Gigabit Ethernet Hard Drive
User Guide
Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................2
Controls, Connectors and Indicators ................................................. 2
Front Panel Area ...............................................................................2
Rear Panel Area ................................................................................3
About the Hard Disk ..........................................................................4
Locating NAS Drive on Your Desk ......................................................5
Bundled Software ..............................................................................5
Finder.exe ........................................................................................ 5
Backup Software ..............................................................................5
TorrentFlux ....................................................................................... 5
Connecting To Your Network
..............................................5
About NAS Drive User Accounts ........................................................7
Connecting The NAS Drive To Your LAN ............................................ 8
Web-Based Administration Tool ..................................................... 10
Administration Login .....................................................................10
Basic Settings For Initial Setup ......................................................11
NAS Drive Operation
............................................................. 17
Sharing Files Using Windows ......................................................... 18
Run Dialogue ................................................................................ 18
Browse Network Neighborhood ....................................................18
Search Dialogue ........................................................................... 19
Browse My Computer ................................................................... 19
Sharing Files Using Mac OS X ......................................................... 19
Attaching USB Devices ...................................................................20
Attaching A Printer ........................................................................ 20
Attaching A USB Storage Device ................................................... 21
NAS Administration Reference
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Users And Groups .....................................................................................24
User Management.................................................................................. 24
Group Management ..............................................................................25
File And Print..............................................................................................26
File Server ................................................................................................26
Share Management ................................................................................28
Printer Server ...........................................................................................29
System .........................................................................................................29
LAN Settings ...........................................................................................29
Time Settings ..........................................................................................30
Turn Off Server ........................................................................................30
Information ..............................................................................................30
Disk Usage...............................................................................................31
Error Notification ....................................................................................31
Network Service ........................................................................................32
DHCP Server ...........................................................................................32
Bonjour ....................................................................................................33
iTunes Server ...........................................................................................33
Media Server ...........................................................................................33
TorrentFlux ...............................................................................................35
Maintenance ..............................................................................................37
Disk Utility ...............................................................................................38
Firmware Upgrade .................................................................................39
Save Configuration .................................................................................40
Restore Configuration ............................................................................40
Factory Reset ...........................................................................................40
Install New Service .................................................................................40
Log File ........................................................................................................41
Samba Log ..............................................................................................41
FTP Log ....................................................................................................42
DHCP Server Log ....................................................................................42
System Log ..............................................................................................42
Administration Log .................................................................................42
Account Information ................................................................................42
Logout .........................................................................................................42
Getting Help
............................................................................... 43
Limited Warranty Terms
....................................................... 43
Rights
.............................................................................................. 45
GNU General Public License
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FCC Compliance
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Introduction
Your Verbatim Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a versatile external hard drive
featuring high-performance storage with an Ethernet interface. Once your drive is
connected properly to your network, you will be able to use it as you would any hard drive
for storing your data and for performing data back-up functions. Before you begin to use
the NAS drive there are a few important things to learn about your new product.
Controls, Connectors and Indicators
First familiarize yourself with the control keys and the various connectors on the unit.
Front Panel Area
The front panel contains only the status LED, as illustrated below.
1. The green LED will come on to indicate the power-on state. During the power down
sequence, the LED will flash for about 15 seconds while the drive’s internal software
shuts down in an orderly fashion. The LED will then turn off to indicate that the drive is
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now fully turned off.
Rear Panel Area
Along the rear panel you will find the interface connectors and a recessed micro-switch
that is used for reset functions. Refer to the figure below.
1. ON/OFF Button. Once the AC Adapter has been properly connected to the NAS drive
and an AC outlet, you can press the ON/OFF button to power on the drive. To turn off the
drive, press the ON/OFF button again. The LED will flash for about 15 seconds while the
drive shuts down as described above.
2. DC Input Connector. Connect the DC cable of your included AC Adapter to the DC Input
Connector.
3. Ethernet Connector. Use this connector to attach to your network equipment. The
connector contains status LEDs to indicate communications status.
4. USB-A Connectors (2 each). Use either of these connectors for attaching a USB printer,
USB flash disk, or other USB storage device.
5. Reset Button. If the NAS drive is having a problem connecting to the local area
network (LAN) or appears to be hung, press the reset button momentarily using the end
of a paper clip. This will cause the unit to reset, similar to rebooting your PC. If the
problem persists, or if you are unsure of current settings (such as forgetting your
administration password), press and hold in the Reset button for 5 seconds. This will
restore the factory default settings.
6. Fan. The fan is designed to turn on for added cooling whenever the internal
temperature rises above the thermal set point. To allow for adequate air flow take
care not to block the air vents. Since the spinning disk will generate heat even when
no data is being transferred, you can help to prevent the fan from remaining on
needlessly by shortening the disk spin-down time (see later under NAS
Administration Reference / Advanced / Maintenance / Disk Utility).
About the Hard Disk
The NAS drive internal hard disk comes pre-formatted in EXT2 format for immediate use
for network storage.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes/1 GB = 1,000,000,000
bytes/1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity used for pre-loaded software,
formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage. As a result,
and due to differing calculation methods, your operating systems may report as fewer
megabytes/gigabytes/terabytes.
Your product’s hard drive is a complex electronic storage system and should be handled
with care, as you might treat a sensitive portable computer or other state-of-the-art
consumer electronics product. Do not subject it to shock, high temperatures, or strong
magnetic fields.
To extend the useful life of your NAS drive, turn the unit OFF when not in use.
Locating NAS Drive on Your Desk
Place the NAS drive on a sturdy desk or table that is free from clutter that could block
airflow around the unit.
Bundled Software
The included CD-ROM contains copies of the User Guide, as well as three software
applications: 1) Finder.exe, 2) Nero backup software and 3) TorrentFlux.
Finder.exe
This is a Windows application that can locate all Verbatim NAS drives on your LAN and
display the corresponding IP address of each drive. To run this application, copy the
Finder.exe file to your client Windows computer and double-click on the file to launch it.
Backup Software
Nero backup software is included on CD-ROM. To install this application on one of your
client Windows computers, open the Nero folder on the CD and then double click the
setupx file to start installation. The Nero Installation window will appear. Follow the setup
wizard to install the software. To backup files to your NAS drive using Nero, you must
first assign a drive letter to your destination folder, as described later under NAS Drive
Operation / Sharing files using Windows / Browse My Computer.
TorrentFlux
TorrentFlux is an implementation of the BitTorrent protocol. Installation of this optional
network service is described later in NAS Administration Reference / Advanced /
Maintenance / Install New Service.
Connecting To Your Network
Installing the NAS drive requires that you have an available Ethernet port on a router or
switch. Use the supplied CAT-6 Ethernet cable to connect your NAS drive to your LAN.
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Power up your router (or Ethernet switch) first, and then power up the NAS drive. The
figure below provides one example of a typical LAN configuration.
Before attempting to establish a connection to the network it would be useful first to
review some background information about how the NAS drive handles data over the
network. Basic to this understanding are the fundamental concepts of user accounts and
shared folders.
Computer 1
Computer 2
Router
To Internet
via Cable Modem
Verbatim Gigabit Ethernet
Hard Drive
About NAS Drive User Accounts
The NAS drive keeps track of data stored by its network users by managing the data’s
destination folder (also referred to herein as a “shared folder” or simply a “share”).
Furthermore, the NAS drive must keep track of who may read from, and write to, each
folder. It does this by setting up user accounts and groups. A group is a collection of
specific user accounts. When you assign access privileges to a new share you have the
option of either making assignments for individual user accounts, or for an entire group of
users at once by referring to the group’s name.
The default factory settings provide for two pre-defined user accounts, each with their
own unique properties. These user accounts are:
• admin
• guest-share
Each of these two user accounts has an associated pre-defined folder. The name of
the folder is the same as its associated user account. The name “guest-share” also
happens to be pre-defined as a group name. Additionally, there is a pre-defined folder
called “public” that initially is not associated with any user account. These properties are
summarized in the table below.
Here are other initial properties of these pre-defined groups, accounts, and shares:
• The folder “public” can be accessed by anyone on the LAN who has set up a user
account. Access to this folder requires authentication using your user name and
password.
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Pre-defined Name Group User Account Folder (Share)
public public
admin admin admin
guest-share @guest-share guest-share guest-share
• The folder “guest-share” can be accessed by anyone on the LAN, even if they have not
set up a user account. Access to this folder does not require entering a user name and
password. This folder can also be accessed by anonymous FTP.
• The group @guest-share contains two members, which are user “admin” and user
“guest-share”.
• The folder “admin” is a private folder for user “admin”. This means only user “admin”
can access this folder.
By using the web-based administration tool you can modify these initial properties.
Before can you can begin storing data (other than as user “admin” or as an anonymous
user to the guest-share folder), you must use the web-based administration tool to setup
a new user account that defines your User Name and Password. Furthermore, you have
the option to define other properties for your user account. For example, each user can
optionally be given their own private folder, which is automatically assigned the same
name as that user’s User Name. A user can also be given read-only-privileges, or read/
write-privileges, to other folders on the drive.
Connecting the NAS Drive to Your LAN
Now that you have some understanding of user accounts, you are ready to connect your
NAS drive to the LAN. Follow these steps.
1. Ensure that your LAN equipment is powered on and that the LAN is operating
properly.
2. We recommended that you follow the directions of your LAN equipment to enable
a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. This may be referenced in your
equipment’s documentation as “Assign IP addresses automatically”.
3. Since you will administer the NAS drive settings using a web browser on your PC or
Mac, ensure that this PC or Mac is powered on and connected to the LAN.
4. Connect the included CAT-6 Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on the NAS drive
to an Ethernet switch (100 Base-T or 1000 Base-T), or a wired or wireless router.
Make sure that the NAS drive and the client computer are on the same subnet
domain (e.g., 192.168.1.x).
5. Connect the included AC Adapter to the NAS drive, and then to a wall outlet.
6. Press the ON/OFF button on the rear of the NAS drive. The front green LED will come
on to indicate that the unit is now powered on.
7. Wait for the NAS drive to boot up and to auto-configure its connection on the
network. Depending on your particular LAN configuration and settings, this may
take several minutes. The following protocols will be followed during auto-
configuration, depending on current network settings:
a. DHCP client is enabled by default. Therefore, your router or other LAN
equipment that is providing the DHCP service will automatically assign an IP
address to the NAS drive and complete the network connection.
b. If no DHCP server is available on your isolated network, then the auto-
negotiation process will proceed in one of two ways, depending on whether
Bonjour protocol is enabled or disabled. Bonjour protocol is built-in to recent
Mac OS X systems, and can also be optionally installed on Windows systems.
i. Apple Bonjour protocol is enabled by default. In this case if you are
connecting to an isolated Bonjour-enabled network and no DHCP server
is present, your NAS drive will negotiate an address within the Bonjour
range of 169.254.x.x. If you want to determine the specific address within
this range, you can use the network “ping” function to “ping verbatimnas”
or “ping verbatimnas.local”. Alternatively, if you have a PC on the LAN, you
can run the included Finder.exe utility (provided to you on CD) to determine
the address.
ii. If the NAS drive has been previously accessed in order to disable Bonjour
and you are now connecting to a network with no DHCP server present,
then a different auto-negotiation takes place. In this case the NAS drive
will automatically launch its internal DHCP server. This will result in the NAS
drive taking the default IP address of 192.168.1.1 and will also assign
addresses (in the range of 192.168.1.2-50) to other DHCP clients on the
network .
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8. After successfully connecting to your network you will be able to see the NAS drive
on your network. Its default name is “verbatimnas” and it will be located in the
network workgroup named “Workgroup”. In Windows go to My Network Places/
Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network / Workgroup, or in Mac OS X go to
Finder / Network / Workgroup. You can open the device to see the following default
folders:
a. admin
b. guest-share
c. public
Though you are now ready to begin storing data on your drive, at this point you have
only the two default user accounts set up. To set up other user accounts, and to
configure other basic system settings, you should continue setup using the web-based
administration tool described in the next section.
Web-Based Administration Tool
The web-based administration tool is used to modify all internal settings of your NAS
drive. It is accessed using your computer’s web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Safari
or Netscape). To access the administration tool, your PC or Mac should be on the same
subnet as the NAS drive.
Administration Login
In most cases you need only to enter the default hostname (i.e., “//verbatimnas” for
Windows, or “//verbatimnas.local” for Bonjour) in your browser’s address window to
access the administration tool. If for some reason the default hostname was not assigned
to the NAS drive’s IP address during auto-configuration, then you can alternatively enter
the NAS drive’s IP address into the browser’s address window.
As described previously, your router or other network equipment will have assigned the
IP address automatically, or the drive will have taken one of its default addresses (either
a Bonjour address 169.254.x.x or the non-Bonjour address 192.168.1.1). If your router
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assigns addresses automatically, your router’s manual will describe how to determine
your drive’s IP address. Alternatively, you can find your drive’s IP address using the
included Finder.exe utility as described above. After your browser retrieves the initial web
page from the NAS drive, the browser window will present the following login screen:
From this screen you must enter the following default Username and Password:
Username: admin
Password: admin
Basic Settings for Initial Setup
Now, from within the administration tool perform the following steps to define the basic
settings. For more advanced features note that a full description of all settings is provided
later under “NAS Administration Reference”.
1. Click on Quick Setup to expand the selection group.
Set Language, Password, Hostname, IP Address, and Time
A special setup wizard will lead you through the configurations for user interface
language, administrator password, hostname, IP address, and time.
2. Select Wizard.
3. Select your language preference from the pull-down menu. The selection “set from
browser options” will automatically set the administrator language to the current
browser language setting. If the browser language is not supported in the
administrator, the default language of English will be enabled. Press Next to continue.
4. The next screen allows you to define a new password for the user “admin”. If you
want to keep the current password, simply press Next to advance to the next screen.
The password must be a minimum of 5 characters and a maximum of 8 characters.
5. The next screen allows you to define a new Hostname for the NAS drive. If you want
to keep the current Hostname, simply press Next to advance to the next screen.
6. The next screen allows you to select between automatic and static addresses for the
NAS drive’s IP Address and Domain Name System (DNS) address. It is recommended
that your network equipment be enabled to provide DHCP service, and that both
settings on this screen remain at the factory settings.
Alternatively, if your network requires that you define static addresses, then you may
enter them in the form provided.
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Press Next to continue.
7. The next screen allows you to manually set the date and time, or to use an available
Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. It is useful to set the correct date and time
because time stamps are used in the various status logs that are described later in
this manual. After filling in your selections, press Next.
8. The settings made in the previous steps are summarized on this screen for your
review. You may either go back to edit your settings, or press Complete to save the
settings as shown.
Add New User Account
9. Next setup a user account by selecting the Quick Setup / Add User button.
Fill in the initial screen with a User Name and Password. It is recommended that
these fields match the User Name and Password that this user normally enters when
logging into Windows or to Mac OS X. The User Name must be lower-case and may
be a maximum of 20 alphanumeric characters, without spaces. The User Name must
begin with an alphabetic character.
Note: If your Windows username currently contains a space character, or begins
with a number, you may want to modify your Windows username slightly so that
it can follow the same format required by the NAS drive. For Mac OS X user
accounts, your username is automatically saved without spaces as a field called
“Short Name”. In this way the “Short Name” already follows the format required
by the NAS drive.
Also fill in the password. The password may be a maximum of 16 alphanumeric
characters, without spaces. If you leave the password field blank, the NAS drive will
accept this as a null password. This means that you will not need to fill in any
password in the future when accessing the NAS drive using this username.
A description of this user may optionally be entered in the field provided.
If you want to create a private folder that only this network user can access, then
check the box marked “Create Private Folder”. This folder cannot be accessed
by any other user account, except for the “admin” user account. The folder name
will automatically be given the same name as User Name. The path of your newly
created private folder will automatically be set to /mnt/ide1.
Here you can set a maximum storage limit or quota (in megabytes) for the user. Note
that the quota function is not supported if the disk has been formatted to FAT32.
When done with this form, press Next to continue.
10. The next screen allows you to assign this user to an existing group. As described
above, the initial factory setting provides for the default group named “@guest share”. When done with this form, press Next to continue.
11. The final screen for adding a user allows you to assign access privileges to currently
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