Cavalry CAND Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...end of the power adapter to an electrical outlet Turn on the power switch the Power LED will light up to indicate proper operation 2 Insert the Ethernet cable to the LAN port on the back of the unit and the other end to an available Ethernet port on the network adapter in a router switch hub The LED light for Link Port will illuminate to indicate proper connection Please use a straight through cab...

Page 2: ...Back of the CAND LED Indicators ...

Page 3: ...er to also remove the power supply from the electrical outlet Alternatively the device can also be turned off using the admin interface via web browser First login then go to the Turn off Server menu in the System area and turn the server off Quick Installation Guide 1 Install either one or two hard drives 2 Connect the Ethernet cable from your network router switch to the NAS 3 After everything i...

Page 4: ...ice on the following pages Use the Setup utility included on the CD This will list the device automatically and allow you to access the web configuration interface You may also use the same utility to map the network drive after you setup your shares The Setup Utility is located in the Contents CAND folder of the Resources CD The SetupUtil icon should appear as follows Step 1 Turn on the NAS and m...

Page 5: ... and double click to enter the GUI setup or click OK to change the IP setting Step 5 Enter the admin password before accessing the device The default login is admin enter admin for the password as well Press OK to login ...

Page 6: ...efine the name for your device and set up the IP configuration We recommend using the Automatically obtain an IP address DHCP Press Next to continue Step 7 Set the time zone current Date and Time Click Next to continue ...

Page 7: ...Step 8 You can compare your new settings with the previous configuration Fix any mistakes by pressing Back Press Save to confirm new settings Step 9 Double click nas to Enter Web GUI of NAS ...

Page 8: ...ser hit Enter enter admin for the username and admin again for the password and then login You can now use the setup wizard online or configure the individual settings yourself Web Configuration Input the username and password in the login page admin is the default login and admin is the default password Changing these security privileges is recommended afterwards Hard Disk setup 1 Select Control ...

Page 9: ...ally Personal Info This menu is for the system administrator account It includes the option to set the password and other options related to the web interface Logout This can be used to logout once all the settings have been configured Note Without installing and formatting a drive first several functions will not be available e g User Group Management and BitTorrent download Quick Setup The setti...

Page 10: ...rman Spanish French Japanese Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese If strange characters appear after changing the language setting please change the IE code page setting to solve this problem Go to the toolbar and select View Encoding then select the appropriate language ...

Page 11: ...cally but if necessary it can be set manually If you need assistance in filling out these fields please contact your network administrator for help Step 5 Set the date and time manually or select your time zone from the drop down list and use a NTP server to synchronize the time via the internet Step 6 Compare the new settings with the previous configuration and if accurate complete the setup wiza...

Page 12: ...up they can be added to the user account management Step 3 In the last step you can configure the permissions to the shared folder and add or remove other users Add Group Use this setup wizard to add a new group Step 1 Enter the group name Step 2 Configure which members will be included in this group by adding and removing the members from the list Step 3 Configure the share permissions by adding ...

Page 13: ...share Step 2 Configure the Windows FTP access permissions by adding read only or writable and removing the members or group from the list Step 3 Configure the NFS access permissions by adding a unique IP addresses or a subnet Note For a more detailed explanation to each of the settings refer to Users and Group Management or File and Print ...

Page 14: ...ted this menu will not be available User Management In this section you can see all existing users for the NAS and manage them by adding or removing them from the list Existing Users Lists the current users of the NAS Modifying Users Select the user from the existing users list and modify the settings Once done press the Save button to apply the new settings Removing Users To remove a user select ...

Page 15: ... users Group Management In this section you can see all existing groups for the NAS and manage them by adding or removing them from the list Groups are not required to grant access to the Dual Giga NAS but will help the administrator manage multiple users and share files Existing Groups Lists the current groups of the NAS Modifying Groups Select the group from the existing groups list and modify t...

Page 16: ...members from the list Step 3 Configure the share permissions by adding read only or writable and removing the shares from the list File and Print In this menu you can configure all the settings related to the FTP NFS and printer server Use this to manage how files and folders are shared File Server In this section you can modify the server settings and also enable or disable a service ...

Page 17: ... the default FTP port number will be set to 21 but you can change that if required NFS Server This service can either be enabled or disabled depending on your requirements To able to get correct NFS path please refer to Share management and check path enclosed For example if the NFS path is 192 168 1 11 mnt ide4 guest share then NAS IP address 192 168 1 11 NAS path mnt Ide4 Shared folder guest sha...

Page 18: ...ying Shares Select the share from the existing shares list and modify the access rights by pressing the Windows FTP Access or NFS Access button for further settings Once done press the Save button to apply the new settings Removing Shares To remove a share select it from the existing shares list and then press the Delete Share button ...

Page 19: ...emoving the members or group from the list Step 3 Configure the NFS access permissions by adding a unique IP addresses or a subnet Note For a more detailed explanation to each of the settings refer to Users and Group Management or File and Print Printer Server setup page The NAS supports most major brand printers users can share a printer from the network by following the steps below Step 1 Connec...

Page 20: ...Install the printer driver e g if the Epson PL 6200L printer is connected to the NAS you must install PL 6200L driver onto the computer which is going to perform the print job After installing the driver click Start Setting Printer and Faxes Add a printer Next according to the diagram below ...

Page 21: ...ter and then click Next Step 5 Select Browse for a printer then Click Next Step 6 Search the NAS and USB Printer attached and then click Next to browse the printer driver Step7 Go to the Printer Wizard and select the appropriate printer driver Click OK to complete setup ...

Page 22: ...e NAS Printer server does not support GDI Host based printers For some Multi function Printers MFP scanning functions might not function properly Please contact the printer manufacture for detail specifications ...

Page 23: ...recommend using the Obtain IP DNS address automatically When selecting a hostname make sure to use a unique name and not one that has already been used on the local network If required you can also set the individual addresses yourself If you need assistance in manually filling out these fields please contact your network administrator for help Note After changing any of the settings press the Sav...

Page 24: ...he drop down list If the default address at time windows com does not work find a new one and then try again or turn off the NTP server and set the time manually Turn Off Server In this section you can restart the server or turn off the NAS via a web browser Make sure no one is accessing the device when you restart or turn it off Press the Restart button to restart the server The system will resta...

Page 25: ...ction you can find the product name the current firmware and the current IP address Disk Usage In this section you can find a summary of the hard disk status and disk usage Press the Refresh button to update the information ...

Page 26: ...able it and configure the addresses Once setup is complete press the Save button to start the DHCP server and save the settings Bonjour In this section you can enable or disable the Bonjour service By default this is enabled offering access to the login page In addition to that you can also enable the iTunes service When the iTunes option is enabled you can store your MP3 music files in the public...

Page 27: ... and then uploaded to the NAS using the browser to select the torrent in your computer Once the torrent file has been added you can start downloading The files will be stored in your public btdownload folder To update the downloaded percentage simply press Refresh button Note If there is no hard drive installed or the HDD is not yet formatted this menu will not be available To add a new torrent fi...

Page 28: ...Encryption The NAS supports 128bit loop AES encryption for the EXT2 file system When enabled the drive has to be formatted again and you will be prompted for a password must be exactly 20 characters File System For drives that are not in a RAID array there is a choice between EXT2 EXT3 and FAT32 For drives installed in the Dual Giga NAS we recommend using EXT2 for optimum performance and functiona...

Page 29: ...a set of data on the second drive This is useful when reliability and backup are more important than data capacity The available capacity to the user will only be as large as a single drive but when one of the hard drives fails it can be replaced and the data rebuilt on the new drive To perform RAID 1 would require several hours depending on the capacity of the hard drive e g 100GB requires 1 hour...

Page 30: ...urn off the power remove the power supply from the wall socket and replace the faulty HDD with a new identical HDD Please refer to the table below for the HDD allocations 3 Turn on the power and go to the RAID setting menu Add the new drive and the NAS will start to rebuild your RAID array 4 Depending on the capacity this will take several hours Do not turn off the power or interrupt the system in...

Page 31: ...Note Rebuilding the RAID system will take several hours depending on HDD capacity Do not turn off the power or interrupt the system in any other way during this process ...

Page 32: ...he firmware upgrade procedure This may damage your device If for any reason e g power supply failure during firmware update the procedure fails it is possible you will no longer be able to operate your device How to update firmware for the IDE hard drive user You must not connect the IDE drive during the firmware update power off then remove the IDE drive form the NAS Power on the NAS and download...

Page 33: ...button and save the config tar file on your computer Restore Configuration To quickly restore previous settings or set up multiple units you can save the configuration and then use this function to upload a previous backup Browse for the config tar file on your computer and press the Restore button to restore the previous settings ...

Page 34: ...recommend saving your current configuration in case you want to restore it again later Note When the Factory Reset button is pressed all users groups and other configurations will be lost Log File This menu includes all the log files of the NAS You can find logs for the SAMBA FTP and DHCP server as well as system and administration logs ...

Page 35: ...e NAS via the network connection you may use either FTP or SMB Before accessing the shared folders you will have to set up your users groups and shares See chapter 3 for more details about user group and share management FTP Use Windows Explorer and type ftp followed by the IP address of the NAS It will list the available folders and you can download or upload new files For example your URL might ...

Page 36: ...rs and shares on the NAS which you can then access directly You can copy files to the network storage as if it were a folder on your local drive Depending on the available bandwidth you can also directly play and open the files although we recommend transferring the data to your local drive first Mapping a Network Drive For easy access we recommend mapping the storage as network drive Step 1 Doubl...

Page 37: ... the Browse button to locate the folder Step 3 Once the drive has been mapped you will be able to find and access it under My Computer This link will remain there even after rebooting your Operating System Note For quick and temporary access you can also go to My Network Places view the workgroup computers and select your NAS ...

Page 38: ...vice Select it and access the configuration page How to setup the UPnP function in PC Step 1 Go to Control Panel Adding new device Windows Components Wizard Select Networking Service then click Next to continue Step 2 Select Universal Plug and Play than click OK to begin setup Step 3 Go to My Network Places and search for NAS ...

Page 39: ...DLNA Server With a DLNA server users can enjoy digital music photo movie and data through a DMA device Digital Media Adapter or PS3 XBOX 360 directly on the TV screen ...

Page 40: ...he network and start searching the NAS for a media source For more detail operation procedures please refer to the user s manual of these DMA devices Bonjour iTunes For easy access to the web configuration interface on the Mac a shortcut to the NAS will be available in the bookmarks collection under Bonjour ...

Page 41: ...e your MP3 files in the music folder of the NAS and play them over the network Step 1 Make sure the support for iTunes in the Bonjour menu is enabled 40 Step 2 Store your MP3 files in the music folder of your NAS The folder has already been created in public music Step 3 Start iTunes and the NAS will appear as shared device ...

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Page 43: ...can the NAS only create a Folder on the second disk mnt ide3 sharefolder and not on the first disk mnt ide1 sharefolder A The NAS GUI Software is design to manage RAID 1 or 0 functions if the user wants to use two separate HDD in the NAS share management will recognize only the first formatted disk For example if the user formats IDE1 HDD first then the managing priority goes to IDE1 But another H...

Page 44: ...accounts with 8 users connect simultaneously and a maximum of 16 folders shared by one account 2 The Samba Server has a Share Level Access with a maximum of 16 folders shared by root Q What else can DHCP do with the NAS A You can setup the NAS as a DHCP server when there are no other DHCP Servers in your LAN otherwise the NAS will automatically turn off its DHCP server function and become a DHCP c...