User manual BUFFALO LS-GL : LINKSTATION PRO

[. . . ] User Manual LinkStation Pro Shared Network Storage www. buffalotech. com v1. 1 Introduction Congratulations on your new LinkStation Pro!Because we're constantly updating our product, the images and text in this manual may vary slightly from the images and text displayed by your LinkStation. These changes are minor and should not affect the ease of setup adversely. As time passes, future user interfaces, updated software, and later versions of this manual may be freely available for download at our web site: http://www. buffalotech. com. [. . . ] at the bottom left will cause it to beep, making it easier to find. 1 Advanced Settings Basic You may modify your LinkStation's hostname and description under Hostname Setup. To synchronize time settings with those in your computer, press Use Local Time. To have your system time automatically set by an NTP server, enable NTP Server and enter an IP Address for the NTP server (e. g. Ensure that both the Display Language and the Windows Client Language are set to languages that you're comfortable with. Once desired fields have been completed, press the Apply button. Advanced Settings Network (IP Address Properties) In most networks, LinkStation will get its IP Address automatically from a DHCP server. If DHCP is disabled and an IP Address is not set manually, it will default to 1. 168. 11. 150. The LinkStation's IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway Address, and DNS Server address may all be entered manually under IP Address Properties. Only use JumboFrame settings when operating in a Gigabit environment where all other clients support the same JumboFrame setting. Select Disk Format from the left-side menu to format your USB hard disk(s). 6 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Check) Disk check checks any of your hard drives for errors. To use disk check, select the disk that you want to check from the target pulldown and click Select Target. 7 Advanced Settings Disk Management (Disk Format) To format a hard drive or array, select it from the Target Disk drop box. Choose the file system desired from the File System dropbox (internal drives can only be formatted with XFS). If you choose FAT32 for your file system, you will not be able to store single files larger than 2 gigabytes on the drive. Depending on the size of the target hard disk or array, a Disk Format may take several hours to complete. Performance will be slow during the disk format. 8 Advanced Settings Shared Folders To begin setting up shares on your LinkStation, select Shared Folders from the left side menu, and then click the Add button under Shared Folders Setup. To delete a share or shares, check the checkbox next to the shares you'd like to delete, and press the Delete button. Deleting shares will remove the share and erase all of the files and folders inside that share. Advanced Settings Adding a new Shared Folder To add a new shared folder, enter a name for it in the Shared Folder Name box and choose which Disk Space it will reside in. You may also choose which operating systems and features the share will support by putting the appropriate checks next to Shared Folder Support, and whether the share supports the Recycle Bin by putting a selecting Enable or Disable. Enter a Shared Folder Description and a Remote Backup Password if desired. Checking "Apple" by Shared Folder Support turns on AppleTalk, letting you use your LinkStation with older Macs. Note that Appletalk files are limited to 2GB maximum filesize and 32 characters for filenames. If a folder with AppleTalk on is accessed from a modern OS that supports smb shares, these limitations will not apply. Remote Backup Password will set a password on this share for other LinkStations who want to use it as a remote backup target. [. . . ] All configuration, users, groups, and backup jobs are lost, but actual data and shares on the hard are NOT lost. Specify whether the LinkStation shall keep its administrator password after a initialization or whether the password should be reset to the default password (default password is password). Press the Restore button to begin the initialization process; this will restore all settings to factory defaults but will NOT erase the data on the hard drives. Start Disk Formatting begins a complete disk format that will erase all information on the LinkStation's internal hard drives. [. . . ]