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FNS-5000B Network Att ached Storage 2-Bay SA T A HDD w/ Gigabit Ethernet User Manual V er. 1.00 - 0 608.
2 FOREWORD Thank you for choosing LevelOne pro ducts! This user manual provides det ailed instructions of using FNS-5000B. Please rea d carefully and start to enjoy the po werful functions of FNS- 5000B LIMITED W ARRANTY In no event shall the liability of Digital Dat a Communications Co.
3 T able of Content s 1. Overview ....................................................................................................................... . 5 1.1. Introduction ...........................................................................
4 3.5.3. USB Prin ter ........................................................................................................ 51 3.6. User Management ....................................................................................... 53 3.6.1. Users .
5 1. Overview 1.1. Introduction Thank you for choosing FNS-5000B NA S. This product has the following key fea t ures: 9 Support two SA T A HDD with embedded RAID function to enhance dat a security 9 E.
6 1.3. Hardware Illustration K-Lock Security Slot USB 2.0 x 2 LAN Port Reset Button Power Connecto r Power Button One T ouch Copy Button USB 2.0 LED Indicators: USB, S t atus, HDD1, HDD2, LAN, and Pow.
7 2. Installation 2.1. Inst all Hard Disk 1. Unfasten the four screws in the front of FNS- 5000B and remove the front panel. 2. Loosen the screws on the disk tr ays and t ake out the disk trays. 3. Install a hard disk on ea ch tray . Make sure the disk holes match the holes at the base of the disk tray and lock t he disk with four screws.
8 4. Insert the disk trays to FNS-5000B. Push the disk trays to the end. Fasten the screws on the trays. When two disks are inst alled, make sure HDD1 is installed on t op of HDD2.
9 2.2. Hard Disk Recommendation List The following HDD models are verified by LevelO ne that are com patible with FNS-5000B. It is recommended to use the disk models listed here. Other HDD brand s t hat are not tested by LevelOne may or may not work properly with FNS-5000B.
10 2.3. Setting Up Please check your network environment and sele ct the approp riate installation method before installing FNS-5000B. 2.3.1. Office/ Home Connect FNS-5000B and PC to the sam e hub/ switch/ router . 2.3.2. Individual Connect FNS-5000B direct ly to your PC by a network cable.
11 When you have verified your network environment, please follow the step s below to inst all FNS-5000B. 1. Connect FNS-5000B to hub/ switch/ rou ter or PC according your network environment. 2. Connect USB printer to FNS-5000B and enable USB printer service * .
12 2.4. LED / System S t atus FNS-5000B provides LED indicators for you to i ndicate system status an d inform ation easily . When FNS-5000B is turned on, please check the following items to make sure system st atus is normal.
13 LED Display / System S t atus LED LED Display & System S t atus n USB S t atus Blue: Y ou can press the copy button to copy dat a. Blink in blue: Copying data Blink in blue once: Detecting or r.
14 2.5. Configure Sof tware Settings After che cking system st atus, plea se follow t he step s below to configure sof tware settings of FNS-5000B. The co nfigu ration procedure of Windows and Mac users are dif ferent. Please select the appropriate pro ced ure a ccording to your OS.
15 2. After inst alled, run Quick Install Wi zard, the following screen will be shown. Select name on the list and click Configure Enter the default user name and p assword.
16 When you have entered quick config uration page, ente r relate d information to co mplete the settings. Click OK to save ch anges. Note: If you select to enter IP address manually , please make sure your PC and FNS-5000B are in the same LA N. If you are not sure about the network settings, please conta ct your network administrator or ISP .
17 FNS-5000B provides several default share folde rs for data sharing and a ccess. T o map the share folders on FNS-5 000B as your drive, check the option “Map drive” and follow the steps below to pro ceed. a. For example, to map the folder Public as your drive, select the folder and click Map Network Driv e .
18 c. Upon successful conne ctio n, you can st art to use the share folde r o n FNS-5000B . Y ou can access these folders by opening My Computer . 3. Quick Install Wizard will a ppear when all conf igu rations are completed. Double -cli ck on the name of FNS-5000B on the list to enter administration p age.
19 4. When the administration page of FNS -5000B is shown, you can start to use the services. If you have any questions during web a dmini stration, please click t he help button on the top right hand corner of the p age. T o modify system settings, c lick Administration .
20 2.5.2. Mac Users FNS-5000B provides two methods for Mac users to con nect to FNS-5000B. Y ou can select A. Connect FNS-5000B by Mac directly or B. Conne ct FNS-5 000B by the network . A. Connect FNS-5000B by Mac directly 1. Please go to Network settings a nd select Using DHCP .
21 3. When the administration p age is shown, click Administration . Enter the default user name and password to logi n. Default user name: administrator Password: admin 4. Follow the step-by-step gu ide in Qui ck Configuration to complete t he settings of FNS- 5000B.
22 B. Connect FNS-5000B by the network 1. Please go to Network settings to che ck and write down the subnet and route r address of your Mac. Then sel ect Using DHCP . Note: If you are not sure about the network settings, please cont act your network administrator or IS P .
23 3. When the administration p age is shown, click Administration . Enter the default user name and passwo rd to login. Default user name: administrator Password: admin.
24 4. Go to TCP/IP Configuration of Network Settings . Select to use stat ic IP and input the IP addres s of FNS-500 0B. Make sure the value does not conflict with the IP address of your Mac and other devices in LA N.
25 5. Click Ye s to restart FNS-5000B for the change s to take ef fect. Please wait patiently for FNS-5000B to restart. 6. Connect your Mac and FNS-5000B to the net work. O pen a web browser and enter the IP address of FNS-5000B you set up in step 4. Note: Please use the browser Safari in Mac to a ccess FNS -5000B.
26 7. Click Administration and enter the def ault use r name and password to login. Default user name: administrator Password: admin 8. Follow the step-by-step gu ide in Qui ck Configuration to complete t he settings of FNS- 5000B.
27 3. Powerful Services FNS-5000B provides the following pow erful functions and ap plicati ons. A. Use network share-Public folder 1. Y ou can access the public folder of FNS-5000B by the following means: a. Open My Network Places and find the wo rkgroup of FNS-5 000B.
28 B. Manage FNS-5000B Manage FNS-5000B using web browser by Windows ® or Mac 1. Y ou can access FNS-5000B web administr ation pag e by the following methods: a.
29 2. When the administration p age is shown, click Administration , W eb File Manager , Web Server , Multimedia S t ation , or Download St ation . Enter the user name and p assword, and then start to manage FNS-5000B. For further det ails, please refer to the user manual in FNS-5000B CD-ROM.
30 C. Use FNS-5000B Services Multimedia St ation FNS-5000B provides a user-friendly web management interface for you to manage personal albums easily . Y ou can view images and multimedia files, or browse ph otos by thumbnails preview . Please refer to Chapter 5.
31 3.1. Server Administration There are 8 main sections in server ad ministration:.
32 3.2. Quick Configuration Please follow the step-by-step guide in Quick Configuration to complete the settings of FNS- 5000B. If you have any questions during web adm inistratio n, ple ase click the help button on the top right hand corner of the pag e.
33 Step 2. Change the administrator password or select to use the origi nal password. Step 3. Enter the date, time and select the time zone for the server . Step 4. Select the language the server uses to display files and directories. The default setting is English .
34 Step 5. Enter the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway for the server . Step 6. Initialize disk volume in FNS-500 0B for the first time configuration.
35 Step 7. When FNS-5000B is initialized, the basi c setting s will be shown..
36 3.3. System Settings Basic system settings include the se rver name, date, time, and view system settings. 3.3.1. Server Name Enter the name of FNS-5000B. The server n a me can be 14 characters long at maximum, which supports alphabet s, numbers and hyphen (-).
37 3.3.2. Date & Time Set the date, time, and time zone according to your location. If the settings are incorre ct, the following problems may occur: 9 When using a web browser to a ccess or save a file, the display time of the action will be incorrect.
38 3.3.3. Encoding Setting Select the language FNS-5000B uses to display files and dire ctories. Note: All files and directories on FNS-5000B will be created using Unicode encoding. If your FTP client s or the OS of your PC does not support Unicode, e.
39 3.4. Network Settings Y ou can configure network settings in this sect ion a nd enable several powerful applications of FNS-5000B, e.g. Multimedia S tation, Download S t ation, and We b Server . 3.4.1. TCP/ IP Configuration Y ou can select one of the following two me thods to configure the TCP/IP settings 1.
40 Jumbo Frame Setting (MTU) "Jumbo frames" refer to Ethernet frames that are larger than 1500 bytes. It is designed to enhance Ethernet networking throu ghp ut and reduce the CPU utilization of large file transfe rs by enabling more ef fici ent larger paylo ads per packet .
41 3.4.2. Microsoft Networking Enable file service for Microsof t net working: If you are using Microsoft Windo ws, en able this service to access the files on network share fold ers. Assign a workgroup n ame. 9 St andalone Serv er Use local users for user authentication.
42 3.4.3. Apple Network T o use FNS-5000B on Apple Mac operating sy stem, enable Ap pleT alk network support. If your AppleT alk network uses ex tended networks, and is assigned with multiple zones, a ssign a zone name to FNS-5000B. If you do not want to assign a net work zone, enter an asterisk (* ) to use the default setting.
43 3.4.5. FTP Service When you enable FTP service, you can define the port number for the service and maximum number of users connected to the FTP at the same time.
44 3.4.6. Multimedia Station T o share multimedia files like photos, m usic or video files on the network, please enable Multimedia S t ation. For further information, please refer to Cha pter 5. UPnP Media Serv er FNS-5000B support s UPnP technology which br ings you greater convenience t o enjoy multimedia files.
45 3.4.7. Download Station T o use P2P downl oad function of FNS-5000B, please enabl e Download S tation. For further information, please refer to Chapter 6. NOTE: PLEASE BE W ARNED AGAINST ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING OF COPYRIGHTED MA TERIALS. THE DOWNLOAD ST A TION FUNCTIONALIT Y IS PROVIDED FOR DOWNLOADING AUTHORIZ ED FILE S ONL Y .
46 3.4.9. View Network Settings Y ou can view current network settings and st atus of FNS-5000B in this section..
47 3.5. Device Configuration Y ou can configure SA T A disk, USB disk and USB pri n ter settings in this section..
48 3.5.1. SATA Disk This page sh ows the model, size and current st atus of the disk(s) installed on F NS-5 000B. Y ou can format and check disks, and scan bad blo cks on the disks.
49 Y ou can create the following disk volumes: • Single Disk V olume Each disk will be used as a st andalone disk. However , if a disk is damaged, all dat a will be lost.
50 3.5.2. USB Disk FNS-5000B support s USB disks and th umb drives for extended storage. Connect the U SB device to the USB port of FNS-5000B, when the dev ice is succe ssf ully detected, the details will be shown on this page.
51 3.5.3. USB Printer 1. T o provide printer sharing functio n for ne twork users, you can simply connect a USB printer to the USB port of FNS-5000B. FNS- 5000B will detect the printer automatically . 2. A printer icon should be shown in the share folder of the server .
52 3. Install the printer driver . 4. When finished, you can st art to use network printer service of FNS-5000B. Note: 1. FNS-5000B support s general USB printer only but not multifunction printer . 2. FNS-5000B printer service is only su pported in Windows OS but not Mac OS.
53 3.6. User Management The files on FNS-5000B can be share d a mong multiple users. For easier ma nagement and better control of users’ access right, you have to organize users, user groups a n d their access right control. 3.6.1. Users The system has created the following users by default: 1.
54 512 users can be created at maximum (including system default users). You can create a new user according to your needs. The following information is required to create a new user: 9 User name The user name must not exceed 32 chara cte rs.
55 3.6.2. User Groups User group is a collection of users with t he same access right to files or folders. FNS-5000B has created the following user gro up s by default: 1. Administrators All members in this group have administrat ion right. You cannot del ete this group.
56 Create Users and Assig n Users to User Group The following example demonst rate s how to create new users and assign u sers to a user group. ABC Co. has recently recruited two em ployee s Mr. Jones Lee for Administration Department and Ms. Jane Wu for Sales Department.
57 iii. Select the user groups th e users belong to on the right list, i.e. Mr. Jones Lee for Administration Dept and Ms. Jane Wu for Sales Dept, and cli ck Add .
58 Create Private Net work Share for User Groups You can create particular network share for each user group. The procedu re is described as below: 1. To create a network share calle d media accessi ble by Administration Department only, please go to “User Management—Use r Groups” page.
59 3. You can see the folder media in Network Share Managemen t page. 4. Enter Access Control. You can see that only Administration Dept has full acce ss right to the folder.
60 3.6.3. Quota T o allocate disk volume ef ficiently , you can sp ecify the quota that can be used by each user . When this function is enabled and a u se r has reached his/her disk quot a, he/she cannot upload data t o the se rver a nymore. By default, no limitations are set for users.
61 2. Select Jones Lee on User page a nd click Quota Settings on the right. 3. Enter the quota size 2000MB and click OK . 4. Follow the same steps and enter the qu ota size 4000MB for Jane Wu and cli ck OK .
62 3.7. Network Share Management The primary purpose of network sto rag e is file sharing. You can create different network share folders for various types of files, and provid e different file access right s to users or user groups.
63 3.7.1. Create T o create a network share, enter the following inform ation: 9 Network share name The length of the network share name cannot exceed 32 single-byte cha racters or 10 double-byte characters, and can not co ntain the followi ng ch aracters: " .
64 3.7.2. Property To edit the property of an existing netwo rk share, select a share an d click Prope rty . You can then edit the content of that share.
65 3.7.3. Access Control When a network share is created, you can assign access right s to users or user group s: 9 Deny access Access to the network share will be denied. 9 Read only Users can read the files on ly on the network sha re. 9 Full access Users can read, write, create, or delete files and fold ers o n the network share.
66 3.7.5. Restore If the default network shares of FNS-5000B ar e not created su ccessfu lly, you can use the Restore function to restore the network shares.
67 3.8. System T ools System Tools enable you to optimize the maintenance and management of FNS-500 0B..
68 3.8.1. Alert Notification Enter the e-mail address of the administr ator and t he I P addres s of the SMTP server . In case of warning or malfunction, e.g. CPU fan fails , a drive fails or is unplugge d, an em ail will be sent to the administrator automatically .
69 3.8.3. Hardware Settings Y ou can enable or disable the har dware functions of FNS-5000B. i. Enable configuration reset switch By enabling this option, you can press the re set button for 5 seconds to reset th e administrator password and system settings to default.
70 3.8.4. System Update Note: If the system is running properly , you do not need to update the firmware. Before updating system firmware, plea se make sure the product model and firmware version are correct.
71 3.8.5. Change Logo You can choose your own picture to display on t he login page of FNS-5 000B. The size of the picture cannot exceed 20K bytes..
72 3.8.6. Remote Replicat ion (Disaster Recovery) Remote Replication enable s you to repli cate files on FNS-5 000B t o another FNS-5000B or LevelOne NAS series. The files will be compressed befor e the replication pr ocess in order to save time for data transfer .
73 b. Complete all setting s and click OK to save or Cancel to quit. Note: T o use remote replication, enabl e Microsof t Net working service, make sure the destination network share and director y have been created, and the user name and pa ssword are valid to login the destination folder .
74 ii. Edit a. Select the t ask to be edited. b. Click Edit . c. Modify the settings. d. Click OK to save or Cancel to quit. iii. Delete a. Select the t ask to be deleted.
75 3.8.7. Backup/ Rest ore/ Reset Settings • To backup all settings, including user accoun ts, server name and n etwork configuration etc., click Backup an d select to open or save the setting file. • To restore all settings, click Browse to select a previously saved setting file and click Restore to confirm.
76 3.9. Event Logs FNS-5000B can store thousands of re ce nt event logs, in cluding warning, error an d information messages. In case of system malf unction, event logs can b e retri eved to analyze system problems.
77 4. Copy USB Ports Data Directly FNS-5000B supports dire ct copy of data on U SB devices to FNS-5000B by using the Copy button. To use this function, please follow the steps below: 1. Make sure a SA T A disk is install ed correctly in FNS-5000B according to the instructions in Chapter 2.
78 5. Multimedia Station FNS-5000B provides a user-friendly web manage ment interface for you to manage personal albums easily . Y ou can view images and multim edia files, or browse ph otos by thumbnails preview . A. Upload photos by web administration 1.
79 3. Click on the top right hand corner . Login with administrator name and password to manage Multimedia S tation. Users without adm inistration right can view the phot os and multimedia files on Multimedia S tation but they do not have the right to modify the files.
80 B. Upload photos to Qmultimedia folder directly Y ou can upload multimedia files to FNS-500 0B directly by the following step s. 1. Use Run function in Windows. Enter [serve r name] or [server IP] to access share folder on FNS-5000B. 2. Open the folder Qmultimedia.
81 Buttons on Multimedia St ation p age Sort files by name Sort files by size Sort files by date Return to previous page Return to Home Create folder Rename file or folder Select all Select none Delet.
82 Vie w Photo Information 1. T o view detailed informatio n of a phot o, click on the thumbnail of the picture. 2. The information of the photo, e.g. file name, resolution, size, camera produ ce r will be shown on the right. Y ou can enter a descript ion for the picture in the box below the photo and click Submit .
83 Buttons Description Y ou can use the buttons on top of the photo to manage the album. Back to previous level Previous image Next image Rotate image anticlockwise Rotate image clockw ise Zoom in Zoom out Play slideshow . Select the time interval in seconds.
84 6. Download Station FNS-5000B support s P2P download m echanism. Y ou can add download task t o FNS-5000B and let the server finish downloading indepen dent of PC. Note: Please be warned against illegal downloadi ng of copyrighted materials. The Download S tation functionality is provided for downloading authorized files only .
85 2. Click on the link http://FNS -5000B IP/Qdownload on Download S tation page or click Download S tation on the login page of FNS-5 000B t o access Download S tation.
86 3. Click Add new download task on the lef t and upload a torrent file. Y ou can download legal torrent files by searching on the Internet. There are websites that provide legally sharing torrents e.g. www .legaltorrent s.com . Please download the torrent files to your local disk and then upload them to FNS-5000B.
87 5. Y ou can select an available download task and clic k Set Share T ime to config ure the time for sharing the torrent file, or click Set Config to set the maximum number of downloads at the same time (default value is 3).
88 6. T o pause a running download ta sk, select the t ask in V iew Run l ist and click Pause/ Rest art download task. Y ou can view tasks that are pau sed o r finishe d in V iew Pause List and V iew Finish List respectively . T o rest art a p aused t a sk, select the task in V iew Pause List and click Pause/ Restart download t ask.
89 8. T o delete a running, p aused, or finished ta sk, select the t ask and click Delete download task. Y ou can select to remove the download ta sk o nly and retain the downl oaded files, or remove the task a nd do wnloaded files. 9. T o logout Download S tation, click on the top right hand corner .
90 Dump Diagnostic Information T o view the diagnostic details of a downl oad ta sk, select a t ask on the list and click [Dump Diagnostic Information].
91 7. Web Server FNS-5000B enables you to upload web pages and manag e your o wn website easily by Web Server function. It also support s PHP and SQLite for you to establish an inte ra ctive website. Once you activate Web Server function, you can ac ce ss your own homepage from anywh ere.
92 The file index.html or index.htm will be the home p ath of your webpage. 3. Click on the link http://FNS-5000B IP/ on Web Se rver p age or click W eb Server on the login page of FNS-5000B to access the web p age you upload.
93 SQLite Management SQLiteManager is a multilingual web-based t ool to manage SQLite databa se s and can be downloaded from http://www.sqlitemana ger.org/. Please follow the steps below or refer to the INSTALL file in the downloaded SQLiteManager- *.
94 8. FTP Server FNS-5000B supports FTP servi ce. To us e FTP service, enable this function in Network Settings and follow the steps below: 1. Open an IE browser and ent er ft p://[FNS-5000B I P] or ftp://[FNS-5000B name]. OR 2. By Web File Manager of FNS-5 000B.
95 B. Click FTP . C. Enter the user name and password to lo gin FTP service. D. Y ou can start to enjoy FTP service..
96 9. Web File Manager Using Web File Manager T o use Web File Mana ger , enable web service in Network Settings first. Launch the web browse r a nd go to FNS-5000B administration p age. Select Web File Manager and enter the correct login name and p assword.
97 Select an existing network share. Y ou can organize share folders of FNS-5000B. With W eb File M anager , you can upload, rename, or delete files and folders in the network shares. Vie w files online Click on a file displayed on the web page. The information of the file will be shown.
98 Rename file or folder i. Select a file or folder to rename. ii. Click (Rename) on the toolbar . iii. Enter the new file or folder name and click OK. Delete file or folder i. Select a file or folder to del ete. ii. Click (Delete) on the toolbar . iii.
99 Vie wing Files Named in Local Language T o view files named in Chinese, you may have to configure the browser settings. T ake Internet Explorer as an example, follow the steps below to co nfigure the settings. 1. Click on To o l s in IE browser . 5.
100 Web File Manager Icons Icon Description Return to the parent folder Refresh the current page Return to network share list home page Create folder Rename file or folder Delete file or folder Select.
101 10. Maintenance FNS-5000B is specially de signed to run 24x7 and be ready at all times against system crash caused by power out age. This section provid es a general overview on system maintena nce. 10.1. Rest art/ Shut down Server Follow the steps belo w to rest art or shut down FNS-5 000B.
102 10.3. Disk Failure or Malfunction When you encounter disk malfunctio n or failure, please do the following: 1. Record the malfunction status or error m essages shown in Event Logs. 2. S top using the failed FNS-5000B and turn of f the server . 3. Contact customer service for technical support.
103 11. Appendix - Quick Install Wizard Main Screen Y ou can configure NAS by select NAS on list and click Configure , Login window pop-up and ask login name and p assword Upon successful login, the following screen will appe ar . Enter the configuratio n values a nd click OK.
104 For further configuration of the system, pleas e login th e admini stration page of FNS-5 000B via web browser . Note: Y ou may have to restart FNS-5000 B after changing the netwo rk configuration. Set the name, date and time for FNS- 5000B. The length cann ot exceed 14 characte rs.
105 Vie w Details Select a FNS-5000B available on Quic k Install Wizard and cli ck Details. The following scre en will be shown:.
106 Map Drive Select a NAS and click Map Drive. Select the correct network sha re and click Map Network Drive. Then select the drive letter for the connection.
107 Refresh Search for all available NAS again. T o refresh t he search result s, click Refre sh to display all available servers within the network. Help If you have any enquiries about Quick Inst all Wiza rd when usi ng the pro gram, you can click the Help button to view the help text.
108 Enter the homep age Double click on NAS to enter the administration page..
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