Buffalo TeraStation TS-RXL/R5, User Manual

Page 1: ...TeraStation User Manual TS XL R5 TS RXL R5 and TS WXL R1 models www buffalotech com v2 86 ...

Page 2: ...ns a fast reliable Linux based server with multiple hard drives that may be configured in RAID arrays This user manual is intended to assist you in configuring your new TeraStation Because we re constantly updating our product the images and text in this manual may vary slightly from the images and text displayed by your TeraStation These changes are minor and should not affect the ease of setup a...

Page 3: ...Settings 36 Disks RAID Configuration 37 Hot Spare 39 Hot Swap 40 USB Hard Drives 41 Formatting Hard Drives 42 Encryption 42 Adding Shares 43 Mapping Additional Shares 46 TeraSearch 48 Maintenance 51 Replication 52 Backup Jobs 53 Initialization 54 NS SHFT 57 EXT3 Reader 59 UPS 60 Extensions Sleep Timer 61 Print Server 62 Time Machine 66 DLNA Media Server 71 Bittorrent Client 73 Direct Copy 75 Remot...

Page 4: ... TeraStation Quick Setup Front Panel TS XL R5 Power On Off LCD Display Door Lock Display Button Status LEDs Function Button ...

Page 5: ... TeraStation Quick Setup Open Front Panel TS XL R5 Diagnostic Port Buffalo factory use only Drive Lock Press left to open drive Drive LED Init Button ...

Page 6: ... Serial Port for UPS TeraStation Quick Setup Rear Panel TS XL R5 USB Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Power Connector Security Mount Power Mode Auto Manual ...

Page 7: ... TeraStation Quick Setup Front Panel TS WXL R1 Power On Off LCD Display Door Lock Display Button Status LEDs Function Button ...

Page 8: ... TeraStation Quick Setup Open Front Panel TS WXL R1 Diagnostic Port Buffalo factory use only Drive Lock Press left to open drive Drive LED Init Button ...

Page 9: ... Serial Port for UPS TeraStation Quick Setup Rear Panel TS WXL R1 USB Ports Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Power Connector Security Mount Power Mode Auto Manual ...

Page 10: ...10 TeraStation Quick Setup Front Panel TS RXL R5 Power On Off LCD Display Door Lock Display Button Status LEDs UID LED On Off ...

Page 11: ...11 Open Front Panel TS RXL R5 Drive Lock Press left to open drive Drive LED Function Button Factory Use Only USB Init Button ...

Page 12: ...12 Serial Port for UPS TeraStation Quick Setup Rear Panel TS RXL R5 USB Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Power Connector Security Mount Power Mode Auto Manual UID LED On Off ...

Page 13: ... your unit will power down by itself and you will have to manually turn it back on Also note that the unit needs to be powered on if you want to use the Web Access feature When using Web Access it is best to leave the Power Mode switch set to Manual The Auto mode does not work if NasNavi Detection is disabled in Network Settings Network Services or if Port Trunking is enabled In either of these ca...

Page 14: ...is a new shortcut to Buffalo NAS Navigator Double click it to open the NAS Navigator2 client utility Using the TeraStation with a PC Double click on your NAS device s icon to open it Or right click on it for more options ...

Page 15: ...e the shares on your TeraStation open its Web Admin Tool map a drive letter to a share or make a desktop shortcut to the main share on the TeraStation Clicking I m Here causes the TeraStation to beep and flash its LEDs making it easy to identify ...

Page 16: ...more than one NAS device on the network each will be visible here Click on the chosen device to highlight it Click on the gear symbol to drop down available commands Open Web opens the Web Admin Tool Configure opens the menu on the next page Color Label lets you color code your NAS devices in NAS Navigator2 Show View Options lets you choose the size and order of icons in the NAS Navigator2 display...

Page 17: ...lick IP Address to change the TeraStation s IP Address settings The IP Address page lets you change the TeraStation s IP address settings If you have more than one NAS on your network Show View Options can be useful It lets you choose the order of icons in the NAS Navigator2 display You may also adjust the size of the icons from here ...

Page 18: ... server list Begin by clicking Go and then choose Connect to Server In the Server Address field enter your TeraStation s IP address in the form smb ipaddress where ipaddress is your TeraStation s IP address and click Connect If you don t know your TeraStation s IP address see page 20 ...

Page 19: ...ote If you have configured share permissions on your TeraStation select Registered User and enter your login credentials Select the volume that you want to mount such as share from the list of folders on the TeraStation The share will open ...

Page 20: ...dress You can get the TeraStation s IP address from the LCD display on the front of the TeraStation Press the Display button until the IP address is displayed You can always get the TeraStation s IP address from your router s configuration utility Many Buffalo routers list this information on the Client Monitor page as shown to the right Consult your router s documentation for instructions on iden...

Page 21: ...r2 and choose Open Web Admin Alternately you may access the Web Admin Tool by typing the IP address of your TeraStation into the URL bar of a browser running on a computer connected to the same network as the TeraStation This works perfectly with OS X Linux and other non Windows PCs Web Admin Tool ...

Page 22: ...in prompt will appear Enter admin for the user name Until you change it the password for the admin account will be password Press the Login button when finished User name admin Password password Advanced Settings ...

Page 23: ... the left side you can see your TeraStation s system information Tabs and submenus along the upper edge allow easy access to all of the settings pages for your TeraStation Category Tabs Individual Settings Submenus Help and Instructions ...

Page 24: ...nformation and click Save You may enable quotas for the user if desired The hard limit is the maximum amount of space in gigabytes that this user will be able to use The soft limit which should be smaller is the maximum amount of space in gigabytes that the user can use before receiving a warning that they are running out of space ...

Page 25: ...ommas and ending with a carriage return These files can contain from 1 1000 users Paste the contents of the CSV file into the CSV input window and click on Start Import Adding Users in CSV Format The users from the CSV file will be added to the list of local users for the TeraStation Note Paste the contents of the CSV text file into the CSV input window not the text file itself ...

Page 26: ... local TeraStation may then be moved to the External Users list This will remove all passwords leaving their accounts unusable until the passwords are set on the SMB server The External Users and their passwords will then be managed from the SMB server Shares user rights and permissions will still be configured from the local TeraStation s Web Admin Tool Advanced Settings Remote Users ...

Page 27: ...27 To add a group select the Local Groups submenu under the Users Groups tab Click on Create Group Enter information for your group and click on Save Adding Groups ...

Page 28: ...s for the maximum storage to be available to the user or group The hard limit is the absolute maximum amount of space in gigabytes that this user or group will be able to use The soft limit which should be smaller is the maximum amount of space in gigabytes that Disk Quotas the user or group can use before receiving a warning that they are running out of space If both user and group quotas apply t...

Page 29: ...the IP address settings manually if desired If no DHCP server is available and an IP Address is not set manually it will default to a random address on the 169 254 xxx xxx subnet with subnet mask 255 255 0 0 Ethernet Frame Size Services and Port Trunking settings are also set from this page Only use JumboFrame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where all other clients support the sam...

Page 30: ...you need an intelligent switch that supports port trunking Configure two LAN ports on the switch in port trunking mode Connect them to Ethernet ports 1 and 2 on the TeraStation In the Web Admin Tool navigate to Network Settings Port Trunking Select one of the port trunking models and click Save Restart the TeraStation before use ...

Page 31: ...oups that share the same speed and duplex settings Utilizes all slaves in the active aggregator according to the 802 3ad specification Switch must support IEEE 802 3ad Dynamic link aggregation to use this mode TLB Channel bonding that does not require any special switch support Outgoing traffic is distributed according to the current load computed relative to the speed on each slave Incoming traff...

Page 32: ...pending on your network type you may choose to authenticate in Workgroup NT Domain or Active Directory Mode Note Before configuring NT Domain authentication make sure that your Advanced Settings Workgroup Domain Settings TeraStation s firmware is updated to version 1 01 or later ...

Page 33: ... TeraStation with an AD server then the AD server must be connected to the same subnet as Ethernet port 1 of the TeraStation In Active Directory mode the TeraStation will download the first 1000 entries from the AD list Use of the TeraStation with AD servers with more than 1000 entries is not supported The TeraStation works with the AD servers included with Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2008 Ser...

Page 34: ...ck on the name of your share Click Enable and then Save In NFS Client Setup click Add Client Enter the IP address and subnet mask of your client and click Save Repeat for each client that you want to allow to connect with NFS To access the TeraStation through NFS using Windows Services for Unix 3 5 the command will be mount 192 168 1 150 mnt array1 share z where 192 168 1 150 is the TeraStation s ...

Page 35: ... multiple different locations to be logically grouped under one folder or DFS root To configure DFS from the Web Access Tool navigate to Shared Folder DFS Click Change Settings Enable DFS Select whether or not DFS to allow multiple DFS links on the root If selected up to 8 DFS links may be shared on the root Enter the DFS root folder name and click Save In DFS Links click Add Link Enter the destin...

Page 36: ...36 In System Settings you can modify the NetBIOS name of your TeraStation date and time settings and language settings System Settings ...

Page 37: ...ta used for redundancy RAID Spanning is fast and efficient but with no redundancy if one hard drive fails all data on the TeraStation is lost RAID 1 Hard drives are arranged in mirrored pairs Each half of the pair reads and RAID Configuration writes exactly the same data This costs you half the total capacity of the array but provides excellent redundancy If a hard drive fails the mirror continues...

Page 38: ...up about one hard drive s worth of space so if you set up all four drives in the TeraStation as a RAID 5 array your usable capacity will be about 3 4 of the total capacity of the TeraStation This is the default configuration for the TS XL and TX RXL RAID 10 TS XL and TS RXL only Combines RAID 1 and RAID 0 for a fast secure array Half of the TeraStation s total capacity is used for redundant inform...

Page 39: ...or RAID 1 arrays Any data on the hot spare disk will be erased if the array switches over to it To configure a hot spare first build a RAID 5 or RAID 1 array Leave at least one drive unused Navigate to System Storage RAID Array in the Web Admin Tool and click on the RAID array that you just created Check Set as Spare Disk and then click Save Hot Spare TS XL and TX RXL ...

Page 40: ...he function button for 3 seconds until it beeps The TeraStation will rebuild the RAID array automatically Only failed drives may be hot swapped If your drive is operating normally with green or blinking LEDs then you must dismount the drive or shut down the TeraStation first before changing it To dismount a drive from within the Web Admin tool navigate to System Storage select the drive and click ...

Page 41: ...tted with the TeraStation s format utility before working properly Before disconnecting USB devices from the TeraStation they should be dismounted Hold the function button down until it glows blue and then turns off It s now safe to unplug your USB devices Advanced Settings USB Hard Drives Note Unplugging USB devices without dismounting them first may corrupt your data You may also dismount your U...

Page 42: ...rypt the drive or array with 128 bit AES encryption The drive will operate normally in the TeraStation but will not be accessible if removed and connected to a different device Note that if you use encryption and a drive is damaged or fails data recovery services will probably not be able to recover any data from the failed drive If the drive is part of a RAID 1 or RAID 5 array you can replace the...

Page 43: ...ther shares as desired To add a new share to your TeraStation navigate to Shared Folders Folder Setup and click Create Folder Enter a name for your new share Other settings can be changed as desired You may configure your new share s settings manually or copy the settings from an existing share If you want to limit which users or groups have access to the share then put a check next to Access Rest...

Page 44: ... the Local Users or Local Groups tab If you are using AD then you will have additional tabs for Domain Users and Domain Groups If you re using SMB then you ll have an additional tab for External Users Click on any of these tabs and then click Add Put a check next to any users or groups that you want to give access to the share Click Add when done ...

Page 45: ...ave Read Only access They will not be able to save files back to the share If that s what you want click Save Or to add write access double click on Read Only Chose Read Write Click Save Your user and or groups can now access and write to the new share ...

Page 46: ... s hostname you can get it from the NAS Navigator utility or its LCD display or IP address Press OK Your TeraStation will open Share is a data folder in your TeraStation by default Info contains your user manuals and software If you have created other share folders then they will be visible here too You can map drive letters to any of these folders ...

Page 47: ...Browse or enter TeraStation_Name share_name in the Folder field where TeraStation_Name is your TeraStation s hostname and share_name is the name of a folder on your TeraStation Check the Reconnect at logon checkbox to have Windows connect to this mapped drive every time it starts When finished press the Finish button Your share is now mapped to a drive letter ...

Page 48: ...tation It indexes Word Excel PowerPoint pdf html text and other files To use it open the share that you want to be able to search such as share by clicking on its name in Shared Folders Folder Setup Put a check next to Include folder in search indexing and click Save ...

Page 49: ...red Folders TeraSearch and click Modify Settings Put a check next to Enable chose a time for your regular updates and click Save Note The TeraStation must be powered on to update the index Updating may take several hours ...

Page 50: ...owser where IPaddress is the IP address of your TeraStation Login with your username and password or you can use the guest account with a blank password Enter the term you want to search for in the Search Text window and click Search You may sort your results by many different criteria ...

Page 51: ...51 The Maintenance submenu holds such settings as Email notification Alerts and LCD display brightness You can also restart or shut down the TeraStation from here Maintenance ...

Page 52: ...nd navigate to System Backup Replication Click Add Replication Select the source and destination folders for replication and click Save Note When replication is first configured existing files are not immediately copied from Source to Target until a new file is created locally or Resynchronization is clicked in System Backup Replication of the Web Admin Tool Remote additions to the Source folder b...

Page 53: ...53 To create a new backup job click Create New Job in System Backup Select the desired job schedule and properties and click Apply when done Backup Jobs ...

Page 54: ...the password to its default setting of password You can also initialize your TeraStation from the Init button located on the bottom side of the display panel open the door to access it or the front of the rackmount TS RXL remove the cover to access it Holding down the Init button for 3 seconds will initialize all settings including the admin password Initialization Init Button ...

Page 55: ...TeraStations must be from the same series to use each other s configuration files though they may be different sizes Normally NS SHFT only restores settings It doesn t affect the data on the TeraStation But if you use NS SHFT to restore a TeraStation to a different RAID configuration then all data on the drives will be lost To install NS SHFT insert the TeraNavigator CD in your Windows PC s drive ...

Page 56: ...pdown menu Click Save You will have to enter the admin password for the chosen TeraStation to continue You have the option of password protecting the configuration file To do so enter a password and click Set If you don t want to password protect the configuration file leave the password fields blank and click Close ...

Page 57: ... with NS SHFT select the TeraStation that you want to restore to from the dropdown menu Click Restore Enter the admin password for the TeraStation to continue If you entered a password when you were building the configuration file then you will have to enter it again here ...

Page 58: ...58 You may have multiple configurations saved Select the configuration file with the settings that you want to use Choose which settings to restore and click OK ...

Page 59: ...3 Reader and launch EXT3 Reader Click Enable You may now connect your EXT3 formatted USB hard disk to the computer You will be able to read and copy files from the hard disk to your computer Notes EXT3 Reader is a program for reading EXT3 hard drives only Writing and deleting files on the EXT3 hard drive are not supported EXT3 Reader and TurboUSB do not play well together Please uninstall TurboUSB...

Page 60: ...ection to the TeraStation After attaching the UPS to the TeraStation navigate to System Power Management UPS Settings in the Web Admin Tool Configure your desired settings and click Save Note Even if you ve previously configured your UPS UPS settings after attaching a UPS to the TeraStation open this page and click Save Until you do the UPS may not be recognized properly ...

Page 61: ...into power saving sleep mode at regular intervals Click Modify Settings to configure a sleep interval To manually wake a TeraStation from sleep mode before its wake up time hold down the power button on the front panel for 3 seconds Sleep Timer ...

Page 62: ...SB port on the TeraStation and power it on Print Server Access the TeraStation by clicking Start selecting the Run option and entering TeraStation_Name where TeraStation_Name is the DNS name of your TeraStation or its IP address Click the OK button when finished Right click on the lp icon and select Connect ...

Page 63: ...PC s CD ROM drive and click the Have Disk button Refer to your printer documentation for further information on installing your printer if necessary Click OK to finish If lp is the only printer installed on the PC then it will automatically be set as the default printer If it s not the only printer you may make it the default printer by clicking Printers and Faxes in Control Panel right clicking o...

Page 64: ...lation process can be done on any machine on your network Multiple machines may print to the printer at the same time Repeat this process on all computers that require access to the printer Not all USB printers are supported Multifunction printers are specifically not supported To print a test page or configure additional printer settings right click on the lp printer icon and select Properties Th...

Page 65: ...rrent print jobs Users will have to re send any incomplete print jobs to the printer If there are still problems sending jobs to the printer shut down the TeraStation and the printer Turn the printer on and then turn the TeraStation back on again Verify that the USB cable is securely fastened to both the printer and the TeraStation Finally you may consult the printer manufacturer s documentation f...

Page 66: ...on for backups from a Mac running Time Machine begin by creating a folder for the backups In Shared Folder Setup click on Create Folder Name the folder Make sure that Apple is checked for Shared Folder Attributes Disable Recycle Bin support Click Save ...

Page 67: ...you created for the backups Click Save Enter the Mac s Computer Name from its Sharing page as the Target Host Name For the Target MAC address enter the Mac s Ethernet ID from Advanced Settings in its Network Preferences page See the next page for instructions on finding the right values for these fields Click Create when done ...

Page 68: ...e it unless you have changed it To work with Time Machine this name should contain only the following characters 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstu vwxyz _ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Spaces and other characters should not be used if Time Machine is to function properly For the Target MAC address enter the Mac s Ethernet MAC Address from System Profiler located in Applications Utilities Make sure that ...

Page 69: ...tName_TargetMACAddress sparsebundle is being created in the backup folder To be safe wait seven minutes before continuing After seven minutes have passed open the Finder Click on All below Shared Find your TeraStation s TimeMachine in the window and double click on it Close the Finder ...

Page 70: ...70 Move the switch to the ON position Click on Change Disk Choose your TeraStation from the list and click Use for Backup In 120 seconds Time Machine will begin running a backup ...

Page 71: ... be streamed to DLNA compatible media players on your network To configure DLNA media streaming click on Modify Settings Highlight Enabled and choose the media folder on your TeraStation to share Click Save when done DLNA Media Server ...

Page 72: ...72 Clicking Authorized DLNA Media Clients opens this screen where you can see all of the available media players on your network Click Close when done ...

Page 73: ...tation s built in BitTorrent client will download files for you To enable it select Enabled Choose a target folder for downloaded files to go to and click Save Then click Open Download Manager BitTorrent Client ...

Page 74: ...74 To add a torrent click Add and then Browse Navigate to the torrent file and open it The file s will automatically download in the background ...

Page 75: ...k 1 Connect your USB device to a USB port on the TeraStation The function button will glow blue for 60 seconds 2 While the function button is still glowing blue press it once Direct Copy By default the folder yyyymmdd is created in share where yyyy is the year mm is the month and dd is the day All files from the source device are copied to this folder ...

Page 76: ...Access your router supports UPnP most do since 2001 If you choose not to enable this then you must manually configure your router and firewall to forward internal port 9000 to the Internet Choose a name for your BuffaloNAS account and a password key This name is the name that will be used to access your TeraStation and to share with your friends The password for this protects other people from usi...

Page 77: ...lt setting Allow Anonymous will allow anyone to access the share Choose this if you want your TeraStation share and all files on it to be freely available to everyone in the world Allow All Groups Users will allow only people who have an account on the TeraStation to access this share remotely Use Inherited Folder Permissions gives each user the same rights to folders remotely that they have local...

Page 78: ... page 76 Alternately you can go directly to your share by typing BuffaloNAS com your_BuffaloNAS_name in the URL window The folders from your TeraStation s share will appear Files from anonymous shares will appear to the right To see files from shares that are not set to anonymous or to upload files you will need to log in The login link is on the top left corner of the page Using WebAccess ...

Page 79: ...79 To access individual folders on the right click on their open links Clicking on individual files will give you other options depending on the filetype ...

Page 80: ...is option will only appear if you are logged in and at least one user besides admin has been given access to the share A new window will open Click on Browse and navigate to the file that you want to upload Then click Upload Your file will be copied to the TeraStation Uploading Files with WebAccess ...

Page 81: ...d Folders Setup click on the folder that you want to be able to access remotely It will be named share unless you have added new folders to your TeraStation Enable FTP in Shared Folder Support Enable Access Restrictions Give yourself Read or Read and Write permissions Click Apply Then check FTP in Shared Folder Support Click Save 4 Forward your port In your router s setup utility forward port 21 t...

Page 82: ...tected B E10 UPS AC line failure B E11 FAN Error Fan rotation speed is low or fan is stopped B E12 Overheating B E13 Error has occurred on RAID Array X B E14 Cannot mount RAID Array X B E15 Bad sectors on hard drive A E16 Cannot find hard drive X B E17 Cannot communicate with RTC chip A E18 Cannot communicate with SATA chip A E20 Cannot communicate with USB chip A E21 Cannot communicate with Ether...

Page 83: ...illing array X I20 Formatting array X I21 Performing disk check on disk X I22 Filling disk X I23 Initializing system B I24 Obtaining an IP address from DHCP I25 Updating firmware I26 Initializing web configuration I27 Checking USB disk I28 Formatting USB disk I29 Setting quota I30 New Hard Drive X is ready Press the Function button I31 New Hard Drive X is ready to configure Note Alert sound A beep...

Page 84: ...oft Windows only one set of login credentials can access or map drive letters for a network resource such as the TeraStation As such only one username and password can be used while mapping drives to a PC If unsecure unrestricted shares are mapped and then an attempt to map a secure restricted share is made from the same PC then this error will occur To prevent this you must create all mapped shar...

Page 85: ...estricted shares are being mapped then it s not necessary to set a username and password for shares Multiple mapped drives to unrestricted shares can exist without a username or password as long as no restricted secure shares are mapped If an unrestricted share and a restricted share are being mapper or accessed use the restricted username and password for the unrestricted share login by using the...

Page 86: ...g out the drive lock The hard drive will now slide out If TeraStation encounters a disk error an error will appear on the front panel LCD screen If notification is configured you will be sent an error message by email The LED beside the failed drive will be lit red indicating that the drive has been disabled and should be replaced Hard Drive Replacement ...

Page 87: ...he empty drive slot Close the drive lock to secure the hard drive in place Hold down the function button until it beeps The rebuild process may take several hours Performance will be slower than usual until the rebuild is complete ...

Page 88: ... W nominal TS XL R5 110 W nominal TS RXL R5 30 W nominal TS WXL R1 Dimensions 6 7 x 8 5 x 9 1 170 x 215 x 230 mm TS XL R5 17 1 x 1 75 x 16 4 434 x 44 3 x 417 mm TS RXL R5 6 7 x 6 7 x 9 1 170 x 170 x 230 mm TS WXL R1 Weight 17 6 lb 8 0 kg for TS XL R5 19 9 lb 9 0 kg for TS RXL R5 9 9 lb 4 5 kg for TS WXL R1 Operating Environment 41 95 F 20 80 non condensing The TeraStation is also compatible with W...

Page 89: ...lt groups are always available on the TeraStation hdusers admin and guest These groups may not be deleted or edited Microsoft Network Group WORKGROUP Ethernet frame size 1518 bytes AFP enabled FTP Server disabled NTP enabled Print Server enabled WebAccess disabled Time Machine disabled TeraSearch disabled DLNA Media Server disabled BitTorrent disabled RAID mode 4 drives in RAID 5 for TS XL R5 and ...

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