User manual LACIE ETHERNET DISK

[. . . ] LaCie Ethernet Disk User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Beginning / Go to End Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized To Exit: From the Menu bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. Icons Used In This Manual Italicized paragraphs feature an icon describing the type of information being given. Important Info: This icon refers to an important step that must be followed. Tech Note: This icon refers to tips to help maximize performance. Caution!This icon indicates a potential hazard, and gives tips on how to avoid them. LaCie Ethernet Disk User's Manual Foreword Health, Safety and General Use Precautions 1. Assigning A Network (IP) Address Using The LaCie Network Configurator 6. [. . . ] Listing Local Shares A share is a folder on which designated groups and/or users can be granted access to create, modify, read, and delete files. From the Web Administration Page, click on the Shares tab to list the local shares on your LaCie Ethernet Disk. 8. 3. 1. Creating A Share From the Web Administration Page, click on the Shares tab. From the lower-right corner of the page, click on Add a share to create a share (please refer to 7. 4. 3. 3. Tech Note: When you have multiple drives in your LaCie Ethernet Disk, or when you connect a mass storage device to your LaCie Ethernet Disk, you will be able to choose the drive in which you want to create the share. D: (first data drive), E: (second data drive), etc. . Fig. 8. 3 8. 3. 2. Editing A Share From the list of local groups, click on the button next to the share name to edit that share. Deleting A Share Edit the share, then, from the bottom of the page, click the Delete button. 8. 3. 4. Deleting A Broken Share When you create shares on a removable drive and disconnect that drive, you create what are called "broken shares. " These shares will still be in the share database, but will not be physically present. The LaCie Ethernet Disk program allows you to remove the broken shares from the database. At the bottom of the Shares page, there will be a list of broken shares, if you have any. Click on the Delete button for the share(s) you want to remove. LaCie Ethernet Disk User's Manual 9. Checking Your Server Configuration From the Web Administration Page, click on the Server tab to find out the configuration of your LaCie Ethernet Disk. You should see: · Machine name · Windows domain or workgroup · Appletalk zone · NAS software configuration · Operating system · BIOS version · Manufacturer and model · Processor · Number of processors · Physical memory · Virtual memory From this page, you can also reboot and shutdown the server. Fig. 9. 1 LaCie Ethernet Disk User's Manual 9. Changing The Administrator's Password By default, the administrator's password is admin. You should change this password as soon as possible, for security reasons. Enabling/Disabling Guest Accounts Enabling guest accounts allows people to connect to shares without authenticating. For instance, under Windows, you will not be allowed to connect to protected shares unless you map the share as a drive, and there are also security issues. Therefore, it is recommended that you not enable guest accounts unless you have a high-level of technical expertise and know exactly what you are doing. Fig. 9. 3 LaCie Ethernet Disk User's Manual 9. Rebooting Your Server 1) In the Web Administration Page, click on the Server tab. Shutting Down Your Server 1) In the Web Administration Page, click on the Server tab. Changing Your Network Configuration You can change the network configuration from the Web Administration Page. [. . . ] RAM (Random Access Memory) ­ Generally referred to as a computer's "memory. " An integrated circuit memory chip that allows information to be stored and retrieved by a microprocessor or controller. The information can be stored or accessed in any order, and all storage locations are equally accessible. Seek Time ­ The amount of time (in thousandths of a second, or milliseconds) that it takes a hard drive's read/write head to move to a specific location on the disk. Average seek, then, is the average of a large number of random samplings all over the disk. [. . . ]