Netgear RND4000 RND4000 Setup Manual
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ReadyNAS Setup Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA October 2007 208-10163-01 v1.0 - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 2
NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, ReadyNAS, X-RAID, FrontView, RAIDar, RAIDiator, Network Storage Processor, and NSP are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 3
ReadyNAS Setup Manual Installing the RAIDar Utility Installing RAIDar on Windows 1-1 Installing RAIDar on MAC OS X 1-1 Installing RAIDar on Linux 1-2 Detecting Your ReadyNAS 12 Setting Up File Sharing Services 1-13 Standard File Protocols 1-13 Streaming Services 1-15 Setting up Shares ...1- - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 4
iv Contents - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 5
CD. RAIDar is useful in environments where the ReadyNAS obtains a random DHCP IP address. • RAIDar runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and takes up approximately 40MB of disk space after installation. • Your client system must reside on the same IP address subnet. It is forbidden by law to view - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 6
the installation. If you have problems running RAIDar under Linux: • To discover the IP address of ReadyNAS, open a terminal session and type nmblookup -R VOLUME. If you have a ReadyNAS with an LCD (such as the ReadyNAS NV+), press the power button once to display the IP address. • To connect to the - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 7
Figure 1 2. Select the device and click Browse to access the default share called backup. The backup share can be used as a big repository for your data and to backup your data. Figure 2 Installing the RAIDar Utility 3 - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 8
Wizard. If your client has a static IP address, make sure it is on the same IP address subnet as the ReadyNAS device. You can do this by configuring your client to obtain its IP address via DHCP. Even if your network does not have existing DHCP service, the ReadyNAS device will assure that you will - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 9
ReadyNAS installation. For information on using the FrontView Advanced Control mode, see the ReadyNAS User Guide (a PDF of the User Manual, as well as a link to the online manual the FrontView Setup Wizard: 1. Click Setup in RAIDar. The login screen will display. You will be prompted to enter the - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 10
Figure 4 3. Click Setup Wizard in the lower left corner to start the Setup Wizard. The Setup Wizard screen will display. Figure 5 As you traverse through the setup screens, you will notice the command bar in the upper right corner and the navigation and status bar at the bottom. 6 Using the - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 11
LED indicates that everything is working normally. - The amber LED indicates a warning or a failure condition. (See the ReadyNAS User Guide for information on other LED behavior. A link to the ReadyNAS User Guide is on the Installation CD). • The menu bar on the left provides the option to switch - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 12
that files maintain their proper timestamp. Figure 9 2. If you want to synchronize the ReadyNAS time with a local or public NTP server, select the Synchronize clock with... radio box one or more email address that you wish to use as the system alert contact. 8 Using the FrontView Setup Wizard - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 13
you are done with the Setup Wizard. This method is covered in the ReadyNAS User Guide. Various email services may filter out the test message and actual email alerts sent by the ReadyNAS. Verify that the test message arrives at the email destination before continuing. 3. Click Next to access the - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 14
, be aware that the browser will lose connection to the ReadyNAS device after the IP address has been changed. If you encounter this problem, click Rescan in RAIDar to rediscover the device and reconnect from there. Figure 11 2. If your ReadyNAS has more than one Ethernet interface, click Next to - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 15
. Figure 12 3. Click Apply to save any changes. Then, click Next to configure the ReadyNAS Security. Setting Up Security Administration Password The Admin Password screen allows you to change the default password assigned for the admin user. You should change - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 16
a password recovery question and the expected answer, along with your email address in the remaining fields. This information will allow you to reset the password on the ReadyNAS in case the password is lost. See the ReadyNAS User Guide for details on this process, if required. 3. Click Apply. Click - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 17
changes. Then click Next to set up File Sharing Services. Setting Up File Sharing Services Standard File Protocols A share is simply a network folder on the ReadyNAS that clients communicating in various file access protocols from different operating systems can access. To select your file protocols - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 18
• HTTP/S for browser access. • FTP and Rsync for advanced incremental backups. More details on these services are described in the ReadyNAS User Guide. You can elect to keep the defaults and revisit this page to fine-tune your services at a later time. Figure 15 14 Using the FrontView Setup Wizard - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 19
changes, click Apply. Then click Next to set up Streaming Services. Streaming Services The ReadyNAS comes with a complete list of streaming media services, allowing you to use a network media player to stream media files directly from the ReadyNAS without going through a PC. By default, no Streaming - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 20
storage device are attached. You can limit share access to specific hosts by customizing access control. When you specify a host in the allow list, no other hosts will be able to access the share using the selected file protocol. Hosts can be listed using their IP address the ReadyNAS User Guide. To - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 21
Figure 18 Add Shares To add more shares: 1. Click Next to display the Add Shares screen. You can enter up to five share names with share descriptions. 2. You can, optionally, assign a share password and disk quota. The disk quota feature allows you to limit disk usage on a share-by-share basis. - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 22
manufacturer and model of your printer. 2. To assign a printer driver to a print share in Windows, click Browse in RAIDar, or simply enter \\hostname in the Explorer address ReadyNAS product by clicking Register Product.Your ReadyNAS product information will be placed in our warranty and support - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 23
For instructions on how to access the shares from other client systems, see "Accessing Shares" in the ReadyNAS User Guide. If you choose not to register at this time, you can always go to http://www.netgear.com/register, select your ReadyNAS - Netgear RND4000 | RND4000 Setup Manual - Page 24
20 Using the FrontView Setup Wizard
October 2007
208-10163-01
v1.0
NETGEAR
, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
ReadyNAS Setup Manual