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User Manual

TeraStation iSCSI

TS-RITGL/R5

www.buffalotech.com

v1.0

 

Introduction

Congratulations on your new TeraStation! Your TeraStation iSCSI is a huge block of iSCSI storage, ready to add to your server or PC via ordinary wired Ethernet connections. This guide will help you confi gure it.

There are many ways to confi gure and use iSCSI storage products like the TeraStation. In this guide we give one example of confi guring a simple iSCSI volume on a single workstation. Many other confi gurations are usable.

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 available for download at our web site: www.buffalotech.com.

If you run into diffi culties or need additional help, feel free to contact our technical support.

Contact information for Buffalo Technology and our technical support is available on pages 49 and 50.

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Table of Contents

TeraStation Layout............................................................

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Installation .......................................................................

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Confi guration GUI ..........................................................

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Login .......................................................................

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IP Address ...............................................................

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RAID Settings ..........................................................

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UPS .........................................................................

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Alerts.......................................................................

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Troubleshooting ..............................................................

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Replacing a Hard Drive ...................................................

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

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Technical Support...........................................................

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GPL Information .............................................................

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Layout

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Display Mode

witch

Switch

Front Panel lock

(Turn counter-clockwise to release)

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Layout

Hard Drives

Squeeze tabs to release)

Init Button

(Hold down to reset all settings)

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Layout

Power Cable

UPS Ethernet USB in

(to router)

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Installation

Begin by connecting your TeraStation’s power and Ethernet cables. The Ethernet cable should be connected to a router, hub, or switch on your network. Turn the TeraStation on by pushing the power button on the front panel. It will take about a minute to boot.

Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

On a PC, setup should automatically launch. If it does not, manually launch setup.exe by pressing Start and selecting the Run... option. When the Run dialog opens, type d:\TSnavi.exe (where d is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive). Press OK to continue.

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Installation

Press the Begin Installation button to begin.

Easy Setup will step you through physically connecting your TeraStation. It will then install software.

Advanced Setup skips the connection tutorial and goes directly to installing software.

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Installation

If your TeraStation is connected correctly when you get to this window, it will be highlighted in the drop-down

list. If you have multiple units to set up, select the correct TeraStation from the list.

Select First Setup for the initial installation.

To install the software on additional computers, chose

Additional Setup.

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Installation

Once the TeraStation is installed, you’ll need to install the iSCSI connection tool. Click Next, then continue to click Next, stepping through the menues until the iSCSI connection tool is installed.

Click Yes to launch the iSCSI connection tool.

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Installation

Click Register the iSCSI Hard Disk, and then OK.

Check Resume connection at start up. Click Connect.

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Installation

If Disk Management does not open automatically, you may launch it manually. From the Setup menu at the top of the window, choose Launch Disk Management.

Your ISCSI TeraStation now appears as a hard drive in Disk Management, but it’s not usable yet. Double-click on the black bar above it.

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Installation

The New Volume Wizard will open. Click Next.

Choose your desired volume type. Click Next.

Add all dynamic disks that will be included in the volume to the Selected column.

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Installation

Choose your desired drive letter. Click Next.

Choose your desired format and volume label. Click Next.

Your new volume is installed and ready to use!

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Confi guration GUI

The Confi guration GUI is where most of the

TeraStation’s settings can be changed.

To access it, type the IP address of your TeraStation into the URL bar of a browser running on a computer connected to the same network as the TeraStation.

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