NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102, ReadyNAS 202, ReadyNAS 204, ReadyNAS 312, ReadyNAS 104 Hardware Manual

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ReadyNAS OS 6 Desktop Storage Systems

Hardware Manual

Models:

ReadyNAS 102 ReadyNAS 104 ReadyNAS 202 ReadyNAS 204 ReadyNAS 312 ReadyNAS 314 ReadyNAS 316 ReadyNAS 516 ReadyNAS 716X EDA 500

March 2015

202-11206-05

350 East Plumeria Drive

San Jose, CA 95134

USA

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Support

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For regulatory compliance information, visit http://www.netgear.com/about/regulatory/.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Chapter 2 NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102

Additional Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setup Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Supported Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Diskless Storage Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 3 NETGEAR ReadyNAS 104

Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 4 NETGEAR ReadyNAS 202

Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 5 NETGEAR ReadyNAS 204

Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 7 NETGEAR ReadyNAS 314

Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Chapter 9 NETGEAR ReadyNAS 516

Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Drive Bays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Drive Bays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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Front and Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Drive Bays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Power On and Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Preferred Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Forced Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Chapter 12 Disks

Disk Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Standard Disk Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

EDA 500 Disk Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Supported Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Previously Formatted Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Reformat Previously Formatted Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Migrate a Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Add a Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Replace a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Appendix A Defaults and Technical Specifications

Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

ReadyNAS 102 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

ReadyNAS 104 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

ReadyNAS 202 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

ReadyNAS 204 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

ReadyNAS 312 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

ReadyNAS 314 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

ReadyNAS 316 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

ReadyNAS 516 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

ReadyNAS 716X Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

EDA 500 Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Safety Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Electrical Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

General Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Electrostatic Discharge Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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1. Getting Started

Congratulations on your purchase of a NETGEAR ReadyNAS® storage system. This manual describes the physical features of the ReadyNAS OS 6 desktop storage systems.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Additional Documentation

• Setup Location

• Supported Operating Systems

• Supported Browsers

• Diskless Storage Systems

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Additional Documentation

For detailed information about configuring, managing, and using your ReadyNAS storage system, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

NETGEAR maintains a community website that supports ReadyNAS products. Visit

http://www.netgear.com/readynas for reviews, tutorials, a comparison chart, software updates,

documentation, an active user forum, and much more.

Setup Location

Your ReadyNAS storage system is suitable for use in a home or small office environment where it can be freestanding. The small, compact size makes it suitable for sitting on a desk or on a closet shelf.

Choose a location for your storage system that meets these criteria:

• Cables can be connected easily.

• Water or moisture cannot enter the case.

• Airflow around the storage system and through the vents in the side of the case is not

restricted.

• The air is as free of dust as possible.

• Temperature operating limits are not likely to be exceeded.

• If you are using an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) for protection, the power

cable can be securely and safely connected to the UPS.

Supported Operating Systems

The ReadyNAS storage system is supported on the following systems:

• Microsoft Windows 8

• Microsoft Windows 7

• Microsoft Windows Vista

• Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or later

• Linux, UNIX, Solaris

• Apple iOS

• Google Android

Getting Started

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Supported Browsers

The ReadyNAS local admin page supports the following browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0+

• Apple Safari, 5.0+

• Google Chrome 20+

• Mozilla Firefox 14+

If you have difficulty accessing the local admin page or if you notice unexpected behavior , try using another browser. For more information about the ReadyNAS local admin page, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual.

Diskless Storage Systems

If you purchased a ReadyNAS storage system without a preinstalled disk drive or drives, you must add at least one disk your system before you use the system. You can add a 3.5-inch hard disk drive, a 2.5-inch hard disk drive, or a 2.5-inch solid state drive to an empty drive bay. For information about how to install a disk, see

Add a Disk on page 96.

Use only supported SATA hard disk drives (HDD) or solid state drives (SSD) in your ReadyNAS storage system. If you use disks that are not supported, NETGEAR technical support will not provide assistance. For a list of supported disks, see the NETGEAR Hardware Compatibility List at

If you are adding a previously formatted disk to your storage system, see the instructions in

Previously Formatted Disks on page 94.

http://www.netgear.com/readynas-hcl.

Getting Started

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2. NETGEAR ReadyNAS 102

This chapter provides an overview of the physical features of the ReadyNAS 102 and includes

the following sections:

• Front and Side Panels

• Drive Bays

• Rear Panel

• Status Information

• Power On and Shut Down

• Boot Menu

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Front and Side Panels

The following figure shows the front and side panels of the ReadyNAS 102.

Figure 1. ReadyNAS 102 front and side panels

1. Power button and LED

2. Disk activity LED

3. Exhaust vent

4. USB 2.0 port

5. Backup button

6. USB and Backup status LED

7. Disk 1 and Disk 2 LEDs

8. Drive bay door

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Drive Bays

The following figure shows the drive bays of the ReadyNAS 102.

Figure 2. ReadyNAS 102 drive bays

1. Drive bay door

2. Disk tray handle

3. Recessed disk tray handle lock

4. Disk tray release latch

5. Drive bays

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Rear Panel

The following figure shows the rear panel of the ReadyNAS 102.

Figure 3. ReadyNAS 102 rear panel

1. Exhaust fan

2. Kensington lock

3. GbE ports with LED status indicators

4. USB 3.0 ports

5. eSATA port

6. Reset button

7. Power adapter socket

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Status Information

You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the indicators listed in the following table.

Table 1. ReadyNAS 102 indicator descriptions

Indicator Description

Power button and LED Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states:

• On. Powered on.

• Blinking. Booting or shutting down.

• Off. Powered of

Disk LEDs (1, 2) Each drive bay has an LED associated with it on the front panel of the storage

system.

• On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally

• Blinking.

• Off. The

The disk LEDs have these states:

The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing.

drive bay is empty.

Disk activity LED The disk activity LED has these states:

Rear panel Ethernet port LEDs

• On. At

• Blinking. A

• Off. No disks are present.

Two LED status indicators are built into this port, one green and one amber. They indicate port speed and activity as follows:

• Green on, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green off, amber on. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green off, amber blinking. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green off, amber off. No connection.

least one disk is present.

disk is active.

. .

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Power On and Shut Down

This section describes how to power on and shut down your system. If you need to shut down the system, use one of the preferred shutdown methods whenever possible.

Power On

 To power on the system:

1. Connect the system to a power supply. Note: Depending on the system’s last power state, the system might power

on automatically. For more information, see

2. If necessary, press the Power button.

The system powers on.

Power State on page 15.

Preferred Shutdown

You can gracefully shut down your system by using the Power button or the ReadyNAS local admin page.

For information about how to gracefully shut down your system using the ReadyNAS local admin page, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

 To gracefully shut down your system using the Power button:

1. Press the Power button.

The Power LED blinks, prompting you to confirm the shutdown.

2. Press the Power button again.

The system shuts down gracefully.

Forced Shutdown

Perform a forced shutdown only if the storage system is not responding.

 To perform a forced shutdown:

Unplug the system from the power supply.

Power State

If the power supply is interrupted due to a power failure, the system returns to its last state when the power supply is restored:

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• If the system was powered on at the time of the power failure, the system powers on

when the power supply is restored.

• If the system was powered off at the time of the power failure, the system remains off

when the power supply is restored.

Boot Menu

Use the boot menu to restart or troubleshoot your ReadyNAS storage system. Your storage system has the following boot modes:

• Normal. Initiates a normal boot process, just like booting using the Power button.

• Factory default. Initiates a short disk test that takes approximately 5 minutes. After the

disk test, a 10-minute time-out period begins.

WARNING:

The factory default reboot process resets the storage system to factory settings, erases all data, resets all defaults, and reformats the disk to X-RAID.

- If you want to cancel the factory default process, power off the storage system before

the 10-minute time-out ends. The system powers down safely without causing any data loss.

- If you want to reset the system to factory default settings, do not power off your

system. After the 10-minute time-out period, the factory default process begins.

Tip: To start the factory default process immediately, press the Backup

button during the 10-minute time-out period.

• OS reinstall. Reinstalls the firmware from the internal flash to the disks. Use the OS

reinstall boot mode when the system crashes and corrupts some configuration files. OS reinstall boot mode also resets some settings on your storage system, such as Internet protocol settings and the administrator password, to defaults.

• Tech support. Boots into a low-level diagnostic mode. Use the tech support boot mode

only when a NETGEAR technical support representative instructs you to do so.

• Volume read only. Mounts a volume as read-only. Use this option when you are

attempting to rescue data off a disk during a disaster recovery.

• Memory test. Performs a memory test. The pass or fail result is reported using the

storage system’s LEDs. Contact a NETGEAR technical support representative to interpret memory test results.

• Test disk. Performs an offline full disk test. This process can take four hours or more,

depending on the size of your disks. Any problems are reported in the system logs. For more information about viewing the system logs, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

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1. Power of

f your storage system.

2. Using a straightened paper clip, press and hold the Reset button.

3. Press the Power button.

The system powers on.

4. Continue to press the Reset button until the Power button LED, USB and backup status

LED, disk 1 LED, and disk 2 LED light.

5. Press the Backup button to scroll through boot mode options.

The storage system shows the boot mode options using the LEDs, as described in the following table:

Boot Mode Status Indicator

Description Power

Boot menu All four LEDs light. Normal Power LED lights. Factory default Disk 1 LED lights.

LED







Disk 1 LED

Disk 2 LED

USB and Backup LED

OS reinstall Disk 2 LED lights. Tech support USB and backup status LED lights. Volume read only Power LED and disk 1 LED light. Memory test Power LED and disk 2 LED light. Test disk Power LED and USB and backup status

LED light.











Legend:

• On: 

• Of

f: 

6. Press and release the Reset button to confirm your boot menu selection.

The system boots in the selected boot mode.

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3. NETGEAR ReadyNAS 104

This chapter provides an overview of the physical features of the ReadyNAS 104 and includes

the following sections:

• Front and Side Panels

• Drive Bays

• Rear Panel

• Status Information

• Power On and Shut Down

• Boot Menu

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Front and Side Panels

The following figure shows the front and side panels of the ReadyNAS 104.

Figure 4. ReadyNAS 104 front and side panels

1. Exhaust vents

2. USB 2.0 port

3. Backup button and LED

4. Disk LEDs

5. Disk activity LED

6. Power button and LED

7. Drive bay door

8. Status display screen

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Drive Bays

The following figure shows the drive bays of the ReadyNAS 104.

Figure 5. ReadyNAS 104 drive bays

1. Drive bay door

2. Disk tray handle

3. Recessed disk tray handle lock

4. Disk tray release latch

5. Drive bays

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Rear Panel

The following figure shows the rear panel of the ReadyNAS 104.

Figure 6. ReadyNAS 104 rear panel

1. eSATA port

2. Reset button

3. USB 3.0 ports

4. GbE ports with LED status indicators

Note: The two GbE ports are equivalent. They can be used as two separate

Ethernet connections, or can be configured as a single, bonded port with a 2 Gbps potential speed. For information on how to configure a bonded port, and the network configuration requirements needed to support 2 Gbps, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is

available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

5. Power cable socket

6. Exhaust fan

7. Kensington lock

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Status Information

You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the indicators listed in the following table.

Table 2. ReadyNAS 104 indicator descriptions

Indicator Description

Power button and LED Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states:

• On. Powered on.

• Blinking. Booting or shutting down.

• Off. Powered of

Disk LEDs (1, 2, 3, 4) Each drive bay has an LED associated with it, in numerical order from left to right,

along the top of the front panel of the storage system. states:

• On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally

• Blinking.

screen for details.

• Off. The

The disk LEDs have these

The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display

drive bay is empty.

Disk activity LED The disk activity LED has these states:

• On. At

• Blinking. A

• Off. No disks are present.

Rear panel Ethernet port LEDs

Status display screen Displays messages about the status of your storage system. Note that the status

Two LED status indicators are built into this port, one green and one amber. They indicate port speed and activity as follows:

• Green on, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green off, amber on. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green off, amber blinking. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green off, amber off. No connection.

display screen goes to sleep to prevent burn-in. once. If the storage system reports an abnormal operation or error, the status display screen stays on.

least one disk is present.

disk is active.

To wake it, press the Power button

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Power On and Shut Down

This section describes how to power on and shut down your system. If you need to shut down the system, use one of the preferred shutdown methods whenever possible.

Power On

 To power on the system:

1. Connect the system to a power supply. Note: Depending on the system’s last power state, the system might power

on automatically. For more information, see

2. If necessary, press the Power button.

The system powers on.

Power State on page 24.

Preferred Shutdown

You can gracefully shut down your system by using the Power button or the ReadyNAS local admin page.

For information about how to gracefully shut down your system using the ReadyNAS local admin page, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

 To gracefully shut down your system using the Power button:

• If the status display screen is not lit, do the following:

1. Press the Power button.

The status display screen wakes.

2. Press the Power button a second time.

Instructions for graceful shutdown display on the status display screen.

3. Press the Power button a third time.

The system shuts down gracefully.

• If the status display screen is lit, do the following:

1. Press the Power button.

Instructions for graceful shutdown display on the status display screen.

2. Press the Power button again.

The system shuts down gracefully.

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Forced Shutdown

Perform a forced shutdown only if the storage system is not responding.

 To perform a forced shutdown:

Unplug the system from the power supply.

Power State

If the power supply is interrupted due to a power failure, the system returns to its last state when the power supply is restored:

• If the system was powered on at the time of the power failure, the system powers on

when the power supply is restored.

• If the system was powered off at the time of the power failure, the system remains off

when the power supply is restored.

Boot Menu

Use the boot menu to restart or troubleshoot your ReadyNAS storage system. Your storage system has the following boot modes:

• Normal. Initiates a normal boot process, just like booting using the Power button.

• Factory default. Initiates a short disk test that takes approximately 5 minutes. After the

disk test, a 10-minute time-out period begins.

WARNING:

The factory default reboot process resets the storage system to factory settings, erases all data, resets all defaults, and reformats the disk to X-RAID.

- If you want to cancel the factory default process, power off the storage system before

the 10-minute time-out ends. The system powers down safely without causing any data loss.

- If you want to reset the system to factory default settings, do not power off your

system. After the 10-minute time-out period, the factory default process begins.

Tip: To start the factory default process immediately, press the Backup

button during the 10-minute time-out period.

• OS reinstall. Reinstalls the firmware from the internal flash to the disks. Use the OS

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• Tech support. Boots into a low-level diagnostic mode. Use the tech support boot mode

only when a NETGEAR technical support representative instructs you to do so.

• Volume read only. Mounts a volume as read-only. Use this option when you are

attempting to rescue data off a disk during a disaster recovery.

• Memory test. Performs a memory test. The pass or fail result is reported on the status

display screen.

• Test disk. Performs an offline full disk test. This process can take four hours or more,

depending on the size of your disks. Any problems are reported in the system logs. For more information about viewing the system logs, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

 To access the boot menu:

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

1. Power off your storage system.

2. Using a straightened paper clip, press and hold the Reset button.

3. Press the Power button.

The system powers on.

4. Continue to press the Reset button until the status display screen shows a boot menu

message.

5. Press the Backup button to scroll through boot mode options.

The status display screen shows the current boot mode option.

6. When the status display screen shows the boot mode that you need, press and release the

Reset button to confirm your boot menu selection.

The system boots in the selected boot mode.

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4. NETGEAR ReadyNAS 202

This chapter provides an overview of the physical features of the ReadyNAS 202 and includes

the following sections:

• Front and Side Panels

• Drive Bays

• Rear Panel

• Status Information

• Power On and Shut Down

• Boot Menu

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Front and Side Panels

The following figure shows the front and side panels of the ReadyNAS 202.

Figure 7. ReadyNAS 202 front and side panels

1. Power button and LED

2. Disk activity LED

3. Exhaust vent

4. USB 3.0 port

5. Backup button

6. USB and backup status LED

7. Disk 1 and Disk 2 LEDs

8. Drive bay door

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Drive Bays

The following figure shows the drive bays of the ReadyNAS 202.

Figure 8. ReadyNAS 202 drive bays

1. Drive bay door

2. Disk tray handle

3. Recessed disk tray handle lock

4. Disk tray release latch

5. Drive bays

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Rear Panel

The following figure shows the rear panel of the ReadyNAS 202.

3 456 7

Figure 9. ReadyNAS 202 rear panel

1. Exhaust fan

2. Kensington lock

3. USB 3.0 ports

4. eSATA port

5. GbE ports with LED status indicators

Note: The two GbE ports are equivalent. They can be used as two separate

available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

6. Reset button

7. Power adapter socket

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Status Information

You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the indicators listed in the following table.

Table 3. ReadyNAS 202 indicator descriptions

Indicator Description

Power button and LED Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states:

• On. Powered on.

• Blinking. Booting or shutting down.

• Off. Powered of

Disk LEDs (1, 2) Each drive bay has an LED associated with it on the front panel of the storage

system.

• On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally

• Blinking.

• Off. The

The disk LEDs have these states:

screen for details.

The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display

drive bay is empty.

Disk activity LED The disk activity LED has these states:

Rear panel Ethernet port LEDs

• Blinking. A

• Off. Disk is idling.

Two LED status indicators are built into each port, one off or green and one showing three states: of follows:

• Green, green. 1000 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, green. 1000 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green, amber. 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, amber. 100 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green on, off. 10 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, off. 10 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Off, off. No connection.

disk is active.

f, amber, or green. They indicate port speed and activity as

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Power On and Shut Down

This section describes how to power on and shut down your system. If you need to shut down the system, use one of the preferred shutdown methods whenever possible.

Power On

 To power on the system:

1. Connect the system to a power supply. Note: Depending on the system’s last power state, the system might power

on automatically. For more information, see

2. If necessary, press the Power button.

The system powers on.

Power State on page 33.

Preferred Shutdown

You can gracefully shut down your system by using the Power button or the ReadyNAS local admin page.

For information about how to gracefully shut down your system using the ReadyNAS local admin page, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

 To gracefully shut down your system using the Power button:

1. Press the Power button.

The Power LED blinks, prompting you to confirm the shutdown.

2. Press the Power button again.

The system shuts down gracefully.

Forced Shutdown

Perform a forced shutdown only if the storage system is not responding.

 To perform a forced shutdown:

Unplug the system from the power supply.

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Power State

If the power supply is interrupted due to a power failure, the system returns to its last state when the power supply is restored:

• If the system was powered on at the time of the power failure, the system powers on

when the power supply is restored.

• If the system was powered off at the time of the power failure, the system remains off

when the power supply is restored.

Boot Menu

Use the boot menu to restart or troubleshoot your ReadyNAS storage system. Your storage system has the following boot modes:

• Normal. Initiates a normal boot process, just like booting using the Power button.

• Factory default. Initiates a short disk test that takes approximately 5 minutes. After the

disk test, a 10-minute time-out period begins.

WARNING:

The factory default reboot process resets the storage system to factory settings, erases all data, resets all defaults, and reformats the disk to X-RAID.

- If you want to cancel the factory default process, power off the storage system before

the 10-minute time-out ends. The system powers down safely without causing any data loss.

- If you want to reset the system to factory default settings, do not power off your

system. After the 10-minute time-out period, the factory default process begins.

Tip: To start the factory default process immediately, press the Backup

button during the 10-minute time-out period.

• OS reinstall. Reinstalls the firmware from the internal flash to the disks. Use the OS

• Tech support. Boots into a low-level diagnostic mode. Use the tech support boot mode

only when a NETGEAR technical support representative instructs you to do so.

• Volume read only. Mounts a volume as read-only. Use this option when you are

attempting to rescue data off a disk during a disaster recovery.

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• Memory test. Performs a memory test. The memory test runs for 8hrs. The current status

and the pass or fail result is reported using the storage system LEDs, as described in the following table:

Memory Test State Power LED Disk 1 LED Disk 2 LED Backup LED

1st hour Off Off Off Blinking 2nd hour Off Off Blinking Off 3rd hour Off Blinking Off Off 4th hour Off Blinking Blinking Blinking 5th hour On Off Off Blinking 6th hour On Off Blinking Off 7th hour On Blinking Off Off 8th hour On Blinking Blinking Blinking Result: fail Blinking Blinking Blinking Blinking Result: pass On On On On

• Test disk. Performs an offline full disk test. This process can take four hours or more,

depending on the size of your disks. Any problems are reported in the system logs. For more information about viewing the system logs, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

 To access the boot menu:

1. Power of

f your storage system.

2. Using a straightened paper clip, press and hold the Reset button.

3. Press the Power button.

The system powers on.

4. Continue to press the Reset button until the Power button LED, USB and backup status

LED, disk 1 LED, and disk 2 LED light.

5. Press the Backup button to scroll through boot mode options.

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The storage system shows the boot mode options using the LEDs, as described in the following table:

Boot Mode Status Indicator

Description Power

Boot menu All four LEDs light. Normal Power LED lights. Factory default Disk 1 LED lights. OS reinstall Disk 2 LED lights. Tech support USB and backup status LED lights. Volume read only Power LED and disk 1 LED light. Memory test Power LED and disk 2 LED light. Test disk Power LED and USB and backup status

LED light.

LED

















Disk 1 LED

Legend:

• On: 

• Of

f: 

6. Press and release the Reset button to confirm your boot menu selection.

Disk 2 LED

USB and Backup LED

The system boots in the selected boot mode.

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5. NETGEAR ReadyNAS 204

This chapter provides an overview of the physical features of the ReadyNAS 204 and includes

the following sections:

• Front and Side Panels

• Drive Bays

• Rear Panel

• Status Information

• Power On and Shut Down

• Boot Menu

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Front and Side Panels

The following figure shows the front and side panels of the ReadyNAS 204.

Figure 10. ReadyNAS 204 front and side panels

1. Exhaust vents

2. USB 2.0 port

3. Backup button and LED

4. Disk LEDs

5. Disk activity LED

6. Power button and LED

7. Drive bay door

8. Status display screen

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Drive Bays

The following figure shows the drive bays of the ReadyNAS 204.

Figure 11. ReadyNAS 204 drive bays

1. Drive bay door

2. Disk tray handle

3. Recessed disk tray handle lock

4. Disk tray release latch

5. Drive bays

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Rear Panel

The following figure shows the rear panel of the ReadyNAS 204.

Figure 12. ReadyNAS 204 rear panel

1. eSATA port

2. Reset button

3. USB 3.0 ports

4. LAN ports with LED status indicators

Note: The two LAN ports are equivalent. They can be used as two separate

available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

5. Power cable socket

6. Exhaust fan

7. Kensington lock

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Status Information

You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the indicators listed in the following table.

Table 4. ReadyNAS 204 indicator descriptions

Indicator Description

Power button and LED Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states:

• On. Powered on.

• Blinking. Booting or shutting down.

• Off. Powered of

Disk LEDs (1, 2, 3, 4) Each drive bay has an LED associated with it, in numerical order from left to right,

along the top of the front panel of the storage system. states:

• On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally

• Blinking.

screen for details.

• Off. The

The disk LEDs have these

The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display

drive bay is empty.

Disk activity LED The disk activity LED has these states:

• Blinking. A

• Off. All

Rear panel Ethernet port LEDs

Status display screen Displays messages about the status of your storage system. Note that the status

Two LED status indicators are built into each port, one off or green and one showing three states: of follows:

• Green, green. 1000 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, green. 1000 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green, amber. 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, amber. 100 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green on, off. 10 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, off. 10 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Off, off. No connection.

display screen goes to sleep to prevent burn-in. once. If the storage system reports an abnormal operation or error, the status display screen stays on.

disk is being accessed.

disks are idle.

f, amber, or green. They indicate port speed and activity as

To wake it, press the Power button

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Power On and Shut Down

This section describes how to power on and shut down your system. If you need to shut down the system, use one of the preferred shutdown methods whenever possible.

Power On

 To power on the system:

1. Connect the system to a power supply. Note: Depending on the system’s last power state, the system might power

on automatically. For more information, see

2. If necessary, press the Power button.

The system powers on.

Power State on page 43.

Preferred Shutdown

You can gracefully shut down your system by using the Power button or the ReadyNAS local admin page.

For information about how to gracefully shut down your system using the ReadyNAS local admin page, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

 To gracefully shut down your system using the Power button:

• If the status display screen is not lit, do the following:

1. Press the Power button.

The status display screen wakes.

2. Press the Power button a second time.

Instructions for graceful shutdown display on the status display screen.

3. Press the Power button a third time.

The system shuts down gracefully.

• If the status display screen is lit, do the following:

1. Press the Power button.

Instructions for graceful shutdown display on the status display screen.

2. Press the Power button again.

The system shuts down gracefully.

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Forced Shutdown

Perform a forced shutdown only if the storage system is not responding.

 To perform a forced shutdown:

Unplug the system from the power supply.

Power State

If the power supply is interrupted due to a power failure, the system returns to its last state when the power supply is restored:

• If the system was powered on at the time of the power failure, the system powers on

when the power supply is restored.

• If the system was powered off at the time of the power failure, the system remains off

when the power supply is restored.

Boot Menu

Use the boot menu to restart or troubleshoot your ReadyNAS storage system. Your storage system has the following boot modes:

• Normal. Initiates a normal boot process, just like booting using the Power button.

• Factory default. Initiates a short disk test that takes approximately 5 minutes. After the

disk test, a 10-minute time-out period begins.

WARNING:

The factory default reboot process resets the storage system to factory settings, erases all data, resets all defaults, and reformats the disk to X-RAID.

- If you want to cancel the factory default process, power off the storage system before

the 10-minute time-out ends. The system powers down safely without causing any data loss.

- If you want to reset the system to factory default settings, do not power off your

system. After the 10-minute time-out period, the factory default process begins.

Tip: To start the factory default process immediately, press the Backup

button during the 10-minute time-out period.

• OS reinstall. Reinstalls the firmware from the internal flash to the disks. Use the OS

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• Tech support. Boots into a low-level diagnostic mode. Use the tech support boot mode

only when a NETGEAR technical support representative instructs you to do so.

• Volume read only. Mounts a volume as read-only. Use this option when you are

attempting to rescue data off a disk during a disaster recovery.

• Memory test. Performs a memory test. The pass or fail result is reported on the status

display screen.

• Test disk. Performs an offline full disk test. This process can take four hours or more,

depending on the size of your disks. Any problems are reported in the system logs. For more information about viewing the system logs, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

 To access the boot menu:

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

1. Power off your storage system.

2. Using a straightened paper clip, press and hold the Reset button.

3. Press the Power button.

The system powers on.

4. Continue to press the Reset button until the status display screen shows a boot menu

message.

5. Press the Backup button to scroll through boot mode options.

The status display screen shows the current boot mode option.

6. When the status display screen shows the boot mode that you need, press and release the

Reset button to confirm your boot menu selection.

The system boots in the selected boot mode.

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6. NETGEAR ReadyNAS 312

This chapter provides an overview of the physical features of the ReadyNAS 312 and includes

the following sections:

• Front and Side Panels

• Drive Bays

• Rear Panel

• Status Information

• Power On and Shut Down

• Boot Menu

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Front and Side Panels

The following figure shows the front and side panels of the ReadyNAS 312.

Figure 13. ReadyNAS 312 front and side panels

1. Power button and LED

2. Disk activity LED

3. Exhaust vent

4. USB 2.0 port

5. Infrared remote receiver

6. Backup button

7. USB and Backup status LED

8. Disk 1 and Disk 2 LEDs

9. Drive bay door

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Drive Bays

The following figure shows the drive bays of the ReadyNAS 312.

Figure 14. ReadyNAS 312 drive bays

1. Drive bay door

2. Disk tray handle

3. Recessed disk tray handle lock

4. Disk tray release latch

5. Drive bays

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Rear Panel

The following figure shows the rear panel of the ReadyNAS 312.

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Figure 15. ReadyNAS 312 rear panel

1. Exhaust fan

2. Kensington lock

3. USB 3.0 ports

4. eSATA port

5. LAN ports with LED status indicators

6. Reset button

7. HDMI port (not currently supported)

8. Power adapter socket

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Status Information

You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the indicators listed in the following table.

Table 5. ReadyNAS 312 indicator descriptions

Indicator Description

Power button and LED Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states:

• On. Powered on.

• Blinking. Booting or shutting down.

• Off. Powered of

Disk LEDs (1, 2) Each drive bay has an LED associated with it on the front panel of the storage

system.

• On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally

• Blinking. The

• Off. The

The disk LEDs have these states:

disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing.

drive bay is empty.

Disk activity LED The disk activity LED has these states:

Rear panel Ethernet port LEDs

• On. At

• Blinking. A

• Off. No disks are present.

Two LED status indicators are built into this port, one green and one amber. They indicate port speed and activity as follows:

• Green on, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green blinking, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green off, amber on. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity

• Green off, amber blinking. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, activity

• Green off, amber off. No connection.

least one disk is present.

disk is active.

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Power On and Shut Down

This section describes how to power on and shut down your system. If you need to shut down the system, use one of the preferred shutdown methods whenever possible.

Power On

When the system is connected to a power supply, the system automatically powers on. You can also power on the system by pressing the Power button.

Preferred Shutdown

You can gracefully shut down your system by using the Power button or the ReadyNAS local admin page.

For information about how to gracefully shut down your system using the ReadyNAS local admin page, see the ReadyNAS OS 6.2 Software Manual, which is available at

http://support.netgear.com/product/ReadyNAS-OS6.

 To gracefully shut down your system using the Power button:

1. Press the Power button.

The Power LED blinks, prompting you to confirm the shutdown.

2. Press the Power button again.

The system shuts down gracefully.

Forced Shutdown

Perform a forced shutdown only if the storage system is not responding.

 To perform a forced shutdown:

Press and hold the Power button for five seconds. The LEDs blink quickly and simultaneously to warn that power will be cut off forcibly. The system shuts down.

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