Buffalo Technology TS-RITGL-R5 User Manual

User Manual

TeraStation iSCSI

TS-RITGL/R5

www.buffalotech.com

v1.4

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 congure it.

There are many ways to congure and use iSCSI storage products like the TeraStation. In this guide we give one example of conguring a simple iSCSI volume on a single workstation. Many other con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 dif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 48 and 49.

Table of Contents

TeraStation Layout............................................................4

Installation .......................................................................7

Conguration GUI ..........................................................16

IP Address ...............................................................21

RAID Settings ..........................................................23

UPS ......................................................................... 28

Alerts ....................................................................... 30

Troubleshooting .............................................................. 40

Replacing a Hard Drive ...................................................42

Technical Specications .................................................. 47

Technical Support ...........................................................48

GPL Information .............................................................50

Layout

Power Switch

Display Mode Switch

Front Panel lock (Turn counter-clockwise to release)

Hard Drives (Squeeze tabs to release)

Layout

Init Button (Hold down to reset all settings)

Layout

Power Cable

UPS

Ethernet

USB in

(to router)

Installation

Begin by connecting your TeraStation’s power and Ethernet cables. The Ethernet cable should be connected to an extra NIC on your server or to a router, hub, or switch on your network.

For best performance, all network equipment should be gigabit or better. Use a NIC with enough

RJ-45 ports for all your iSCSI devices, or separate NICs for each iSCSI device. Assign static IP addresses for each iSCSI device. Bridge the ports for all the NICs in the server (including the LAN connection). Statically assign the IP address for the LAN to the “Bridged” connection, not on the actual NIC for the LAN. Provided uninterruptable power supplies for all iSCSI devices, as well

as the server itself. Simpler congurations may work, but this kind of uncompromising setup is

recommended for best performance and reliability.

After all connections are made, 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.

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.

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.

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.

Installation

Installation (iSCSI Connection Tool)

Make sure that your ISCSI TeraStation is selected in the Target product window. Click Register the iSCSI Hard Disk, and then OK.

If the TeraStation has more than one volume, choose the volume you want to connect to from the drop down list. Check Resume connection at start up. Click Connect. Repeat to add additional volumes if desired.

Installation (Disk Management)

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.

Each connected volume from your ISCSI TeraStation now appears as a hard drive in Disk Management.

Right-click on the volume in Disk Management and click New Volume to start the New Volume Wizard. Click Next.

Installation

The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard will

open. Use it to convert your new volumes

to dynamic volumes. Put a checkmark next to each of your disks and click Next to step through the menu.

Installation

Choose your desired volume type. Use Simple if you have only one volume to mount. Spanned and Striped volumes require multiple disk volumes to create. Click Next when ready.

Add all dynamic disks that will be included in the volume to the Selected column by highlighting them and then clicking the Add button.

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!

Installation

Conguration GUI

The Con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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