RaidSonic IB-NAS5520 - 5.3 Maintain Disk and Firmware

Manual IB-NAS5520
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ForfileaccessviaWebDAV,setuparedirectforTCPtrafficfromWANport8080toLANport80.
BecauseyouhavetoredirectthenetworktraffictoacertainIPaddress (theinternalIPofyourNAS),
it'sbestifyousetafixedIPaddressforyourNAS.Otherwise,itmightchangethenexttimeyou
restartyourrouteroryour NAS andtheportforwardingwillnotworkanymore.
PortNumbers
Bydefault,theadministrationportissetto8000andtheWebDAVportissetto8080.Ifyouhave
morethanonenetworkdriveinstalledinthesamelocalne tworkorifyourunintoconflictswith
othernetworkdevices,changetheportnumbertoadifferentnumberandclickApplytosavethe
settings.
Remembertochangetheportforwardingifyoumakeanychangestotheportnumbershere.
ForWindowsXPuserstomountthenetworkdrive,theportnumberforWebDAVhastobesetto
port80.Makesuretosetupportforwardingaccordingly.
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5.3 MAINTAIN
5.3.1 Disk
SleepTime
Tosaveenergyandkeepthedrivecool,werecommendsettingthesleeptime.Selectatimefrom
thelistbetween10to60minutes.Whenthedriveisidleforlongerthanthesettime,itwill
automaticallygointostand‐bymodeandspindown.
Ifyouneedimmediateaccesstothedrive,setitto“Disable”andthedrivewillkeepspinnin gatall
times.
FormatDisk
Usethistooltoformatyourharddriveandprepareitforthenetworkdrive.Whenyouformatthe
harddriveusingthisdiskutility,itwillcreateasinglepartitionusingtheexFATfilesystem.Ifyou
createotherpartitionsorchooseadifferentfilesystemwhenconnectedthroughUSB,keepinmind
thatthenetworkdriveisonlyabletorecognizethefirstpartitionandithastobeexFAT!
InordertoaccesstheexFATpartitionwhenthedeviceisconnectedviaUSB,WindowsXPrequires
ServicePack2orlaterandWindowsVistarequiresServicePack1orlater.
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exFATdriverupdateforWindowsXPandServer2003http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955704
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exFATdriverupdateforWindowsVistaispartofSP1http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935791
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Formattingthedrivewillerasealldataandsettings,aswellasdeletingtheSMBfolders
andFTPaccounts!
5.3.2 Firmware
Hereyoucanupdatethefirmwareforyournetworkdrive.
‐Downloadthelatestfirmwareandloaderfromyourvendor’swebsite.
‐Storethefilesonyourcomputeranddecompressthemifnecessary.
‐ClickBrowseandlocatethefirmware(*.BINfile)onyourcomputer.
‐Selectandopenthenewfirmwaretostarttheupdateprocess.
‐ClickOKtoconfirmthefirmwareupdate.
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