Buffalo HD-HTGL User Manual

User Manual

TeraStation

HD-HTGL/R5

www.buffalotech.com

Rev 4.1

Introduction

Congratulations on your new TeraStation! This user manual is intended to assist you in conﬁ guring

it. If you run into difﬁ culties or need additional help, feel free to contact our 24/7 Technical Support at (866) 752-6210 (USA & Canada only). Technical Support in Europe is available between the hours of 9am - 6pm (GMT) Monday through Thursday and 9am-4:30 pm (GMT) Friday for this product. Customers in Europe can obtain Technical Support using the following information: Email: helpdesk@buffalo-technology.ie | Web: www.buffalo-technology.com

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.

Table of Contents

TeraStation Quick Setup ......................................... 4

TeraNavigator Setup ...............................................8

Accessing TeraStation Data from PC ..................... 14

TeraStation Diagram ............................................. 18

Advanced Settings ................................................21

Basic Settings .......................................................22

Network Settings ...................................................23

Disk Management .................................................25

Adding Extra Hard Drives .....................................31

Shared Folders .....................................................35

Groups ................................................................. 39

Users ....................................................................40

Printers ................................. ..............................44

Backups .......................................... ....................48

PCast .......................................... ......................... 52

Maintenance Settings ...........................................53

UPS Settings ......................................................... 54

Client Utility .........................................................63

Troubleshooting ....................................................65

Technical Speciﬁ cations ........................................ 66

Technical Support .................................................67

Begin setting up your TeraStation by plugging your power cable and Ethernet cable into the back of the TeraStation as shown.

TeraStation Quick Setup

Connect your cables

Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into a hub, router, or switch in your network.

TeraStation Quick Setup

Plug the power cord into a 120 volt wall socket.

TeraStation Quick Setup

Make sure that the power

After your TeraStation has completed booting up and the LED’s have

Make sure that the power

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.

TeraStation Quick Setup

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:

● the TeraStation and the router, hub or switch are both powered on,

● the Ethernet cable is securely plugged in at both ends, and

● the Ethernet cable is not damaged. Verify this by trying a different Ethernet cable.

If problems persist, contact our 24/7 technical support at (866) 752-6210 (USA & Canada only). Technical Support in Europe is available between the hours of 9am - 6pm (GMT) Monday through Thursday and 9am-4:30 pm (GMT) Friday for this product. Customers in Europe can obtain Technical Support using the following information: Email: helpdesk@buffalo-technology.ie | Web: www.buffalo-technology.com

TeraNavigator Setup

Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your PC’s CD-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.

TeraNavigator Setup

TeraNavigator is now running. Please press the Install Client Utility icon, and then Start. When installation is ﬁ nished, press Launch.

TeraNavigator Setup

The TeraStation Client Utility allows you to easily conﬁ gure 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 IP 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.

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 ﬁ nished.

User name: admin Password: password

See page 41 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 conﬁ gure your TeraStation’s IP address if necessary.

TeraNavigator Setup

You are now logged in to the TeraStation Management Utility. Bookmark this page in your browser so it can be easily accessed for future conﬁ guration 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.

Here on the Basic page, begin by changing the name of your TeraStation in the TeraStation Hostname ﬁ eld. A friendly, easy-to-remember name is recommended. The name cannot contain any spaces or special characters. Alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed.

A short description of the TeraStation can be entered into the TeraStation Description ﬁ eld. 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 ﬁ elds have been completed, press the Apply button at the bottom of the page.

For more information on the Conﬁ guration

Utility, turn to Advanced Settings, beginning on page 21.

TeraNavigator Setup

Congratulations! You’ve completed basic setup. For more detail on the other settings available in your TeraStation, turn to Advanced Settings, beginning on page 21.

To access TeraStation data:

Press the Start menu, select the Run... option. When the Run dialog opens, type \\TeraStation_ Name (where ‘TeraStation_Name” is the TeraStation Hostname set on page 13). Press the OK

button to continue.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC

TeraStation’s root directory will appear. You will see all of the conﬁ gured shares, including share, the preconﬁ gured data folder. All users can read and write to all folders unless otherwise conﬁ gured. 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 conﬁ guration, 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 ﬁ rewall 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 ﬁ rewall’s trusted zone. You can get your

TeraStation’s IP address from the TeraStation Client Utility (see page 10). Consult your

ﬁ rewall documentation for more information on allowing network access to and from a speciﬁ c IP address.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC

From the TeraStation’s Root Directory screen (see page 15), click the 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 \\TeraStation_Name\share_name in the Folder: ﬁ eld, where TeraStation_Name is the TeraStation Name set on page 13 and share_name is share (if you’re mapping to this preconﬁ gured 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 ﬁ nished, press the Finish button. TeraStation is now mapped to a drive letter.

TeraStation Expansion

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 USB 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.

TeraStation Diagram

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.

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. 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 the front panel to light up in order, producing a pinwheel effect.

TeraStation Diagram

11. Diagnostic LED – The Diagnostic LED may ﬂ ash when the TeraStation encounters an error. In this event, please contact our 24/7 technical support at (866) 752-6210 (USA & Canada only; see page 68 for European tech support information).

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

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 button.

TeraStation Diagram

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.

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.

Browser Management Tool - Home

Advanced Settings

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 bookmarked 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.

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