Macally G-S350UN User Manual

Network Attached Storage

And USB2.0 Enclosure

for 3.5” Serial ATA Hard Drive

G-S350UN

User’s Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction

Features About this Guide Packa Safety Precautions

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Hardware Basics Hardware Installation Initial NAS Setup

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uring a Fixed IP address to the NAS in PC 10 uring a Fixed IP address to the NAS in Mac 13

Administration of the NAS

Finding the NAS with DHCP IP address 17 Mana

Network Storage

Using the NAS Storage in PC 39 Usin

the NAS Storage in Mac 40

Network Functions

Printer Serve BTorrent 60

the NAS 20

USB Connection for Mac and PC Glossary FAQ

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing G-S350UN, an USB2.0/Network Attached Storage (NAS) Enclosure for 3.5” SATA HDD. G-S350UN can be used as a portable regular USB2.0 HDD with a computer or it can be used as a NAS by connecting it to your home or office network to share the storage services among computers. It is compatible to 1000/100/10 mbps network and has a user friendly web-based Network Administrator (GUI) to let you configure, manage and maintain the enclosure.

As a NAS, G-S350UN is compatible with the current OS and computers to feature support of SMB/CIFS, FTP, UPnP and Bonjour protocols. In addition, G-S350UN includes functions such as File Server, DHCP Server, Printer Server, iTunes music server and BTorrent download. The G-S350UN is an ideal storage solution for your data, video, music and photos.

With so many functionalities built into the G-S350UN, please read the entire User’s Manual thoroughly before setting up and using the product.

WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT USB CABLE AND ETHERNET CABLE AT THE SAME TIME. ONLY ONE TYPE OF CONNECTION CAN BE MADE BEFORE POWERING ON G-S350UN.

Features:

● Works as a regular external USB 2.0 3.5” SATA HDD Enclosure

● Works as a central shared storage device for multiple PCs, Macs, and Linux workstations

●10/100/1000 autosensing Ethernet port

● Windows 2000 system or later and Mac OS 10.2.8 system or later

● Easy web-based Administration GUI

● FTP server and printer server functions

● Centralized Music Server for iTunes and BTorrent download for media play.

About This Guide

Before you begin using the G-S350UN, be sure to read this manual in its entirety. This guide contains:

z Introduction z Hardware Basics z Hardware Installation z Initial NAS setup z Administration of the NAS z Network Storage z Functions z USB connection for Mac and PC z FAQ

Package Contents

The G-S350UN package includes the followings:

z USB2.0 /Network Attached Storage Enclosure z Quick Installation Guide z Software CD containing this User’s Manual, SetupUtil, and Yummy FTP z USB2.0 cable z Ethernet cable z AC/DC adapter

Safety Precautions

On Installation

1. To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this product to rain, water or moisture.

2. Do not place any containers with liquid (drinking glass, flower vase, etc.) or containers with small metal parts (paper clips, etc.) on top of the unit.

3. According to standard industry practice, surge protection is recommended for all telecommunications devices. Surge suppressors and/or line conditioning should be used on the input power supply.

On Operation

z Do not move the chassis during operation. Doing so may cause a malfunction. z Protect the unit from shocks and vibrations. z Do not use the G-S350UN in areas exposed to oily smoke or steam, such as a

kitchen or close to a humidifier.

z Do not use the G-S350UN in locations exposed to rain or splashes of liquid, such as

outdoors, in a bathroom, or close to a window.

z Do not use the G-S350UN on an unstable or slanted surface without proper support. z Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight or hot air where the temperature may

exceed 45℃ or very cold locations where the temperature is below 0℃.

z Keep the power cord away from hot appliances. z Do not touch the power cord with wet hands.

On Transportation

Save the packing materials as you may need to repack to transport the unit at a later date.

On Power Sources

When you are not using the unit for a long time, disconnect the power cord from the unit. To properly unplug the AC power adapter, grasp the adapter itself and remove from the wall outlet. Do not pull the cord.

Warning

To avoid the risk of fire and electric shock, immediately disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet and contact your dealer or an authorized service station if any of the following conditions occur.

z Smoke or unusual burned smell is coming from the G-S350UN. z Water has entered the unit, or the unit has become wet. z A foreign object has entered the unit. z The unit has been dropped or the front panel or frame has been damaged. z The power cable is damaged causing wire breakage or exposed leads.

Hardware Basics

Precaution:

Please make sure to remove any static from your body by touching metal parts of your computer chassis and that your hands are dry.

1 --- Back Panel 2 --- 2 x 6mm Screws 3 --- Enclosure Sleeve

Security Slot Reset

USB Printer or US B drive

USB connection to a computer

LAN cable connector

Power Connector

4 --- Base Tray bridge 5 --- 6 x 5mm Screws 6 --- 8 x 4mm Screws

7 --- Front Panel 8 --- Base Tray 9 --- Power on/off button

Hardware Installation

Note: The diagrams below use the G-S350U Enclosure as an example.

1. On a flat desk surface, unscrew to loosen the Enclosure back panel. Remove the back panel.

2. Use your fingers to push the Base Tray out.

3. Separate the enclosure sleeve from the Base Tray then put it aside.

4. Align the black Power/SATA connector on the hard drive to the black female SATA connector on the Base Tray bridge board and then push the drive completely into the connector. Carefully seat the

whole drive on the Base plate.

5. Secure the HDD to the Base Tray with 2 hard drive screws.

6. Push the Base Tray with the HDD completely into the Enclosure Sleeve.

7. Secure the Base Tray and Enclosure Sleeve with two 6mm screws.

8. Since G-S350UN enclosure can be used as either an USB2.0 HDD or a NAS drive, you must choose

one of the connection types first.

*NAS Connection ~ If the G-S350UN is going to be used as a network storage drive, then use the

included LAN (Ethernet) cable to connect G-S350UN to a network switch, router or Ethernet Hub in your

home or office network. Lastly, plug the AC/DC adapter into the enclosure and then press the power

button in the front to turn it on.

*USB Connection ~ If the G-S350UN is going to be used as a USB2.0 drive with a single computer,

then use the included USB cable to link G-S350UN to a computer, then power on the enclosure.

Important note: If G-S350UN will be used and switched between NAS and USB connection, it is

recommended to use the most compatible hard drive format, FAT32 in the enclosure, and you should

format it to FAT32 using Disk Utility from the NAS administrator described in the following sections.

Initial NAS Setup

In the network connection, G-S350UN is preset to obtain a dynamic IP address from your local DHCP server. If there is a DHCP server to assign IP address to a network device, G-S350UN will obtain a dynamic IP address automatically. If this is the case you can go to the next section “Administration of the NAS” directly. However we highly recommend you to configure a fixed IP address to the G-S350UN.

Otherwise, if DHCP server is not available in your network, or for certain reason it couldn’t grab an IP address automatically, G-S350UN uses its default IP address 192.168.1.202 with subnet 255.255.255.0. If this default IP does not fit into your LAN environment, most likely it won’t fit, there are ways to help you to configure the NAS through a PC and Mac computer. Please follow the steps below to manually configure a fixed IP address to G-S350UN.

Configuring a Fixed IP Address to the NAS in PC

1. Please load the NAS software CD and copy SetupUtil.exe file to the Windows desktop. If the software CD is not available, you can visit http://www.macally.com/EN/Techsupport/ NAS Setup Utility file (SetupUtil.exe), save the file to the desktop then expand the zip file.

2. Confirm that G-S350UN is connected to the network and power is turned on. From a networked Windows PC, or Boot Camp/Parallel Desktop running Windows in Intel-Based Mac, run the SetupUtil.exe.

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3. Above Setup Wizard window appears and should displays G-S350UN(listed as name “gbnas”). If you don’t see “gbnas” listed, please click on “Search again” button until “gbnas” appears.

4. Then highlight “gbnas” and click the “OK” button. Enter “admin”(without the quotation) as password and then click the “OK” button.

5. In IP Settings window, please select the option “Set IP configuration manually” and fill in an unique IP address for the NAS enclosure and Subnet Mask suitable to your network, this is the fixed IP address for the NAS you will use to access the NAS from now on. You can also enter Gateway IP address (your router IP) and DNS IP or leave them blank if you don’t know and then click the “Next” button.

6. Set the date and time and then click the “Next” button to proceed. Click on “Save” button to finish the setup.

7. Click “OK” button to close the window.

8. Please proceed to the section “Administration of the NAS”.

Configuring a Fixed IP Address to the NAS in Mac

If DHCP server is not available in your network, G-S350UN uses its default IP address 192.168.1.202. If this default IP does not fit into your LAN environment, then you have to configure G-S350UN with an IP address suitable to your LAN. If you don’t have a PC computer in your LAN network to use SetupUtil.exe to configure G-S350UN as described in previous section, you can change your Mac computer’s IP address temporarily to 192.168.1.2 and subnet 255.255.255.0 in order to connect to the NAS to configure it.

First connect G-S350UN into your Mac’s Ethernet port directly using the Ethernet cable included in GS350UN package. Turn on both G-S350UN and your Mac. Open System Preferences in your MacOS X and then click the “Network” icon. From the screen similar to above, WRITE DOWN YOUR CURRENT CONFIGURE SETTING(EITHER “USING DHCP” OR “MANUALLY”), IP ADDRESS, SUBNET MASK, ROUTER AND DNS INFO FIRST, YOU WOULD NEED THEM TO RESTORE BACK TO THE CURRENT SETTINGS LATER ON. Then select “Manually” in Configure field and change the current Mac computer’s IP address into IP address 192.168.1.2, and enter 255.255.255.0 in Subnet Mask. Click “Apply” to complete.

Then launch the web browser Safari or Internet Explorer from MacOS X, type in http://192.168.1.202 in address field and press Enter key, NETWORK STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR Login screen will appear as shown below.

Please enter “admin” as Username and Password.

Once you enter the NAS administrator the first time, please format the hard drive when the NAS administrator alerts you a new hard drive is found and asks you to format it. You go to Control Panel, Maintenance menu, find Disk Utility to format the new drive. The subsection ”Managing the NAS” shows the procedure graphically. When finished, wait for the NAS to reboot and then login again. Go to Control Panel, Network Service, then open Bonjour, check both boxes to enable Bonjour and iTunes support.

Then go to Control Panel button, -> System -> LAN Settings, as shown below. Check option “Use following IP Address” and “Use following DNS Server Address”, enter all info such as a fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary DNS and Secondary DNS from your network. The addresses below are for example, do not copy them, please use addresses to match your local network, ask your network administrator if you need help. It is important to assign the NAS a fixed and unique IP address and write the address down, the fixed IP address is the way that your computer will find and access the NAS. Click on “Save” button to finish.

Next, please restore your Mac back to the Network settings you wrote down before from the Network page of System Preferences. Disconnect the NAS from your Mac’s Ethernet port, connect the NAS and your Mac into your LAN, respectively. Please be sure your Mac is able to use the network and internet before trying to access the NAS enclosure with the newly configured fixed IP address. Please proceed to the next section “Administration of the NAS”

Administration of the NAS

Please note: this manual contains many screen shots to demonstrate graphically how to set up, administrate and use the NAS. The screen shots may contain different product names such as “gbnas”, “gbnas2” and “gforcenas” and different IP addresses at various locations because we have several NAS product models sharing the same procedures for set up and administration, they are all used to take the screen shots to create this user’s manual. Please follow the general instructions and substitute in throughout the manual with your specific NAS model, product name and network IP address while managing and using your specific NAS model in your network environment.

If you manually configure an IP address for the NAS enclosure, you have a fixed, known IP address, you can access the NAS from the web browser to start formatting the hard drive or managing the NAS. In this case, please skip to the section “Managing the NAS” directly.

In another case, G-S350UN obtains a dynamic IP address from your local DHCP server if available. However, you generally do not know the dynamic IP address it obtains. You have to find this specific dynamic IP address in order to administrate and use the NAS enclosure. Next we will show you ways

to connect to the NAS and find its dynamic IP address. Again we strongly recommend you to set a

fixed IP address to the NAS as soon as possible because a dynamic IP address for the NAS can change often, which makes it very difficult to track its new IP to use the NAS.

Finding the NAS with DHCP IP Address

In Windows PC

If a software CD comes with the NAS enclosure, please load the CD into CD-ROM drive, locate the SetupUtil.exe file. Otherwise, please visit http://www.macally.com/EN/Techsupport/ Setup Utility file SetupUtil.exe. Save the file to the desktop then expand the zip file.

Launch SetupUtil.exe. In the Setup Wizard, please select GBNAS, the IP address the NAS obtains automatically will appear on the right hand side as below example. IP Status will show DHCP instead. Please write the IP address down, then click on “Exit” button. With the known dynamic IP address, please go to the subsection “Managing the NAS”.

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Another way to access the NAS is by Windows UPnP function. Please open “My Network Places”, under “Network Tasks” click on “Show icons for networked UPnP devices” until it displays “Hide icons for networked UPnP devices”. You will find GBNAS icon on the right hand side. Double click GBNAS icon to launch the NAS login screen for administration. Proceed to the subsection “Managing the NAS”.

In MacOS X

Under MacOS X 10.3 to 10.5, please follow the procedures below to find out the dynamic IP address for the NAS:

1, Power on the NAS and make sure that it has been connected to network.

2, In MacOS X, go to Applications and open Utilities folder, launch “Terminal Utility”.

3, In the command line, type “nmblookup GBNAS” without the quotations(“GBNAS” is the default name of the G-S350UN NAS enclosure).

4, Press “Enter” key, it will report the IP address of GBNAS as shown below. Please write it down and close the Terminal window.

5, Enter the known IP address in the web browser, login to the NAS administration home page. Input default Username and Password: admin/admin.

6, Proceed to next section “Managing the NAS”.

Managing the NAS

Above sections show you ways either to manually assign a fixed IP address to the NAS or reveal the specific dynamic IP address the NAS grabs from your local DHCP server. Please open your web browser, Safari in MacOS and Internet Explorer/Firefox/Opera etc. in Windows, type in the known IP address in the URL address field, press Enter key. It opens the Network Storage Administrator login screen.

Please note, the login screen can also be accessed through Windows My Network Places and UPnP. After the NAS hard drive is formatted and the Bonjour is enabled, Bonjour /Rendezvous application in MacOS X Safari will also allow you to locate the NAS and launch the NAS administrator login screen.

At login screen please enter “admin” as Username and Password to login.

The first time you login to the NAS administration home page or when the NAS detects newly installed hard drive in the enclosure, you will see a message “Found New Drive, Please Format.”

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