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User Manual
Rackmount TeraStation Pro
TS-RHTGL/R5
v1.2
www.buffalotech.com
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Introduction Congratulations on your new TeraStation! Your TeraStation Pro is a powerful file server that’s as easy to use as a hard drive. With its straightforward configuration GUI, anyone can easily configure the TeraStation’s settings. You don’t even necessarily need to configure it at all; right out of the box it’s ready to be plugged in and put to work. But the TeraStation remains a fast, reliable Linux-based server, with four hard drives that may be configured in RAID 0, RAID 1,
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Table of Contents TeraStation Layout............................................................4 Installation .......................................................................7 Accessing TeraStation Data from a PC .............................10 Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac...........................14 TeraStation Expansion ...................................................18 Advanced Settings ...........................................................19 Network Settings ......
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TeraStation Layout Power Display Mode Switch Switch Front Panel lock (Turn counter-clockwise to release)
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TeraStation Layout Hard Drives (Squeeze tabs to release) Init Button (Hold down to reset all settings)
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TeraStation Layout Power Cable USB in UPS Ethernet (to router)
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Installing Software Begin by connecting your TeraStation’s power and Ethernet cables. For best results, the Ethernet cable should be connected to a router, hub, or switch on your network. Turn the TeraStation on by pushing the power button on the front panel. It will take about a minute to boot. Insert the TeraNavigator CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. On a PC, setup should automatically launch. If it does not, manually launch setup.exe by pressing Start and selecting the Run... o
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TeraNavigator Setup Press the Begin Installation button to begin. If you’re installing on a PC, click on Easy Installation (the pink, upper button). Mac users can skip this step. Click Next to step through the installation.
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TeraNavigator Setup Follow the steps shown and continue pressing Next to step through the installation. When installation is complete, click Finish.
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Using your TeraStation with a Windows PC Two new icons will be on your desktop: Shortcut for TS-TeraStation_ name and Buffalo NAS Navigator. Clicking Shortcut for TS-TeraStation_name takes you directly to the folders on your TeraStation. Share is the main folder that you can put files and folders in. Info contains a copy of your user manual. The Buffalo NAS Navigator icon opens the TeraStation’s client utility. Turn to page 59 for more on using the NAS Navigator client utility. 10
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Accessing TeraStation Data from your PC To Access TeraStation Data from a PC: Your TeraStation uses “shares” (folders) to hold data. A share called “share” is already configured on your TeraStation, and you can create additional shares on page 37. To start using your TeraStation, you can either click on the Shortcut for TeraStation on your desktop, or you may just use drive T in My Computer, which setup has mapped to the default share in your TeraStation. 11
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Accessing TeraStation Data from your PC You can map additional driveletters to shares on your TeraStation. From the Start menu, select Run.... Enter your TeraStation’s hostname (you can get it from the NAS Navigator utility) or IP address. Press OK. Your TeraStation should open. “Share” is a data folder in your TeraStation by default. “Info” contains your user manuals. If you have created other folders, they will be visible here too. You can map drive letters to any of these folders
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Accessing TeraStation Data from your PC From the Tools pull-down menu, select Map Network Drive. Choose a drive letter from the Drive: pull down menu. To specify the folder to map, either find it with Browse or enter \\TeraStation_ Name\share_name in the Folder: field, where TeraStation_Name is your TeraStation’s hostname and share_name is the name of a folder on your TeraStation. Check the Reconnect at logon checkbox to have Windows connect to this mapped drive everytime it starts. When
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Using your TeraStation with a Mac After installing the TeraNavigator software, your Mac will have a NAS Navigator icon on the desktop. Clicking the NAS Navigator icon opens the TeraStation’s client utility. 1
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac You can add a link from your TeraStation’s Shares (folders) to your desktop by adding them to the Mac’s server list. Begin by clicking Go, and then choose Connect to Server. In the Server Address field, enter your TeraStation’s IP address in the form smb:// ipaddress (where “ipaddress” is your TeraStation’s IP address), and click Connect. If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, see page 17. 1
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac Select Guest and click on Connect. Note: If you have configured share permissions on your TeraStation, select Registered User and enter your Registered User credentials. Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share or share-mac, from the list of folders on the TeraStation. The share will open. A link to the shared folder will appear on your desktop. 1
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Accessing TeraStation Data from a Mac If you don’t know your TeraStation’s IP address, there are several ways to get it. One simple method is to use the NAS Navigator client utility (included on your CD) to find your TeraStation(s). Just click on the tab for your TeraStation and you’ll be able to read its IP address. You can get the TeraStation’s IP address from the LCD display on the front of the TeraStation as it boots up. You can always get the TeraStation’s IP address from your rout
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TeraStation Expansion TeraStation Pro has two USB 2.0 ports on the rear. These ports can be used for adding external USB Hard Drives or UPS systems. TeraStation will share connected USB storage devices, allowing everyone on the network to use them. Up to two external USB hard drives may be added to TeraStation Pro. To connect a USB hard drive or UPS to TeraStation, simply plug it into one of the USB Ports. You may plug in additional USB hard drives to either of the USB ports on your Tera
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Advanced Settings The Configuration GUI The Configuration GUI may be accessed at any time by typing the IP address of your TeraStation into the URL bar of a browser running on a computer connected to the same network as the TeraStation. This works perfectly with OS X, Linux, and other non-Windows PCs. You may also open the Configuration GUI from NAS Navigator by clicking on Setup and choosing Configuration Settings . 1
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Advanced Settings This login prompt will appear. Enter admin for the user name. Until you change it, the password for the admin account will be password. Press the OK button when finished. User name: admin Password: password See page 43 to change your password. If this login prompt does not appear, your DHCP server may not be functioning correctly. If DHCP is disabled, you may re-enable it, or verify that the TeraStation’s IP Address is in the same range as that of your PC. Note:
