RaidSonic IB-NAS5520 - 4.3 Format Hard Drive; 5. SYSTEM SETTINGS; 5.1 System Information; 5.1.1 Identification Settings

Manual IB-NAS5520
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4.3
FORMAT HARD DRIVE
‐Clickonthe“Settings”icon(farright) 
‐Inputthedefaultuserna me:admin 
‐Inputthedefaultpassword:admin(wehighlyrecommendthatyouchangethedefaultusern ame
andpasswordafterfinishingthesesteps)
‐Hoveroverthe“SystemSettings”icon(2ndfromleft)andclickMaintainfromthedropdownmenu
‐ClickontheDisktab(farleft)
‐ClickFormat
‐YouwillbeaskedtoclickOKthreetimes
‐ClickOKthreetimes
‐Youwillseea“FormatSuccessful”message
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Note:YouarenowusingtheNASfunctionofthisdevice.InordertousetheDAS(USB3.0)function,
pleaseturnoffthedevice,unplugtheEthernetcableandattachtheUSB3.0cable.Pleasedonot
attachbothcablesatthesametimeasthesystemwillonlyrecognizeoneofthetwocables
(EthernetorUSB3.0)atanygiventime.Thesystemmustbeturnedoffandrestartedeachtimethe
cablesarechanged.
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Important:DONOTFORMATTHEHARDDRIVEWHENCONNECTEDVIAUSB!IfyouconnectitviaUSB
beforeformattingtheharddrivethroughthewebinterfaceofthenetworkdrive,youwillneedto
reformattheharddrivebeforeusingtheNASfunctionsandthereforelosealldatastoredonthehard
drive.SeeNASSetupInstructions
formoredetails.
5. SYSTEM SETTINGS
5.1 SYSTEM INFORMATION
5.1.1 IDENTIFICATION
HostName
Bydefault,thehostnameissettousetheMACaddr ess.Thisnameisusedtoidentifyyourdeviceon
thenetwork.Ifyoupreferadifferentnamethatis easiertoremember,changethenameandclick
Apply.
Whenselectinganewhostname,makesuretouseauniquenameandnotonethathasalready
beenusedonthelocalnetwork.Also,thenewhostnamemustnotbeginwithanumber.Uppercase
andlowercaselettersarenotdistinguished.Whenapplyingthenewnam e,itwillcheckwiththeweb
portalatmyakitio.comtoseeifthenewnameisstillavailableand thenregisteritforremoteloginat
thesametime.Ifthenamehasalreadybeentaken,thePortalServicewillbedisabledandyouneed
toenteranewnameifyouwant tousethewebportalforremotelogin.
IfyouareunabletomountthenetworkdriveonLinux,changethehostnamefromthedefaultMAC
addresstoanamethatstartswithaletterandnotanumber.
GroupName