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Ge tt ing St ar ted Ins tall, Conne c t & Use Y our Intelligent NAS 2014/7[...]
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2 Contents C ontents • Self-R AIDCreationandDri v e Capacity . ................................................. 3 • QuickIns tallationGuide . ........................................................................ 4 • InstallIntelligentNAS. .....................................................[...]
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3 Self-RAID Creation an d Drive Capacity Self-R AID Cr eation and Drive C apacit y When it c omes to NAS , it is nec essary to build a RAID v olume so you c an use various o ther func tions. Many nov ice users, however, may not understand the significance o f RAID, nor be aw are of what kind of RAID mode would be appropria te for ever y scenari[...]
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4 Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide • N2 310 • N4 310[...]
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5 Inst all Intell igent NAS Install Intelligent NAS When installing Intelligent N AS, y ou will be pre sented wi th the scr eens below: 1. Select language version, then click the "OK" button.[...]
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6 Inst all Intell igent NAS[...]
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7 Inst all Intell igent NAS 2. Intelligent NAS w ill scan f or a N2310/N4310 on y our local net work and display the r esults. For new s ystems, it will show “ Create RAID ”. Select it and click the “ NEX T ”button. An “ Inst all Mode ” window will pop up f or you to sele ct “ Self -RAID Creat ion ” or “ Manual RAID Creation ”.[...]
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8 Inst all Intell igent NAS If ther e is any dat a on your drive s, a “ Disk Contains Da ta ” w indow will pop up and warn you. If you want to continue, selec t the “ Cont inue ” option. Other wise select “ Shutdown ” to cease system installation. During t he process, it wil l display drives’ status: " Init ializing " and th[...]
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9 Inst all Intell igent NAS Tip: Y ou may click ‘R escan‘ and r efresh the NAS discov eriy page.[...]
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10 Af ter Self -RAID Crea tion, Set Up Your NAS in 2 Steps After Self-RAID Creation, Set Up Y our NAS in 2 Steps • Ste p1. Crea te T hecusI D Register your own Thec us ID and cre ate a free, unique DDNS for your N AS. Click the " Create Thecus ID " button and enter your email address , desired Thecus ID passw ord and[...]
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11 Af ter Self -RAID Crea tion, Set Up Your NAS in 2 Steps Modif y the DDNS link and click the “ OK ” button.[...]
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12 Af ter Self -RAID Crea tion, Set Up Your NAS in 2 Steps • Step 2.Log into Y ourNA S Your T hecus ® NAS is now ready to use. T ake note of y our account det ails. You can then click the “ Start Brows er ” butt on.[...]
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13 Starting to Use Int elligent NAS Star ting to U se I nt elligent NAS • One -press Back Up Y ourE xternalD rive Connect your USB drive to the USB 3. 0 port. Press t he "Copy" button. The "Copy " light will f lash. This indicates that the NAS is copying the f iles. Af ter the "Copy" light stop[...]
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14 Starting to Use Int elligent NAS • O therSharedF olders intheNA S _P2P_Downl oad_: When you use the Intelligent NA S "BT Download" f eature , the .t orrent and do wnloaded f iles will be st ored here. _NAS_P iczza_: Pic zza TM is a phot o server provided b y Thecus. This is Piczza's root folder. US[...]