Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NSA-2400 ZyXEL Communications
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NSA-2400 Network S torage Appliance Quick S t art Guide V ersion 1.00 6/2006 Edition 1.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 2 Overview The NSA-2400 (the NSA) is a network storage device for file sharing, data backup and data protection in small (home ) offices and/or medium-sized offices.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 3 2 Pull out the latch and grip the sides of the tray to remove disk tr ay 1. Be careful n ot to break the latch. Disk b ay 1 is labelled o n your NSA (the top-left bay). 3 Place the disk tray on a flat surface with the panel facing up.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 4 2 Connect one end o f the power cord to the power socket on the rear of the NSA and the other end to the external power supply . Connect the external power supply to a power outlet. 3 T urn on the power by pressing in the power button on the front of the NSA.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 5 2 The NDU installation wizard begins . Follow the installer instructions. Click Fin ish to complete the installation. 3 In Windows XP , click st art , All Programs , ZyXEL NSA-2400 , ZyXEL NSA-2400 Disc overy Utility to run the NDU .
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 6 3 Right-click Local Area Con nection and then click Properties . 4 Select Internet Protocol (TCP /IP) (under the Genera l tab in Win XP) and click Proper ties . 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen opens (the General tab in Wind ows XP).
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 7 3 The web browser client uses certificates to authenticate the NSA. The default NSA certificate will most likel y show a name and certification authority mis-match; however encryption is still performed. Click Ye s to proceed.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 8 6 The first time you ac cess the NSA web configurator , you are pro m pted to run the setup wizard. Click Run Setup Wizard . 4.1 Setup Wizard Each time you click Next in the wizard, your se ttings are saved to the NSA. Click Back to return to a previous screen in the wizard.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 9 4.1.1 Disk Setu p Wizard 3 This screen is the Disk Setup Wizard (this screen can be accessed separately fr om the main NSA screen). Skip this wizard to have the NSA use the current or default volume configur ation. • Choose RAID 1 if you have two or four disks in the NSA; half the disk space is used for data backup.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 10 • Disk data is lost if you reconfigure a volume. Select the I Under- stand... checkbox and then click Apply to save the Disk Setup Wizard settings. Y ou now return to the main installation wizard. 4.1.2 Retu rn to Main Wiz ard 4 The next screen allows you to enable FTP on the NSA.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 11 5 Y ou must configure e- mail address(es), an e-mail server and how often the NSA should send alerts in this screen. An alert is an event, such as hard disk failure, that may require your immediate attention. 6 Select a time server and a time zone in this screen.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 12 7 Add users that may access the NSA in this screen. The NSA can import users from an external doma in controller or yo u can add users on the NSA. If you have an external domain controller , se le ct Join a Domain Server .
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 13 • Domain: Choose NT4 Domain if your server uses a Windows NT oper- ating system. Choose Active Directory Domain if it uses a Win- dows 2000 or later oper- ating system.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 14 • If you deleted the default volume and didn’t create another volume, or you don’t ha ve an internal hard disk installed, you will see the following Mainte nance Mode screen. In Maintenance Mode , you M UST cre- ate an internal volume.
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 15 Click To o l s , Map Network Drive . Sel ect the network drive that you want to map NSA to from the Drive list box and browse to the share on the NSA ( Public is the only one available if you ha ve not created shares on the NSA yet).
NSA-2400 Quick Start Guide 16 6 T roubleshooting V iewing Y our Product’ s Certifications 1 Go to www .zyxel.com . 2 Select your product from the drop-down list box on the ZyXEL home page to go to that pro duct's page. 3 Select the certification you wish to view from this page.
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