D-Link DNS-343 User Manual

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Table of Contents

Product Overview.........................................................	4
Package Contents....................................................	4
System Requirements..............................................	4
Introduction...............................................................	5
Features...................................................................	6
Hardware Overview..................................................	7
Front View...........................................................	7
Rear Panel (Connections)..................................	8
Using the OLED.......................................................	9
Installation..................................................................	10
Hardware Setup.....................................................	10
Configuration..............................................................	13
Easy Search Utility.................................................	13
Getting Started.......................................................	14
Web UI...................................................................	18
Setup......................................................................	19
Wizard..............................................................	19
LAN...................................................................	23
Time and Date..................................................	24
Device Settings.................................................	25
Advanced...............................................................	26
RAID.................................................................	26
Users and Groups............................................	29
Quotas..............................................................	31
Configuring Quotas.......................................	32
Network Access................................................	34

FTP Server.......................................................	36
FTP Server Settings.....................................	36
FTP Server Status........................................	37
FTP Server Behind a Router........................	38
UPnP AV Server...............................................	39
iTunes Server....................................................	40
DHCP Server....................................................	42
Maintenance...........................................................	43
Change Admin Password.................................	43
System..............................................................	44
Firmware..........................................................	45
E-Mail Alerts.....................................................	46
E-Mail Alert Settings.....................................	47
E-Mail Alert Types.........................................	48
Power Management..........................................	49
Dynamic DNS...................................................	50
LCD Display......................................................	51
Disk Utility.........................................................	52
Status.....................................................................	53
Device Information............................................	53
Connecting a UPS to the DNS-343..................	54
Support...................................................................	55
Mapping a Drive.....................................................	56
Download Scheduling.............................................	59
Schedule Downloads........................................	61
Scheduling Settings..........................................	62
USB Print Server....................................................	63

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Storing non-English Character Files........................	71
Replacing or Adding a New Hard Drive....................	72
Contacting Technical Support...................................	73
GNU/Linux GPL..........................................................	74
GNU General Public License.................................	75
Warranty......................................................................	81

D-Link DNS-343 User Manual

Section 1 - Product Overview

Product Overview

Package Contents

D-Link DNS-343 4-Bay Network Storage Enclosure

CD-ROM with Manual and Software

Quick Installation Guide

Power Adapter

Power Cable

CAT5 Ethernet Cable

Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the DNS-343 will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.

If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.

System Requirements

For best results, the following system requirements are recommended:

Computer with: 1GHz processor / 512 MB RAM / 200 MB available space / CD-ROM drive

Internet Explorer version 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and above

Windows® XP (with Service Pack 2) or Vista™

•The DNS-343 requires installation of a hard drive before it can be used. The hard disk must be a 3.5” SATA Hard Drive of any capacity.

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Introduction

The D-Link DNS-343 4-Bay Network Storage Enclosure shares your documents, photos, music, and videos across the network and on the Internet (via FTP server) so family members, friends, or employees can access them. This enclosure, which can hold four 3.5” SATA hard drives of any capacity1, creates a central network point for backing up valuable files. The built-in RAID 12 mirroring technology protects these files from drive failure. Other options such as Standard, JBOD, RAID 0, and RAID 5 are also available.

The DNS-343 shares files over the Internet via the built-in FTP server3. Users and groups can be created and assigned to folders with either read or read/write permissions. Quotas can be set per user or group to restrict space usage. In addition, the DNS-343 can be used to stream photos, music, and videos to UPnP AV compatible network media players4.

The included CD contains D-Link’s Easy Search Utility. This utility allows you to locate the DNS-343 on the network and map drives to your computer. Backup software is also included on the CD. This software allows you to backup your files from a computer to the DNS-343 manually, by a schedule, or in real-time. Real-time backups are a great way to safeguard against unfortunate accidents that may result in the loss of important files.

Combining ease of use with practical, high performance features, the DNS-343 is an organized solution for any network. Free up drive space on computers and centralize data on your network with the DNS-343 4-Bay Network Storage Enclosure!

1Hard Drive(s) not included.

2RAID 1 mirroring requires the use of at least 2 internal SATA drives.

3Note that use of an FTP Server to access files over the Internet does not provide for secure or encrypted transmissions.

4D-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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Features

•Equipped with one 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-MDIX Gigabit Ethernet LAN port

•Embedded SATA 3.5” HDD interface

•128X64 OLED display screen

•4-bay Serial ATA Hard Drive with RAID 0/1/5/JBoD support

•Supports 2 modes: Open mode and Account mode

•Supports Static and DHCP IP address assignment

•Supports Real time clock (RTC)

•Web-based administrative program is stored in flash ROM of the server.

•No setup necessary in open mode

•Supports Windows® XP and Vista™ Operating Systems

•Supports UPnP on Windows XP

•Supports PnP-X/LLTD

•Equipped with Ultra Cooler (aluminum housing + FAN speed control)

•Supports Thermal sensor

•E-mail Alert system to notify specified users of any device problems

•Supports HTTPS management function

•Supports iTunes Server

•Supports Schedule download

•Supports Easy Search

•Supports Downloader

•Supports Uni-code

•Supports User and Group management

•Supports Quotas for users and groups

•Supports group assignment for Network sharing and FTP server

•Can act as a DHCP Server

•Supports Configuration file save/load

•Tool-less Hard Drive installation

•Supports UPnP AV and DLNA compliant

•Supports DDNS

•Supports FTP Server

•USB port supports print server and UPS monitoring

•Jumbo frame support

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Hardware Overview

Front View

Power Button

Use this button to switch the device on or off.To switch on the device press the button once.To switch off the device hold the button down for 5 seconds.

OLED:

This screen displays System Information, HD Status, and Server Status.

Next Button

Use this button to display the System Information (system state), HD Status (hard drive state) and Server Status (server status state) on the OLED. Press the button once to alternate between the different Status screens

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Drive Eject Levers

Use the provided lever to eject the SATA hard drives.

Reset Button

Press this button down for over 5 seconds to reset the unit to factory defaults.

Power Receptacle

Connect the supplied power adapter.

Drive Eject Levers

Use the provided lever to eject the SATA hard drives.

Rear Panel (Connections)

Cooling Fan

The cooling fans are used to cool the hard drives and feature speed control. When the unit is first powered on the fans rotate at a low speed and rotate at a high speed when the temperature rises above 49 C.

Ethernet Port

Gigabit Ethernet port that connects the DNS-343 to the local network.

USB Connector

USB 2.0 (Type A) connector. USB Host port for Print Server or USB UPS monitoring.

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Using the OLED

The DNS-343 network storage enclosure features an OLED that enables the administrator to easily view information about the DNS-343. The OLED display screen displays information about the network connection, hard drive, and server status. The OLED has three different screens:

System Information - This screen shows the following information:

•The hostname of the DNS-343

•The firmware version

•The IP address of the DNS-343

•The operating temperature

Hard Drive Status - This screen shows the following information:

• The percentage of space used on the hard drives

Server Status - This screen shows the following information:

•Whether a printer is connected to the server

•The status of the UPNP server

•The status of the iTunes server

•The status of the FTP Server

Press the Next button once to alternate between the different Status screens

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Installation

Hardware Setup

This section provides unpacking and installation information for the DNS-343. Open the shipping carton for the DNS-343 and carefully unpack its contents. If this is the first time using the DNS-343 or if a new hard disk is installed, use the Easy Search utility located on the Installation CD and follow the instructions for setting up, configuring and formatting the new drive.

To install the DNS-343 on your local network, refer to the steps below:

1.Access the drive bays by sliding the faceplate up until it unlatches from the device.

2.Once the faceplate is unlatched, pull it off the device, exposing the drive bay.

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3.Insert a 3.5” SATA hard drive into an available drive bay. Make sure to align the drive connector to the SATA connector on the bottom edge inside the drive bay of the DNS-343. Gently push the drive in until it connects.

4. Attach the faceplate to the front of the device.

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5.Connect an Ethernet cable to the available Ethernet port. This cable should connect the DNS-343 to your local network via a router or switch, or directly to a computer for configuration.

6. Connect the supplied power adapter to the power receptacle.

When a hard disk is installed, the hard disk must first be formatted in the DNS-343 before it can be used. Insert the Installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive and follow the instructions below to use the Easy Search Utility to establish a network link to the DNS-343. Then use the web-based management software to format the new hard disk.

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Configuration

Easy Search Utility

When first powered on, during the initial boot sequence, the DNS-343 will wait to be assigned an IP address via DHCP. If it does not receive a DHCP assigned IP address, by default it will have a self-assigned IP address of 192.168.0.32. It is recommended to use the included D-Link Easy Search Utility when accessing and configuring the DNS-343 for the first time. If you want to change the IP address before logging in or are unable to connect to the DNS-343 IP address, you can use the Easy Search Utility provided on the product CD to locate the device on your network and make any needed changes.

Network The Easy Search Utility displays all Storage Device available DNS-343 devices within

the same network.

Refresh Refreshes the device list.

Configuration Click Configuration to access the

Web based configuration of the

DNS-343.

LAN Configure the LAN Settings for the

DNS-343.

Apply Click Apply to save changes to the LAN Settings.

Drive Mapping Volumes that are available for mapping are displayed here.

Available Choose an available drive letter. Drive Letters Click Connect to map the selected volume. Click Disconnect to disconnect the selected mapped

volume.

Exit Click Exit to close the utility.

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Getting Started

To run the Easy Search Utility, insert the DNS-343 CD into your CD-ROM drive:

Click Easy Search Utility.

Select the listed DNS-343 and click the Configuration button.

This will launch the computer’s default web browser and direct it to the IP address listed for the device. Make sure the browser is not configured to use a proxy server.

The first window that appears will require the user to login for

Configuration or Downloads menus. The Downloads menus are described later in this guide in the section titled Downloads on page 60.

Note: The computer used to access the DNS-343 web-based configuration manager must be on the same subnet as the DNS-343. If your network is using a DHCP server and the computer receives IP settings from DHCP, the DNS-343 will automatically be in the same subnet.

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The Login screen will appear:

Type admin for the username and leave the password field blank.

Click Configuration

Note: If the web browser is unable to connect to the web manager of the DNS-343, check to make sure your computer is on the same subnet as the DNS-343. For example, if there is no DHCP server active, your computer will need an IP address in the 192.168.0.0 subnet. Your computer should have an IP address of 192.168.0.x where x equals a number from 1 to 31, or 33 to 254.

When logging into the DNS-343 for the first time, you will be asked to choose a drive configuration (Basic or Custom) and format the drives.

Basic Configuration offers four options: Standard, JBOD, RAID 1 and RAID 5. Standard configures each disk as a separate volume, while JBOD combines all disks into a single volume. See page 26 for more details on using the RAID configurations.

Custom Configuration offers 3 combination methods: RAID 0 + JBOD, RAID 1 + JBOD, and RAID 5 + JBOD. See page 26 for more details on using the RAID configurations.

Note: All data will be erased during the format process.

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When prompted to configure the Hard Drive Settings:

Select from one of the basic types of hard drive configurations below:

•Standard

•JBOD

•RAID 1

•RAID 5

Or select Custom Configuration and then click Next.

Note: All data will be erased off the hard drives installed in the DNS-343 during the format process!

A warning message appears informing you that your drives will be formatted and all data will be erased. Click OK to continue.

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When the formatting completes, the Format Results screen will appear. Click Restart to finish the format procedure. Then click OK to confirm and restart the DNS-343.

Press OK to restart the DNS-343.

When the system restarts you will be prompted to login to the DNS-343. Login to the DNS-343 with the username and password you created previously

Click Configuration

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Web UI

After login, you will be redirected to the DNS-343 web UI:

The DNS-343 web UI defaults to the Setup page. The main categories for configuration are located in the menu tabs at the top of the page. These categories include:

Setup - Contains the DNS-343 setup Wizard, LAN Setup, Time and Date settings and Device settings.

Advanced - Allows the DNS-343 administrator to configure RAID options, Users, groups of users and their storage quotas.The FTP Server, UPnP AV server, iTunes server, LLTD, and DHCP server settings are also contained here as well.

Maintenance - Allows the DNS-343 administrator to reset the Admin Password, perform System maintenance tasks, carry out Firmware Upgrades, configure e-mail alerts, configure Power Management options, configure Dynamic DNS, change the LCD Display settings and get diagnostic information about the installed Hard Disks.

Status - Shows current information about the LAN configuration, Device, Printer and Hard drives installed.

Support - Contains help files for your DNS-343.

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Setup

Wizard

The DNS-343 has a setup Wizard that allows you to configure the basic settings for your device.

When running the DNS-343 setup wizard, the welcome screen displays a summary of the five steps of the wizard. Click Next to continue.

It is recommended that you set an admin password to access the web manager. Type a New Password in the space provided and type it again in the Confirm Password space. Click Next to continue.

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Choose your Time Zone from the drop-down menu. Click Next to continue.

Configure the IP settings for your device. If you are using a DHCP server such as a router on your network, the DNS-343 will automatically obtain the IP settings.

If you prefer to assign a Static IP address, select Static IP and enter the network setting for your device. Click Next to continue.

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Enter the workgroup, name, and description for your DNS-343, or leave the default values and click Next to continue.

Click Back to make changes or click Restart to save your settings and reboot the DNS-343.

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When the login prompt appears, login using the new administrator password.Then click Configuration to access the configuration page of your DNS-343.

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LAN

In this section, you can configure the LAN settings for your DNS-343.

Link Speed

DHCP Client

Static IP

Jumbo Frames

The LAN Link Speed is set to Auto by default, but can be manually set to 100Mbps or 1000Mbps.

Select DHCP Client to obtain an IP address from your DHCP server.

Select Static IP to assign the IP information for the DNS-343 manually.

The DNS-343 can support Jumbo Frames that are between 3000 and 9000 bytes in size. In order to enable Jumbo Frames on the DNS-343, click the Enable radio button and select an MTU size from the MTU combo box.

Click on the Save Settings button to apply and save the new settings. If you have changed the IP address or selected DHCP client, it will be necessary to log in again using the new IP address. If you do not know the new address (as would likely be the case when changing from a static IP address to DHCP client), use the Easy Search Utility on the Installation CD to obtain the IP address of your device.

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Time and Date

The system time and date can be set manually or configured from an NTP server.

Time Zone

NTP Server

From My

Computer

Set Date and

Time Manually

Select your time zone from the drop-down menu.

Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronizes the DNS-343 with an Internet time server.

D-Link provides two time servers for your convenience. Choose the one closest to your location.

This option will synchronize the DNS-343 clock with your computer.

This option allows you to set the time and date manually. Enter the appropriate time and date and click

Set Time.

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Device Settings

This section allows you to assign a workgroup name, name, and a description to the DNS-343.

Workgroup The Workgroup is used by Microsoft®

Windows Network to organize available network groups within the same network.

Name The unique Name appears for other network services including shared libraries on iTunes® and other media players.

The name can be used to access your device from a web browser instead of using an IP address, for example, http://dlink-xxxxxx. This is useful when there is more then one

DNS-343 on the network.

By default the device name is d-link-xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the MAC address.

Description Assigns a device description to the

DNS-343.

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Advanced

RAID

RAID, short for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, is a combination of two or more disks with the aim of providing fault tolerance and improving performance.There are several different levels of RAID, with each one providing a different method of sharing or distributing data among the drives.

RAID 0 RAID 0 provides data striping, which spreads out blocks of data over all drives, but does not provide data redundancy.

Although performance is improved, the lack of fault tolerance means that if one drive fails, all data in the array will be lost.

RAID 1 RAID 1 provides mirroring over multiple disks, with the same read/write speed of a single disk. A RAID

1 array can only be as large as it’s smallest member disk.

Because the data is stored on multiple disks, RAID 1 provides fault tolerance and protection, in addition to performance advantages.

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