizard should appear Note Depends on the Windows version the look of Hardware Wizard may have a different look or will not appear This window does not appear in Windows Vista Found Mew Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows Will sear

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