D-Link DNS327L User Manual
Version 1.0 | 27/03/2013
User Manual
ShareCenter™ + 2-Bay Cloud Network Storage Enclosure
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Product Overview .............................................................. 1
Before you Begin ........................................................................... 2
System Requirements ................................................................. 2
Package Contents ......................................................................... 2
Features ............................................................................................3
Checking the Hardware Requirements ................................7
Hardware Overview ..................................................................... 8
Front Panel ..............................................................................8
LED Description ................................................................ 9
Rear Panel (Connections) .................................................10
Bottom Panel ........................................................................11
Getting Started ................................................................12
Hardware Setup ..........................................................................12
Zero Conguration Setup ........................................................15
mydlink on the DNS-327L .....................................22
Windows Installation .......................................................23
Web UI Login ................................................................................97
Web UI General Layout .....................................................98
Home ..................................................................................98
Applications .....................................................................99
Management ................................................................ 100
Management ..................................................................... 101
Setup Wizard (Web UI) .............................................. 101
Disk Management ......................................................106
Hard Drive Conguration ...................................106
Hard Drive Conguration Wizard .............. 107
JBOD .................................................................... 115
RAID 0 .................................................................. 121
RAID 1 .................................................................. 128
Upgrade from Standard Mode to RAID 1 136
S.M.A.R.T. Test .........................................................142
Creating a Schedule ....................................... 144
Scan Disk .................................................................. 145
Setup Wizard ................................................................................23
Mapping a Drive ..................................................................62
Alternative methods to Mapping a Drive ..................65
Mac - Setup Wizard Installation ...................................... 66
Conguration ................................................................... 87
Managing your DNS-327L .......................................................87
D-Link Storage Utility ................................................................88
D-Link Storage Utility - For Mac ............................................90
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Volume Encryption ............................................... 147
Account Management .............................................. 151
Users / Groups ........................................................ 151
Creating a Single User ................................... 151
Creating Multiple Users ................................ 156
Modify Users ..................................................... 160
Deleting Users .................................................. 164
Importing Users ............................................... 165
Creating a Group ............................................. 168
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Modifying a Group .......................................... 173
Deleting a Group ............................................. 179
Quotas ....................................................................... 180
Network Shares ...................................................... 185
Add/Modify Network Shares Wizard ........ 186
Deleting a Network Share ............................ 193
Resetting the Network Shares .................... 195
ISO Shares Setup Wizard ............................... 196
Creating an ISO Image ..................................200
ISO image Creation Wizard .......................... 201
ISO Name and File Path Settings ............... 202
ISO Tree Editing ................................................ 205
Verifying the ISO image ................................ 206
Admin Password .................................................... 207
Network Management ..............................................208
LAN Setup ................................................................ 208
IPv6 Settings ..................................................... 211
NFS Service .............................................................. 231
Multimedia Services .............................................232
UPnP AV Server ...................................................... 236
iTunes Server .......................................................... 237
System Management ................................................ 238
Language ................................................................. 238
Time and Date ........................................................ 239
Device ....................................................................... 240
System Settings ..................................................... 241
Power Management ............................................ 242
Notications ............................................................ 244
Email Settings ................................................... 244
SMS Settings ..................................................... 245
Adding an SMS Service Provider ............... 246
Event Settings ..................................................247
Logs ............................................................................ 248
Firmware Upgrade ................................................ 249
IPv6 Setup .......................................................... 212
Link Speed and LLTD Settings .................... 214
DDNS ......................................................................... 215
Port Forwarding.....................................................216
Application Management ........................................220
FTP server ................................................................ 220
Block IP List .............................................................. 221
Add-ons .................................................................... 225
Add-Ons ................................................................... 226
Installing Add-Ons from the Setup Wizard .. 226
Installing Add-ons from the Web UI ............... 229
AFP Service .............................................................. 231
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USB Devices ............................................................250
UPS Settings ......................................................250
USB Storage Information .............................. 250
Printer Information ......................................... 251
System Status ............................................................... 252
System Info .............................................................. 252
Home .................................................................................... 254
My Photos ...................................................................... 255
Creating an Album ...............................................257
Photo Album Wizard ............................................ 258
Editing Photos in an Album .............................. 262
Select a Photo as a Cover image......................265
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Select a Photo to Move ....................................... 267
Delete a Photo .......................................................269
Share a Photo to Picasa ....................................... 270
Share a Photo to Facebook ................................ 273
Share a Photo to Flickr ........................................ 276
Deleting an Album ............................................... 279
Refreshing the Album Database .....................281
Managing Photos ................................................. 282
Slideshow Toolbar ........................................... 283
Beam a Slideshow to your TV ..................... 292
Photo Gallery .......................................................... 293
My Files ........................................................................... 295
My Files - Icons ............................................................. 296
Upload ...................................................................... 297
Download ................................................................ 299
Copy ...........................................................................301
Move .......................................................................... 304
My Music ........................................................................ 321
My Music - The Interface .......................................... 323
My Music - The Categories .......................................324
My Music - The Categories .......................................325
My Music - Music on your DNS-327L ................... 326
My Music - Playback Music on an Apple device 328
My Music - The Player ................................................ 329
My Music - Create a Playlist ..................................... 330
My Surveillance ...........................................................332
My Surveillance ...........................................................341
My Surveillance - Live View ..................................... 342
My Surveillance - Live View ..................................... 343
My Surveillance - Live View ..................................... 344
My Surveillance - Live Camera Panel Explained
II ......................................................................................... 345
My Surveillance - Single Camera Live Video
Mode ............................................................................... 346
Delete ........................................................................ 306
Rename ..................................................................... 308
Properties................................................................. 310
Create a Zip le from the Selected Folder .... 311
Add to Zip ................................................................ 312
Unzipping a Zipped File ..................................... 314
Unzipping a Tar File .............................................. 315
Opening a File ........................................................ 316
Previewing a File ................................................... 317
Share to Facebook ................................................ 318
Share to Picasa ....................................................... 319
Share to Flickr ......................................................... 320
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My Surveillance - Full Screen Live Video Mode 347
My Surveillance - Digital Zoom Video Mode.....348
My Surveillance - E-Map View ................................ 349
My Surveillance - Snapshot View .......................... 350
My Surveillance - Motion Detection Camera
Mode ............................................................................... 351
My Surveillance - Conguring Patrol Settings .. 352
My Surveillance - Conguring Patrol Preset
Points ...............................................................................353
My Surveillance - Viewing Preset Points ............. 354
My Surveillance - Live Video/Playback Settings 355
My Surveillance - OSD Settings ............................. 356
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My Surveillance - Playback ...................................... 357
My Surveillance - Playback ...................................... 358
My Surveillance - Playback ...................................... 359
My Surveillance - Recording Information .......... 360
My Surveillance - Setup ............................................ 361
My Surveillance - Setup - Camera Setup ............ 362
My Surveillance -Search and Add Camera .........370
My Surveillance -Setup - Audio and Video ........ 373
My Surveillance - Setup - Recording Setup ....... 375
My Surveillance -Setup - Event Setup .................384
My Surveillance - Setup - E-map Upload ............ 387
My Surveillance - Setup - Backup .......................... 391
My Surveillance - Setup - Server Port .................. 396
My Surveillance - Status ...........................................397
My Surveillance - Status ...........................................398
My Favorites Application.......................................... 401
Adding Applications ............................................ 402
USB Backup Process ....................................... 426
P2P Downloads ...................................................... 428
Settings ............................................................... 428
Downloads ........................................................ 429
Amazon S3 ............................................................... 430
Creating an AWS Account ............................ 431
mydlink ..................................................................... 437
mydlink Verication ............................................. 438
mydlink Java Runtime Machine .......................440
Creating a New Folder ......................................... 445
mydlink Settings Details .....................................446
ShareCenter™ NAS Status ................................. 447
Deleting a mydlink device ................................. 448
Deleting a mydlink account .............................. 449
The mydlink Access NAS App ........................... 451
The mydlink Access NAS App - Features ...... 452
The mydlink Access NAS App - Compatibility 453
Applications ....................................................................... 403
FTP/HTTP Downloads ............................................... 403
Remote Backups .......................................................... 405
Create Wizard .........................................................406
Local Backups ......................................................... 410
Time Machine ......................................................... 411
Time Machine - On the Mac .............................. 412
Time Machine - Delete a Volume .................... 419
USB Backups ........................................................... 422
MTP Backups .....................................................423
USB Backups .....................................................423
MTP Backup Process.......................................424
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Knowledge Base ............................................................455
What is RAID? ............................................................................ 455
RAID Options ..................................................................... 457
UPS Connectivity ..................................................................... 459
Deleting a UPS Slave ....................................................... 463
USB Print Server ....................................................................... 465
Setting up a printer using Mac OS 10.8 ................... 468
Setting up a printer using Mac OS 10.8 ...........................
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Product Overview
The D-Link ShareCenter™ DNS-327L is a 2-Bay Cloud Network Storage device. When used with internal SATA drives, it enables
you to share documents, les, and digital media such as music, photos, and video with everyone in your home or in the oce
network. Remotely accessing les through the internet is also possible using the built-in FTP server, Web File server and the
WebDAV protocol. Whether you are allowing access locally or over the internet, you can keep data safe by only giving rights
to specic users or groups. Users can also access their DNS-327L remotely using the mydlink portal, or using mobile devices
with the mydlink Access-NAS app on a mobile phone or tablet. When conguring the DNS-327L, you can create and assign
users and groups to folders with either read or read/write permissions. This is ideal for an oce environment with employeespecic sensitive data or for the home where you can limit your children to age appropriate material. The DNS-327L will be
available to any computer (PC,Mac, or Linux) on your network, without the need to install any software.
You may back up yoru music, photos, and video collections to teh DNS-327L for safekeeping. Then enjoy the benets of the
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built-in UPnP AV media server as you stream digital content to compatible media players
MediaLounge product line). This feature is highly convenient as it allows you to turn o a computer that would normally be
needed for the same function.
(such as those found in D-Link’s
The availability of four dierent hard drive modes (Standard, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID1) allows you to choose the conguration
best suited to your needs. Standard mode creates two separately accessible hard drives. JBOD combines both drives in linear
fashion for maximum space eciency. RAID 0 combines both drives in a ‘striped’ conguration, which provides the highest
performance when using a Gigabit Ethernet connection. RAID 1 causes the drives to mirror each other, providing maximum
protection. If one drive fails while congured as RAID 1, the unaected drive continues to function as a single drive until the
failed drive is replaced. The new drive will then be re-mirrored, allowing the DNS-327L to return to its full protection.
To further enhance your ShareCenter’s™ capabilities, the DNS-327L supports a proprietary mydlink service, provided to D-Link
customers only, serves as a portal to those users who wish to access their data from any location. Mydlink service supports list,
download, upload or delete les/folders and can see the status of a ShareCenter™ from any location via web browser.
The DNS-327L also has several Add-on features to enhance your experience, including PhotoCenter, Blogging, Transmission
and Audio Streamer among others.
1 Hard Drive(s) not included.
2 D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. Playback capability depends on the codec support of the UPnP™ AV media player.
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Before you Begin
• Check box contents
• Check system requirements
• Ensure that you have the hardware you need for your ShareCenter™ device
System Requirements
For best results, the following minimum requirements are recommended on any system used to congure and use the
ShareCenter™:
• Computer with: 1Ghz processor / 512MB RAM / 200MB available space / CD-ROM drive
• Internet Explorer® version 8, Mozilla® Firefox® 4, Google® Chrome 3, or Apple® Safari® 4 and above
• Windows® XP (with Service Pack 2), Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows® 8
• Mac OS® X 10.5.6 or greater
• 3.5” SATA Hard Drive(s)
• D-Link ShareCenter™ DNS-327L
• CD-ROM with Manual and Software
• Quick Installation Guide
• 12VDC 3A Output Power Adapter
• CAT5E Ethernet Cable
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Features
The ShareCenter™ DNS-327L is an easy to install data storage platform used for remote access through a local network or from the
Internet. This ShareCenter
™ supports up to 2 SATA hard drives and includes the product features listed below:
Equipped one 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-MDIX Gigabit Ethernet
LAN port, 1000BASE-T support Half duplex and Full duplex mode
Embedded two SATA II 3.5” HDD interface, support 4TB HDD
2-bay Serial ATA with RAID 0/1 and JBoD supported
Equipped Ultra Cooler (Plastic housing + FAN speed control)
Trays for the hard drives.
Supports Real-Time Clock (RTC)
Network Options
• DHCP Client or Static IP
• NTP Client
• Windows 7/ Vista x32/64 PnP-X/ LLTD
• Dynamic DNS
• Bonjour
• UPnP Port Forwarding
• IPv6
Network File Services
• Supports Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8, Mac OSX 10.5+, Linux clients
File System
• EXT4 for internal HDD
• FAT32, NTFS for USB external Storage
File System Management
• Unicode Support for both Samba and FTP server
• File sharing: Windows/ Mac/ Linux
• File Searching
FTP server
• FTP over explicit SSL/ TLS mode (FTPES)
• FTP bandwidth and connection control
• FTP support FXP
• IP Blocking
Disk Management
• Hot Swappable
• RAID: Standard, JBOD, 0, 1
• RAID 1 Auto/Manual Rebuild
• RAID migration: Standard to RAID 1
• CIFS/SMB for Windows and Mac OS X and Linux
• NFSv3 Server for Linux and UNIX
• AFP3.3 for Mac OS X
• HTTP and HTTP/S for web browsers
• WebDAV
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• Disk Status Monitoring (S.M.A.R.T)
• HDD S.M.A.R.T test
• Scandisk
• Support Advanced Format HDD
• AES based volume encryption
• Disk Roaming
• RAID roaming
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Folder Management
• Share Folder Level Permission
• Supports ISO mount
• ISO creator
Remote File Sharing
• My Files (Web File Server)
• WebDAV
• FTP Server
• Mobile device accesss (mydlink Access NAS)
User/Group Management
• User/Group assignmentfor network sharing and FTP server
• Quota for user and group
• Assign users to multiple groups
• Create User/Import User(s) batch les
Backup Management
• Schedule Backup from PC to NAS (ShareCenter
• Remote network backup (Rsync, Remote Snapshot)
• Apple Time Machine support
• Local Backup
• USB Backup
• USB Copy button
• Cloud Storage Backup (Amazon S3)
™ Sync)
Download Management
• HTTP/FTP schedule download
• Peer-to-peer (P2P) downloads, aMule and Transmission support
System Management
• Support mydlink portal
• Support D-Link Storage Utility / Setup Wizard
• OS Support: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Mac OS X
• Two access modes supported: Open (Share) mode and Account
(User) mode, no setup Account and Password necessary in open
mode
• Support Conguration le save/load
• System Status
• Email / SMS notications
• Network Recycle Bin
• System /FTP Log (Syslog Client)
• Rescue F/W image
• Resource Monitor
• Multi-lingual GUI support
Power Management
• Power Saving (Disk idle spin-down)
• Automatic power recovery (with UPS)
• Schedule power on/o
• Auto-shutdown on UPS low battery
• Smart FAN control
• Network UPS
USB port support
• Print Server
• UPS monitoring
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• External storage device
• MTP/PTP
Media Streaming
• UPnP AV Server
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• Support PS3 / XBOX 360
• Support UPnP AV > 4GB
• Comply with DLNA HNv1.5
• D-Link new Media Player (including Boxee) compatible
• Supports Logitech Squeeze Center
• Support Sonos Digital Music System via Samba
• iTunes Server
• Audio Streamer (icestation)
• My Music (Music Center)
• My Photos (Photo Center)
Cloud Service-mydlink Portal Web Access
• Remote Files Access through Web Browser
• Browse, Upload/Download, and Manage File/Folders
• Redirect to NAS Device UI for the Access of NAS Applications
• Email Notication to Registered mydlink Account
• Supports Zero conguration
Cloud Service–Mobile Apps (the “mydlink Access-NAS” app)
My Files
• Access, and Manage (Copy, Move, Delete, Rename, zip/
unzip) Files through Web Browser
• Open Files on Web Browser or from PC’s Default Program
• Share Files to Social Network (Facebook, Picasa, Flickr)
• Shows File Properties
My Photos
• Generates Photo Library, and Sort by All Photos, and by
Timeline
• Creates Albums and Manage Photos
• Share Photos to Social Networks (Facebook, Picasa, Flickr)
• Views Photos through Cooliris
• Slideshows
• Supports AirPlay
• Shows and Adds GPS information of Photos
My Music
• Generates Music Library, and Sort by All Tracks, Albums,
• Ability to Access Content from Mobile Devices
• Browse, Upload/Download, Open, and Manage File/Folders
• View Photo and Playback Multimedia Files
• Access to Media: Streaming for Music, Photo Galleries
• Content Classication : Classify Contents by “Photo, Music, Video,
and Document”
• Supports iOS, Android
Built-in Applications
• My Files (Web File Server)
• My Photos (Photo Center)
• My Music (Music Center)
• My Surveillance (Surveillance Center)
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Artists, and Genres
• Supports Playlist
• Integrates Music Player
• Supports AirPlay
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My Surveillance
• Camera Auto Installation
• 4-Channel Motion JPEG, MPEG4 or H.264 Recording
• Audio & Video recording in Synchronization
• Auto Recycling Recording
• 4-channel Live Video
• 4-channel Synchronous Playback
• Recording Type : Record by Schedule, Manual Record
• E-map Support
• Backup Recorded Video
Add-ons Applications
• Multilingual Language Package
• Photo Center (Gallery2)
• Blog (Wordpress)
• Audio Streamer (icestation)
• Logitech Squeeze Center
• AjaXplorer
• aMule
• phpMyAdmin
• phpBB
• Joomla
• Transmission
Web Browsers supported
• Internet Explorer 8+
• Mozilla Firefox 4
• Apple Safari 4+
• Google Chrome 3+
• Opera 10
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Checking the Hardware Requirements
To use your DNS-327L, you will need at least one hard drive. If you plan to use RAID 1, which protects your data against one
hard drive failure, you will need two hard drives.
This section will help you:
• Select the hard drives
• Determine hard disk space you will need
• Ensure your data is protected
• Understand the basic requirements for a router or switch
Selecting Hard Drives:
You can use hard drives from any manufacturer and with any capacity with your DNS-327L The D-Link ShareCenter™ supports
standard 3.5” internal SATA drives. If you are unsure, ask your administrator or hard drive retailer/manufacturer to verify that
your hard drives meet this standard
*Warning - Any pre-existing data on the drives will be erased during installation.
Determining How Much Hard Drive Space you Need:
In order to protect your data from hard drive failure, your DNS-327L requires more space than what you will use for your data,
sometimes more than double the amount of space required.
Using a Router or Switch:
If you are connecting your ShareCenter™ to a router or switch, your router or switch needs to support Gigabit Ethernet
(1000Mbit/s) for maximum performance. The ShareCenter™ will auto-negotiate the highest connection speed available to
your router or switch. If you are using Port Bonding, use a managed switch.
Using an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS):
We highly recommend that you use your ShareCenter™ in conjunction with an uninterrupted power supply (UPS), which will
protect against sudden loss in power and power surges.
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Hardware Overview
Front Panel
Top Panel
Front Panel
USB Button
Power Button
COMPONENT DESCRIPTION
Top Panel This panel unlatches simply by pressing the lever at the back. Unhook and lift up to insert or remove your hard drive(s).
Front Panel The casing of the entire NAS
Power Button
USB Button Press once to activate USB or press and hold the button for more than 5 seconds to release USB activity.
Left HDD/Right HDD Indicates the position of the drive (Left or Right)
LED Indicators Illuminates blue or red depending on activity (see the next page for details)
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Press once to power on the ShareCenter
™. Press and hold the button for more than 5 seconds to power it down.
Left HDD/ Right HDD
LED Indicators
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LED Description
Power On/O:
White Light - the device is on
Blinking Orange - the device
is booting or restarting
No Light - the device is o
USB On/O:
White Light - the USB Storage is connected
Blinking Orange - transferring data, a USB device is being
installed or unmounted
Orange Light - USB storage failed to mount
No Light - No USB Storage or the device is o
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HDD On/O:
Orange Light(s) - the hard drives are faulty
No Light(s) - the hard drives are inactive
HDD On/O:
White Light(s) - the hard drives are working
Blinking Orange Light(s) - the HDD(s) is writing/reading
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Rear Panel (Connections)
Top Panel
Latch
Label
Security Lock
Cooling Fan
Power Receptacle
COMPONENT DESCRIPTION
The cooling fan is used to cool the hard drives and features speed control. When the unit is rst powered on, the fans
Cooling Fan
Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Power Receptacle
USB Port
Latch
Security Lock
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rotate at a low speed and later rotate at a high speed when the temperature rises above 49 °C.
Use the Gigabit Ethernet port to connect the ShareCenter
LED on the left will illuminate solid green for a good connection and will blink during data transmission. If this LED is
o, check the connection/cable to the device you are connecting to. The LED on the right will light solid for a Gigabit
connection and will remain o when connected to a 10/100 device.
Connect the supplied power cord to the receptacle.
A single USB 3.0 (Type A) connector. The USB Host port is for Print Servers, USB memory disks, or USB UPS monitoring.
Press the latch to release the Top Panel and insert or remove the hard drives
Prevent theft by tying a cable to the ShareCenter™ NAS and a desk. Cable is sold separately.
USB Port
Gigabit Ethernet Port
™ to the local network. The port is equipped with 2 LEDs. The
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Reset Button
Bottom Panel
Product Details
COMPONENT DESCRIPTION
Product Details
Reset Button
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Information about the product - DNS-327L Serial Number, Part Number, Manufacturer Number
Press and hold this button for more than 5 seconds to reset the unit to factory defaults.
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Getting Started
Hardware Setup
This User Guide will help you get your ShareCenter™ set up in just a few steps. To install the ShareCenter™ on your local network,
refer to the steps below, or skip to page 17 to run the setup wizard which will show you how to install and congure your
DNS-327L.
Step 1 - Remove the top panel by rmly
pressing the latch at the back.
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Step 2 - Once the faceplate is unlatched,
pull it off the the device to expose the
devices’s bays.
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Step 3 - Attach the hard drive brackets
to the sides of your hard drives with the
Step 4 - Insert up to two 3.5” SATA hard
drives into the drive bays.
included screws. Ensure the brackets are
aligned so that when the hard drive is
inserted, the arrow on the bracket points
to the front of the ShareCenter™ .
Note: Make sure to align the drive connector to the SATA connector at the back edge inside the drive bay of the ShareCenter™.
Gently push the drive in until it connects. When a drive is inserted properly, you will feel it “set” into the connector. Some hard
drives that are thin or oddly shaped may need to be inserted carefully into position. If a drive is not properly set in place, the
hard drive LED will not illuminate after powering on the device.
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Step 5 - Re-attach the top panel. Ensure the
latch is inserted inside the panel.
Step 6 - Connect an Ethernet cable to the
Ethernet port. This cable should connect
the ShareCenter™ to your local network via
a router, switch, or directly to a computer for
conguration (cross-over cable required).
Step 7 - Connect the power adapter to
the power receptacle.
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Zero Conguration Setup
If you have a mydlink-enabled Cloud Router, you can take advantage of Zero Conguration. Zero Conguration automatically
congures your NAS’s settings for you, and adds it to your mydlink account automatically. This type of setup allows you to
set up your DNS-327L by simply plugging it in and connecting it to your router.
Connect your NAS to your mydlink-enabled Cloud Router and Zero Conguration will automatically congure your DNS-327L
and automatically add it to your mydlink account. After the short time it takes to do this you can remotely access
your NAS from the www.mydlink.com website to manage and monitor your DNS-327L.
Connect the Ethernet Cable
Use the included Ethernet cable and plug it into the NAS. Plug the other end into an available port on your router. If you wish
to use your NAS wirelessly, you will be able to remove the cable from the router after Zero Conguration Setup is complete.
Attach the External Power Adapter
Connect the power adapter to the power connector on your NAS, then plug the power adapter into a wall outlet.
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Check Your mydlink Account
Open a web browser and login to your mydlink account. The mydlink page will check for new devices and display a New device
Found! pop-up notication in the bottom-left corner. Click the notication to continue.
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Double-click the device to add it to your mydlink devices. If you wish to add it immediately, click Yes, but if you are unsure of what to do click No.
The pop-up screen displays the Device Name, mydlink number, Network Name, and Admin Password. If you are unsure of what to do, you can
always go back to Advanced Settings.
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After the DNS-327L is registered, you will be able to access all information about the NAS from the cloud service. This service is already available
locally but the mydlink service provides a way for you to view these details from any location. From this location, you can view all physical disk
information, and congure RAID. Please be advised that conguring RAID over the mydlink service will slow your system down and this service
depends on your ISP and the speeds you are using to connect to mydlink.
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If you have decided to format your NAS using mydlink, select the RAID method from the drop-down list and the click Format button. A pop-up
message appears asking you to conrm your choice to format the volume using mydlink. Click Yes to format, No to return to the menu.
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The format process takes a while to nish. The format process depends on the speed of your network connection and client CPU.
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Once the format process is complete, mydlink cloud will show you the RAID status and the Volume Status. It also displays the size of the drive
avaiable and used.
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mydlink on the DNS-327L
The DNS-327L provides a dierent UI experience than the usual NAS interface. once connected to the mydlink service. Click the Application button
you can access My Music, My Files, My Photos, and P2P Downloads from the main panel.
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Section 3 - Installation
Windows Installation
Setup Wizard
To run the Setup Wizard, insert the ShareCenter™ CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Step 1 - When the autorun screen appears, click Install
Note: Windows Firewall presents you with a warning message to
unblock the device. Click Unblock to give your computer access to
the NAS.
Step 2 - Select the Language of your choice and then click the Start
button.
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Install the Hard Drives
Step 3 - Follow the instructions to remove the top cover of your
ShareCenter™ .
Click Next to continue.
Step 4 - Attach the Hard Drives Bracket(s) to the side of the hard
drives as indicated.
Click Next to continue.
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Step 5 - Slide one, or two hard drive into an available hard drive bay of your ShareCenter™.
Click Next to continue.
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