Verbatim External Hard Drive NAS User Manual

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Detail

Press the Detail button in order to view a detailed status report for your
device.

Also, in case you have made a recent change to a storage device, you can
press the Refresh button at the bottom of the table to refresh the table with
the most current status.

Finally, the fi eld at the bottom of the Disk Utility screen allows you to set an
automatic spin-down time for the hard drive. By spinning down the drive
when not in use, you can conserve power and extend the life of the drive.
The default setting is 30 minutes. Press Save to save your change.

Firmware Upgrade

If a more recent version of the NAS drive’s internal fi rmware is available, you
will want to download and install it. The most recent fi rmware version may
have improved performance or added features that could give you benefi ts
not present in your current version.

Enter this screen by selecting Control Panel / Maintenance / Firmware
Upgrade. Make a note of your current version number, which is displayed at
the top of this screen. Then visit Verbatim’s Technical Support web site (refer
to the Getting Help section later in this manual) to check if a more recent
version is available. If so, follow the download instructions provided on the
site.

Once the upgrade fi le is available on your computer, browse to it from the
Firmware Upgrade screen, and then press the Start Upgrade button.

Save Confi guration

After you have completely confi gured all of the NAS drive’s settings, you
may want to save the full confi guration for future reference. To do this enter
the Save Confi guration screen by selecting Control Panel / Maintenance /
Save Confi guration, and then press the Save button. This action will save a
confi guration fi le (named “confi g.tar”) to your specifi ed location.

Restore Confi guration

After saving a confi guration fi le as described above, you can later retrieve

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