Buffalo TS-2.0TGL, TS-1.6TGL, TS-1.0TGL, TS-0.6TGL User Manual

User Manual

TeraStation Pro

TS-TGL/R5

www.buffalotech.com

v2.2

Introduction

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

conguring it.

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.

If you run into dif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.

Table of Contents

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

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

Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC ............................. 15

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac...........................17

TeraStation Diagram .......................................................21

Advanced Settings ........................................................... 24

Basic Settings ................................................................. 25

Network Settings ............................................................. 26

Disk Management ........................................................... 28

Adding Extra Hard Drives ...............................................34

Shared Folders ................................................................ 38

Groups ...........................................................................42

Users .............................................................................. 43

Troubleshooting Multiple Shares..................... ................ 45

Backups .........................................................................47

Maintenance Settings ...................................................... 51

UPS Settings ...................................................................52

System Information ......................................................... 58

Client Utility ...................................................................64

Troubleshooting .............................................................. 66

Changing Hard Drives ..................................................... 68

Technical Specications .................................................. 72

Technical Support ........................................................... 73

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.

Press the power button on the front panel. LEDs will light as your TeraStation boots up.

After your TeraStation has completed booting up, 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 should now be running. Press the Install Client Utility button, and then press the Start button. Once the installation has completed, press the Launch button.

TeraNavigator Setup

The TeraStation Client Utility allows you to easily con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 64 for more information on the TeraStation Client Utility. For now, make sure

that the proper TeraStation’s tab is selected, click Setup from the pull down menu, 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 nished.

User name: admin Password: password

See page 44 to change your password.

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.

NOTE: Pages 64 and 65 describe how to congure the TeraStation with a

Static IP Address.

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 conguration changes. If the TeraStation’s IP Address

changes, you will need to recreate this link. 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 24 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 eld. A friendly, easy-to-remember

name (such as “TeraStation”) 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 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 elds have been completed, press

the Apply button at the bottom of the page.

For more information on the Conguration

Utility, turn to Advanced Settings, beginning on

page 24.

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 24.

To Access TeraStation Data on a PC:

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 congured shares, including share, the precongured data folder. All users can read and write to all folders unless otherwise congured.

To set up security and password protection, or add other shares to your TeraStation, please refer to

pages 38 - 39 of this manual. To change your RAID conguration, see pages 29 - 30. 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 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 rewall’s trusted zone. You can get

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

documentation for more information on allowing

network access to and from a speci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 \\TeraStation_Name\share_name in the Folder: eld, where TeraStation_Name is the TeraStation Name set on page 13 and share_name is share (if you’re

mapping to this precongured folder) or the name of another shared folder that you set up on page

38. 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 nished, press the Finish

button. TeraStation is now mapped to a drive letter.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac

If your Mac does not automatically detect your TeraStation’s Share folder and put it on your desktop, you will need to add the TeraStation to the Mac’s server list. Begin by clicking Go, and then choose Connect to Server.

In the Server Address eld, enter your TeraStation’s IP address in the form smb:\\ ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your TeraStation’s IP address), and click Connect.

If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, see page 19.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac

Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have congured share permissions on your TeraStation, select Registered User and enter your Registered User credentials.

Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share or share-mac, from the list of folders on the TeraStation.

The share will open. A link to the shared folder will appear on your desktop.

Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac

If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, there are several ways to get it.

One simple method is to use the TeraStation client utility

(included on your CD) to nd your TeraStation(s). Just click

on the tab for your TeraStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address. You must have a Windows PC running on the

network to use the TeraStation client. See page 64 for more

on the TeraStation client utility.

You can get the TeraStation’s IP address from the LCD display on the front of the TeraStation as it boots up.

You can always get the TeraStation’s IP address from your

router’s conguration utility. Many Buffalo routers list this

information on the Client Monitor page, as shown to the right. Consult your router’s documentation for instructions on identifying the TeraStation’s IP address.

TeraStation Expansion

TeraStation Pro has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external

USB Hard Drives or UPS systems. TeraStation will share connected USB storage devices, allowing everyone on the network to use them. Up to two external USB hard drives may be added to TeraStation Pro. To connect a USB hard drive or UPS to TeraStation, simply plug it into one of the USB Ports.

You may plug in additional USB hard drives to either of the USB ports on your TeraStation. See

page 34 for setting up your USB hard drive on the TeraStation. See page 38 for information on setting up shared folders on a USB Hard Drive. Page 37 will show you how to reformat the USB Hard Drive. Page 47 shows you how to set up TeraStation to backup to a USB Hard Drive.

See pages 52 and 53 for more information on using the TeraStation with a UPS.

Power Button – Press and release the Power Button to turn the TeraStation on. Hold it down for three seconds to turn the TeraStation off.

Hard Drive Access – The Access LEDs will blink green when the associated hard drive is accessed. During startup, it’s normal for all the lights to blink.

Hard Drive Cage – The tubular lock prevents physical access to hard drives when locked. See page 68 for information on replacing hard drives.

TeraStation Layout

The Status LCD can be congured to display specic TeraStation information. Please see page 55 to congure the

various display options.

TeraStation Layout

UPS interface – An Uninterruptable Power Supply can use this serial port 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. The TeraStation Pro also supports many USB Uninterruptable Power Supplies.

10/100/1000 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.

USB Ports – TeraStation offers two USB 2.0/1.1 ports for adding external

drives or UPSs. Please see the TeraStation Expansion section on page 20 to learn more about using TeraStation’s USB Ports.

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