NAS System
2
User Manual
Table of Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Before You Begin .................................................................................................................. 7
Safety Guidelines............................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Packaging, Shipment and Delivery ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 8
1.1 Key Features .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2 Technical Specifications ................................................................................................................................................ 10
1.3 RAID Levels ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 2 Installation ...................................................................................................... 12
2.1 Unpacking the NAS System ........................................................................................................................................ 12
2.2 Identifying Parts of the NAS System ...................................................................................................................... 13
2.2.1 Front View .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
2.2.2 Rear View .................................................................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.3 Disk Tray ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.2.3.1 Disk Drive Status Indicator ........................................................................................................................ 15
2.2.4 LCD Panel ................................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.2.5 LCD Menu Diagram ............................................................................................................................................... 17
2.3 Getting Started with the NAS System ................................................................................................................... 18
2.3.1 NAS Hardware Setup ............................................................................................................................................ 18
2.3.2 Installing Hard Drives ........................................................................................................................................... 18
2.3.3 Using the QLaunch NAS Quick Finding Utility ......................................................................................... 20
2.3.4 Connecting to NAS Management GUI ......................................................................................................... 23
2.3.5 Quick Setup ............................................................................................................................................................... 25
2.4 Overview of the NAS Setup Phases ........................................................................................................................ 29
2.4.1 Relationship between RAID disks, Storage Pool, Volumes, and Shares ....................................... 30
Chapter 3 proNAS Manager........................................................................................... 34
3.1
Storage/Share ................................................................................................................................................................ 34
3.1.1 RAID / Disk Information ...................................................................................................................................... 34
3.1.1.1 Create New RAID and Join Disk to Storage Pool .......................................................................... 36
