Buffalo TS4400D-EU User Manual
TeraStation 4000
User Manual
www.buffalotech.com
35020039-03
2013-11
Contents
Chapter 1 Installation ........................................................9
Diagrams ...............................................................................................9
Installation ..........................................................................................11
Turning the TeraStation On and Off..................................................14
Changing the Administrator Password ............................................15
Recovery Drive ...................................................................................16
For Initializing Settings ................................................................................17
For Password Resetting ................................................................................17
Chapter 2 Configuration .................................................18
Opening Settings ...............................................................................18
Opening Easy Admin .........................................................................19
Chapter 3 Access Restrictions .........................................21
Configuring Access Restrictions on Users and Groups ...................21
Adding a Shared Folder ................................................................................21
Adding Users .................................................................................................23
Adding Groups ..............................................................................................24
Access Restrictions ........................................................................................25
Active Directory .................................................................................27
NT Domains ........................................................................................29
Delegating Authority to an External SMB Server ............................31
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Chapter 4 Managing your Storage .................................34
RAID Arrays .........................................................................................34
Working with RAID Arrays .................................................................35
Using JBOD ....................................................................................................35
Changing RAID Mode ...................................................................................36
Configuring a Hot Spare ...............................................................................37
RMM (RAID Mode Manager) .........................................................................38
RAID Scanning...............................................................................................40
Adding an External Hard Drive .........................................................41
Dismounting Drives ...........................................................................41
Checking Drives .................................................................................42
Formatting Drives ..............................................................................43
Encrypting Drives ...............................................................................44
Media Cartridges ................................................................................45
Erase Data on the TeraStation Completely .......................................45
Disk Quotas ........................................................................................46
Quotas for Users ............................................................................................47
Quotas for Groups ........................................................................................47
Size Limits ......................................................................................................48
Using the TeraStation as an iSCSI Device .........................................50
Introduction ..................................................................................................50
Using the iSCSI Connection Tool ..................................................................54
Creating and Expanding Volumes ...............................................................57
Setting Access Restrictions ..........................................................................58
Hard Drive Replacement ...................................................................60
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Hard Drive Replacement Examples .............................................................61
Chapter 5 Backup ............................................................67
Back Up from the TeraStation ...........................................................67
Preparing a Backup Destination ..................................................................67
Configuring a Backup Job ............................................................................69
Replication ..........................................................................................72
Failover ...............................................................................................74
Ethernet Cable Connection Methods ..........................................................74
Configuring Failover .....................................................................................75
Backing Up Your Mac with Time Machine ........................................77
Copying from a USB Device ...............................................................80
Amazon S3 ..........................................................................................81
Chapter 6 Remote Access ................................................83
WebAccess ..........................................................................................83
Configuration ................................................................................................83
WebAccess Remote ............................................................................86
FTP .......................................................................................................87
Chapter 7 BitTorrent ........................................................90
Configuration .....................................................................................90
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Chapter 8 Multimedia .....................................................92
DLNA ...................................................................................................92
Configuration ................................................................................................92
Playing Files ..................................................................................................94
Connected DLNA-compatible Devices ........................................................94
Streaming to DLNA-compatible Devices ....................................................95
Disabling Playback from Specific Devices ..................................................95
iTunes Server ......................................................................................96
Squeezebox Server ............................................................................97
Chapter 9 Advanced Features ......................................100
Antivirus Software .......................................................................... 100
Licenses ...................................................................................................... 100
Activating Virus Scanning ......................................................................... 101
Configuring Security Settings .................................................................. 101
Connecting through a Proxy Server ......................................................... 102
Updating ..................................................................................................... 102
Excluding a Specific Folder from Antivirus Scanning ............................. 103
Virus Scanning ........................................................................................... 104
Checking the Log ....................................................................................... 105
Online Help ................................................................................................. 106
Email Notification ........................................................................... 106
Sleep Mode ...................................................................................... 107
Wake-on-LAN .................................................................................. 109
UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) ............................................. 109
Port Trunking ................................................................................... 110
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Connecting a Printer ....................................................................... 112
Setting Up a Printer with Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista ..... 112
Setting Up a Printer with Windows XP ..................................................... 113
TeraSearch ....................................................................................... 114
Offline Files ...................................................................................... 115
DFS ................................................................................................... 118
Accessing from a NFS Client ........................................................... 119
Encrypting Data Transmission ....................................................... 121
Encrypting Settings Data .......................................................................... 121
Encrypting FTP Transfer Data ................................................................... 121
SSL Keys ...................................................................................................... 122
Web Server ....................................................................................... 122
MySQL Server .................................................................................. 123
SNMP ................................................................................................ 124
Saving and Applying Settings ........................................................ 125
Saving Settings .......................................................................................... 125
Applying Settings ...................................................................................... 126
Restoring Factory Defaults ............................................................. 127
Initializing from Settings .......................................................................... 127
Creating an Initialization Drive ................................................................. 127
Initializing with the USB Drive .................................................................. 128
Resetting the Administrator Password ......................................... 128
Creating a Password Reset Drive .............................................................. 128
Resetting with the USB Drive .................................................................... 129
Logs .................................................................................................. 129
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Updating the Firmware ................................................................... 130
Name, Date, Time, and Language .................................................. 131
Beep Alerts ...................................................................................... 132
LCD and LEDs ................................................................................... 133
Jumbo Frames ................................................................................. 134
Changing the IP Address ................................................................ 135
Chapter 10 Utilities ........................................................136
NAS Navigator2 for Windows ......................................................... 136
Mount as Network Drive............................................................................ 138
NAS Navigator2 for Mac ................................................................. 139
Mount as Network Drive............................................................................ 140
iSCSI Connection Tool ..................................................................... 140
Menu ........................................................................................................... 141
Chapter 11 Appendix ....................................................143
LCD Display ...................................................................................... 143
Modes ......................................................................................................... 143
Errors ........................................................................................................... 143
Status .......................................................................................................... 144
Default Settings .............................................................................. 147
Specifications .................................................................................. 147
Compliance Information ................................................................. 149
FCC Warning ............................................................................................... 149
CE Mark Warning ........................................................................................ 149
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Environmental Information ...................................................................... 149
KC ................................................................................................................ 149
BSMI ............................................................................................................ 149
CCC .............................................................................................................. 150
Models ........................................................................................................ 150
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Chapter 1 Installation
Diagrams
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TS4200D
1 Power Button
To power on, connect the power cable and wait for 10 seconds, then press the power button. To power off, press
the power button twice.
2 Info LED
If there is a status message, the amber info LEDwill light up. Check the LCD panel to see the status message.
3 Error LED
If there is an error, the red error LED will light up. Check the LCD panel to see the error message.
4 LAN1 LED
When LAN port 1 is connected, this LED glows green. It blinks when the connection is active.
5 LAN2 LED
When LAN port 2 is connected, this LED glows green. It blinks when the connection is active.
6 LCD Panel
Status of the TeraStation.
7 Display Button
Switches between the display modes.
This button stops beeping.
8 Function Button
Use this button for Direct Copy, dismounting USB devices, rebuilding RAID arrays, and configuring failover.
9 Drive Lock
Open the front panel with the key to replace hard drives or press the reset button.
10 Reset Button
To shut down and reboot the TeraStation, hold down the reset button.
11 Status LEDs
Normally, these LEDs blink green when hard drives are accessed. If a drive fails, its LED will turn red or amber.
12 Factory Use Only
13 Boot Mode Switch
Leave the switch in the HDD position during normal operation. To recover settings, insert the recovery USB drive
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into a USB 2.0 port, move the boot switch to the USB position, and press the power button.
14 UPS Port
Connect to a UPS.
15 USB 3.0 Port
Compatible Buffalo USB 3.0 hard drives can be connected. USB hubs are not supported.
16 USB 2.0 Port
Compatible Buffalo USB hard drives, USB flash drives, digital cameras, and USB UPS connection can be connected.
USB hubs are not supported.
17 LAN Port 1
Use an Ethernet cable to connect this port to your network.
18 LAN Port 2
This second Ethernet port may be used for network redundancy or backup. You may connect a second TeraStation
directly to this port for backup.
19 Power Connector
Use the included power cable to connect to an UPS, surge protector, or outlet.
20 Fan
Do not block the fan.
21 Anti-Theft Security Slot
Use this slot to secure your TeraStation with a cable lock (not included).
22 Link LED
Glows orange when the unit is connected to a network.
23 Act LED
This LED shows network activity. It blinks orange when the TeraStation is accessed over the network.
Installation
1 Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your computer. TeraNavigator will launch.
2 Click Begin Installation.
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3 Follow the steps on the screen to connect the TeraStation’s Ethernet and power cables and turn it on.
Note: Use LAN port 1 for initial setup. After setup, you may connect a second cable to LAN port 2. If you use LAN
port 2, configure the IP address at Network - IP Address in Settings.
4 Follow the steps on the screen to install NAS Navigator2.
5 Click Finish. NAS Navigator2 will open.
6 Right-click on your TeraStation’s icon and choose Properties.
Note: For Mac OS, select the TeraStation’s icon while holding down the control key, then click Configure.
7 Click the IP Address tab, enter the desired settings, and click OK.
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If you are prompted to enter the administrator password for the TeraStation, it is “password” by default.
8 Right-click on your TeraStation’s icon and choose Settings.
9 Changing the password from the default is recommended.
10 Go to Management - Name/Time/Language and configure the TeraStation’s time and date.
Notes:
• For best results, use an NTP server to maintain the time settings on the TeraStation and other network devices.
Clocks for the network devices may run at slightly different speeds. If these devices get out of sync it may cause
network problems.
• Buffalo is not responsible for any losses and damages incurred from using the ntp.jst.mfeed.ad.jp service or service outages.
• If the TeraStation cannot automatically obtain the time from an NTP server, check its DNS settings. If the NTP
server is specified by a hostname instead of an IP address, make sure that a DNS server address is configured in
Network - IP Address.
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11 In NAS Navigator2, double-click your TeraStation’s icon. This will open the shared folder of the TeraStation. For Mac
OS, the TeraStation is mounted as a drive icon on the desktop or it is displayed in the sidebar of the Finder. You can
now use the TeraStation’s shared folder to save files just like any other folder.
Turning the TeraStation On and Off
Press the power button on the TeraStation to turn it on.
To turn off the TeraStation, press the power button twice. Don’t unplug the TeraStation without turning it off first. You
can also shut it down and restart it remotely from Settings.
Shutdown or Restart from Settings:
1 Double-click the icon.
2 Right-click your TeraStation’s icon and select Settings. For Mac OS, select the TeraStation’s icon while holding down
the control key, then select Settings.
3 Enter the username and password, then click OK.
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Note: The default username and password are “admin” and “password”.
4 Settings will open.
5 Click at the top-right of Settings and choose either Restart or Shut Down.
When all the LEDs on the front of the TeraStation turn off, the shutdown process is complete.
Changing the Administrator Password
After initial setup, follow this procedure to change your password.
1 Double-click the icon. NAS Navigator2 will start.
2 Right-click on your TeraStation’s icon and select Settings. On the Mac, select the TeraStation’s icon while holding
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down the control key, then select Settings.
3 Enter your username and password.
4 Click Change Password.
5 Enter the new password (twice).
6 Click OK. You have changed the admin password.
Recovery Drive
To initialize all of the TeraStation’s settings, or just restore the admin password to its factory default value, create the
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recovery drives as described below.
For Initializing Settings
A system initialization drive can reset all settings to their default values.
Notes:
• Normally, making and using the system initialization drive will not affect data. However, always back up your data
regularly!
• This USB drive can be used to recover the system if your TeraStation doesn’t boot at all. In this case, if the data
partition is damaged, then all your data will be deleted by the recovery process.
1 Insert a 1 GB or larger USB flash drive into a USB 2.0 port on the TeraStation.
Note: All data on the USB flash drive will be erased!
2 In Settings, navigate to Management-Restore/Erase-USB Options.
3 Select Create a USB drive for initializing settings.
4 Select the USB memory device from “Target USB drive”, then click Execute.
5 Enter the 4 digit confirmation number and click OK. The TeraStation will create the initialization drive. This will take
about a minute.
6 When the “finished” dialog opens, the USB initialization drive is ready to use. Dismount the USB drive before
unplugging it. See “Dismounting Drives” in chapter 4 for the instructions on dismounting drives.
For Password Resetting
A password initialization drive can reset the administrator password to its default value (“password”). This could be very
useful if you forget your admin password.
1 Insert a 1 GB or larger USB memory device (not included) to a USB 2.0 port on the TeraStation.
Note: All data on the USB flash drive will be erased!
2 In Settings, navigate to Management - Restore/Erase - USB Options.
3 Select Create a USB drive for resetting the admin password.
4 Select the USB memory device from “Target USB drive” list, then click Execute.
5 Enter the 4 digit confirmation number and click OK. The TeraStation will create the password reset drive. This will
take about a minute.
6 When the “finished” dialog opens, the password reset drive is ready to use. Dismount the USB drive before
unplugging it. See “Dismounting Drives” in chapter 4 for the instructions on dismounting drives.
For instructions on using system initialization or password initialization drives, see chapter 10.
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Chapter 2 Configuration
Configure and administer your TeraStation using the Settings interface, accessible from a browser window. Open the
interface using the procedure below or type the TeraStation’s IP address in the URL field of your browser.Within Settings,
the Easy Admin page gives you quick access to commonly used settings.
Note: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 8, Google Chrome 15, Safari 5, and later are supported. If you have difficulty
viewing Settings, check the following:
• If there are a large number of registered users, groups, or shared folders, use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.
• If you have a proxy server enabled in the browser settings, disable the proxy server.
• With Internet Explorer, set security to Local intranet. On Windows Server 2008, higher-level security is configured
by default. Set the security to a lower level temporarily.
Opening Settings
1 Open NAS Navigator2 by double-clicking the icon.
2 Right-click on your TeraStation’s icon in NAS Navigator and select Settings. For Mac OS, click your TeraStation’s icon
while holding down the control key, then select Settings.
3 Enter the username and password and click OK.
Username/Password Combinations:
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Username Password Settings Available
admin password All
guest blank
your username your password
Notes:
• If the time-out period is set to “10 minutes”, you will be logged out of Settings after 10 minutes of inactivity.
• Click Secure Connection to log in with an encrypted connection.
TeraStation name, IP address, workgroup, drive
status, hardware version
TeraStation’s name, IP address, workgroup, drive
status, firmware version, and your password.
4 Settings will open.
Notes:
• Click to open Easy Admin.
• Click to play a tone from the TeraStation for easy location.
• You can also use Bonjour to log in to Settings from OS X 10.4 or later. In Safari, click View - Show Bookmarks Bar.
From Bookmarks, click Bonjour - TeraStation name.
Opening Easy Admin
The Easy Admin page makes it easy to change common settings. Follow the steps below to open Easy Admin.
1 Open NAS Navigator2 by double-clicking the icon.
2 Right-click on your TeraStation’s icon and choose Settings. For Mac OS, click the TeraStation icon while holding
down the control key, then select Settings.
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3 Click Easy Admin.
4 The Easy Admin screen will open.
Notes:
• If you click any buttons , you will need to enter a username and password.
• You can open Easy Admin anytime by clicking the icon at the top left of Settings.
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Chapter 3 Access Restrictions
You may restrict access to specific shared folders, including external USB drives.
Notes:
• Access restrictions can be set separately for each shared folder, but not for folders within the shared folders.
• Configure access restrictions through Settings. Configuring access restrictions through Windows is not supported
and may cause unexpected behavior.
• You can also configure users, groups, and shared folders from Easy Admin by clicking Access Restrictions.
• Shared folders with limited access can still be used as backup destinations.
Configuring Access Restrictions on Users and Groups
Adding a Shared Folder
1 In Settings, click the icon to the right of “Folder Setup”.
2 Click Create Folder.
3 Configure the settings, then click OK.
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Notes:
• Names may contain up to 27 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), and underscores (_). Do not use a symbol as
the first character in a name.
• The description may contain up to 75 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and spaces. Do not
use a symbol or space as the first character.
• You may create up to 400 shared folders.
• The names of shared folders should not use characters from more than one language. For example, mixing Japanese and Korean characters in names is not supported.
• If multi-byte characters are used in shared folder names, configure the client language to match the characters in
Management - Name/Time/Language.
Recycle Bin
To protect your data from accidental deletion, you may configure your TeraStation to use a recycle bin instead of
deleting files immediately. The recycle bin will only work with SMB connections. To empty the recycle bin, click File
Sharing - Folder Setup - Empty the recycle bin in Settings.
Note: You can prevent guests and other users from emptying the trash by navigating to File Sharing - SMB -
Permissions for Trashbox and selecting “Administrator only”.
Accounts
Your TeraStation username and password should be the same as your Windows username and password. If they are
different, you may not be able to access folders on the TeraStation with access restrictions configured.
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Read-only Shares
By default, new shares are set with read & write access, but you may change the attribute to Read-only in Shared Folder
Attributes. Read-only shares and HFS+ formatted USB hard drives will have “Read-only” added to the shared folder
description.
Hidden Shares
To hide a shared SMB folder, select “Hidden Share (SMB Only)” and click OK. To open a hidden folder, click Start - Search
programs and files and enter “\\TeraStation name\Shared folder name$\” for the name. Example: If the TeraStation name
is “TS-XX001” and the shared folder name is “share”, then enter “\\TS-XX001\share$\” to open it.
Note: FTP, SFTP, and Mac AFP folders cannot be hidden.
Adding Users
1 In “File Sharing”, select Users.
2 Click Create User.
3 Enter the desired settings, then click OK.
Notes:
• Usernames may contain up to 128 characters, including hyphens (-), underscores (_), periods (.), !, #, &, @, $, *, ^,
and %. Do not use a symbol as the first character.
• For Windows 8, use a local username instead of your Windows Live ID.
• The user ID should be a number from 1000 to 1999. Each user ID should be unique. If this field is left blank, a user
ID is assigned automatically.
• Do not duplicate user IDs, group IDs, usernames, or group names. Each should be distinct and unique.
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• The description may contain up to 75 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and spaces. Do not
use a symbol or space as the first character.
• When setting users with access privileges, a maximum of 300 users, including “admin” and “guest”, can be registered in the TeraStation.
• Passwords may contain up to 20 alphanumeric characters and the following characters: - _ @ ! # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , . / ;
< > = ? “ [ ] ^ { } | ~. Do not use a symbol other than an underscore (_) as the first character.
• Use the same username and password for both Windows and the TeraStation or you may not be able to access
shared folders.
Importing User Information
You can import users in File Sharing - Users by clicking Import CSV File. Existing users will be overwritten.
Format for user data: Username (required), password (required), and user description (optional).
Examples:
username1,password1,comment1
username2,password2,comment2
username3,password3,comment3
Guidelines:
• Use commas (,) as separators. Do not put spaces before or after commas.
• If a line has an incorrect format, the user on that line will not be registered.
• If a username exists, the new user information will overwrite the old information.
• Do not use commas (,) in the username, password, or user description.
Note: Imported users are added to the “hdusers” group automatically.
Shared Folder Owners
To confirm the owner of a shared folder from Windows XP, from the Properties screen of the file or folder, open a new
window from the Security tab. Click Advanced, then click the Owner tab.
Adding Groups
1 In “File Sharing”, select Groups.
2 Click Add Group.
3 Enter settings, then click OK.
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Notes:
• Group names may contain up to 20 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.). Do not
use a symbol other than an underscore (_) as the first character.
• Group descriptions may contain up to 75 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and spaces. Do
not use a symbol or space as the first character.
• If the group ID field is left blank, a group ID is automatically assigned. Use numbers between 1000 and 1999 to
set a group ID manually. Don’t use duplicate group IDs.
• You may register up to 300 groups with the TeraStation.
• If you are logged in as a member of the general users group, you can only change your own password. If you’re
logged in as an administrator, you can change any settings, including other users’ passwords. If you are logged in
as a member of the power users group, you can create and edit shared folders, users, and groups.
Access Restrictions
1 In “File Sharing”, select Folder Setup.
2 Click the shared folder that you want to set access restrictions for.
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3 Click Edit.
4 Enable “Access Restrictions”.
5 Select the level of access for the user or group you added.
: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited
6 Click OK.
Notes
• The example above shows access restriction by user. To restrict access by group, click Local Groups tab and select
group permissions.
• If both read-only and read & write permissions are given to a user, the user will have read-only access. The most
restrictive access always applies.
• The following characters are handled differently by Mac OS and Windows. Avoid using these characters when
sharing data between Mac OS and Windows:
• Windows does not support some characters that Mac OS and the TeraStation allow. If you create a filename on a Mac
with any of the following characters, it will not display correctly on a Windows computer. With OS X 10.2 or later, you
may have to connect to the TeraStation via AFP in order to display or copy any of the following characters.
? [ ] / \ = + < > ; : “ , | *
• Do not use any of the following words as a username or group name:root, bin, daemon, sys, adm, tty, disk, lp, sync,
shutdown, halt, operator, nobody, mail, news, uucp, ftp, kmem, utmp, shadow, users, nogroup, all, none, hdusers,
admin, guest, man, www, sshd, administrator, ftpuser, apache, mysql
• Do not use any of the following words as the name of a shared folder. These words are reserved for internal use by
the TeraStation:info, spool, lost+found, global, printers, homes, lp, authtest, ram, msdfs_root, mt-daapd, usbdisk#
(where # is a number, for example: usbdisk1)
• Don’t use the following unsupported characters in shared folder names, workgroup names, or filenames:
• File and folder names may contain up to 255 single-byte characters.
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• Configure hidden and read-only file attributes in Settings. Configuring them from within Windows is not supported
and may cause unexpected behavior.
• Folder and workgroup names whose names contain non-Roman characters may not be displayed correctly.
• If shared folders are accessed from a Macintosh, information files for the Macintosh may be generated automatically.
Do not delete these files. If they are deleted using Windows, this may prevent further access from a Macintosh.
• If an SMB connection is used with OS X 10.3.9, the names of mounted volumes may appear as unreadable characters
in Finder and other applications. This is not a problem with the filename or data.
• With OS X 10.5 to 10.5.6, Spotlight searches are not supported over AFP connections. Use SMB connections or
upgrade to OS X 10.5.7 or later.
• The TeraStation belongs to the default zone in AppleShareServer; the zone cannot be specified.
• When files are copied to the TeraStation or to a USB drive connected to the TeraStation, file information such as date
created, date modified, and other date information may be updated or changed.
• Hard drive capacity is shown in Settings in actual gigabytes. The Properties window in Windows may show GiB
instead, which will be a smaller number.
• During a file transfer, if settings are changed, the file transfer operation may be aborted.
• File copying to the TeraStation is protected by a journaling file system. If the Ethernet cable is disconnected or a
power outage occurs while copying data, the following may occur:
- The preset data (TeraStation name, user, and group) may be erased.
- An incomplete file may be copied and the file can no longer be deleted. If this happens, restart the TeraStation,
delete the file, and perform the copy operation again.
• After a drive is formatted, the “% Used” and “Amount Used” in Settings will not be 0. This is because some drive space
is used for the system area.
Active Directory
The TeraStation can join an Active Directory domain. Up to 1000 domain users and 1000 groups may be downloaded
from Active Directory.
Note: If usernames or group names from Active Directory include multi-byte characters, you will not be able to
configure access restrictions for them.
1 In Settings, select Network.
2 Select Workgroup/Domain.
3 Click Edit.
4 Select “Active Directory”, then click Next.
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5 Click Yes.
6 Enter the desired settings, then click OK.
7 Choose Folder Setup.
8 Click a shared folder that you want to set access restrictions for.
9 Click Edit.
10 Enable “Access Restrictions”.
11 Select the level of access for the user or group.
: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited
Notes:
• To have the TeraStation join an Active Directory domain, configure it to use a DNS server that can resolve names
for the Active Directory domain.
• After building an Active Directory domain, the administrator password for joining the domain must be changed
at least once, or joining the Active Directory domain will fail.
• The DNS name and NetBIOS name of Active Directory domains should be identical.
• If both read-only and read & write permissions are given, the user will have read-only access. The most restrictive
access setting will apply.
• If there are more than 5 minutes difference between the TeraStation’s clock and the domain controller’s clock,
joining the domain or authenticating domain users and groups may fail. For best results, use an NTP server to set
the time for all network devices.
• The TeraStation supports a domain environment with a maximum of 1000 users and 1000 groups. 10,000 users
and 10,000 groups can be downloaded from the domain controller but are not supported.
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• To use the TeraStation as a member server in an Active Directory domain, the TeraStation should be logged in to
the domain and accessed from a computer that is not a member of the domain with a valid domain account.
• If the TeraStation is a member server of an Active Directory domain, you cannot connect as a guest user via AFP.
• If your TeraStation is a member server in an Active Directory domain and you change the authentication method
to “Workgroup”, the account on the domain controller will not be deleted automatically.
• When the TeraStation joins an Active Directory domain, FTP is disabled. Before use FTP, move the FTP switch back
to the position.
• Don’t disable the SMB protocol while Active Directory is used for access restrictions. If you do, you will need to enable SMB again and reconfigure AD from scratch.
NT Domains
In an NT domain environment, the TeraStation uses account information from the NT domain server to set access
restrictions for files and folders on the TeraStation. There’s no need to perform individual account management for the
TeraStation. If multiple TeraStations are installed on the network, the account information is centrally managed in the NT
domain, greatly reducing the operations required for installation and management.
Note: A maximum of 1000 domain users and 1000 groups can be downloaded from an NT domain server.
1 Create an account on the domain controller for the TeraStation.
2 In Settings, click Network.
3 Select Workgroup/Domain.
4 Click Edit.
5 Select “NT Domain”, then click Next.
Note: To use Active Directory from Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, select “Active Directory” instead of “NT
Domain”.
6 Click Yes.
7 Enter settings and click OK.
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8 Click to the right of “Folder Setup”.
9 Click a shared folder for which you want to set access restrictions.
10 Click Edit.
11 Enable “Access Restrictions”.
12 Select the level of access for “Domain Users” or “Domain Groups” you added.
: Read and write access allowed : Read access allowed : Access prohibited
13 Click OK.
Notes:
• If you change the TeraStation’s name, you will no longer be able to use domain users and groups or access restrictions. To repair this, rejoin the domain.
• If both read-only and read & write permissions are given to a user, the user will have read-only access.
• If a domain username is more than 20 bytes long, the TeraStation truncates it to 20 bytes.
• The TeraStation supports a domain environment with a maximum of 1000 users and 1000 groups. 10,000 users
and 10,000 groups can be downloaded from the domain controller but are not supported.
• To use the TeraStation as a member server in an NT domain, the TeraStation should be logged in to the domain
and accessed from a computer that is not a member of the domain with a valid domain account.
• If the TeraStation is a member server of an NT domain, you cannot connect as a guest user via AFP.
• When you change the user or group settings on the domain controller, these changes may not take effect immediately on the TeraStation until it is rebooted.
• If your TeraStation is a member server in an NT domain and you change the authentication method to “Workgroup”, the account on the domain controller will not be deleted automatically.
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