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Figure 10: Enter \\ followed by the hostname or IP address of your FreeNAS Mini 
appliance in the Windows Explorer progress bar.

Once you connect, you can use the share like a normal folder. 

ADDitioNAL reSourceS

This Quick Start Guide is intended to get you started using your FreeNAS Mini as  
soon as possible.  The FreeNAS Mini supports a great many features and many 
different configurations.   

For complete documentation, visit 

http://doc.freenas.org/

.

The FreeNAS® Forums provide an opportunity to interact with other FreeNAS® users 
and to discuss their configurations.   

Visit the forums at 

http://forums.freenas.org

.

Summary of Contents for FreeNAS

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Page 2: ...t 13 Welcome to the FreeNAS Mini Storage Device Quick Start Guide Here you ll find everything you need to get started and to configure your device for use within your network The FreeNAS Mini Storage...

Page 3: ...your FreeNAS Mini appliance in order to set it up you will need the following a USB keyboard or keyboard with USB adapter 3 3 a VGA display or display with a VGA adapter 3 3 an Ethernet cable 3 3 a s...

Page 4: ...essories kit to install your chosen drives into the drive carriers Plugging in your FreeNAS Mini Appliance To connect the appliance to your network and prepare it for configuration perform the followi...

Page 5: ...MI LAN Port LED Indications Activity Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On 100Mbps connection G...

Page 6: ...the device will automatically receive an IP address which can be used to access the device from a web browser In the example shown in Figure 1 the device is reachable at http 10 2 1 231 If your networ...

Page 7: ...ce 2 The Initial Configuration Wizard Once you log in for the first time a configuration wizard will pop up to guide you through the initial configuration of your FreeNAS Mini appliance You may quit t...

Page 8: ...Volume configuration by hand then click the Wizard button to return to the Wizard with the Volume Configuration step left out You must have a volume configured to continue with the Wizard Figure 4 Na...

Page 9: ...supported by all modern Windows versions Mac OS X most popular Linux distributions and FreeBSD so we recommend Windows shares if you re not sure what type to pick If you want the share to be used by...

Page 10: ...te Group to add them to the system You will be prompted to create a password to create a new user You may also choose what permissions are available to the user group and other users In figure 7 both...

Page 11: ...d like FreeNAS to send the alerts from into From Email and the hostname or IP address of the SMTP server you want to use to send the emails in Outgoing Mail Server Port 25 is the default for SMTP but...

Page 12: ...r Confirm your settings 8 Connect to your share Now it s time to connect to your share The wizard will already have started the CIFS windows share service so it would already be working We ll use Wind...

Page 13: ...ources This Quick Start Guide is intended to get you started using your FreeNAS Mini as soon as possible The FreeNAS Mini supports a great many features and many different configurations For complete...

Page 14: ...e bays 2 drive inserted blue 3 drive activity green 4 unit identity 5 network link activity 6 HDD access indicator 7 power indicator 8 power button 9 2 x USB 2 0 10 reset button 13 FreeNAS Mini Front...

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Page 16: ...2014 iXsystems Inc All rights reserved FreeNAS and the FreeNAS logo are registered trademarks of iXsystems FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation used with permission...

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