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DNS-300
Network Attached Storage
Manual
Building Networks for People
Ver.1.00
(2/18/2005)
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  • Page 1 DNS-300 Network Attached Storage Manual Building Networks for People Ver.1.00 (2/18/2005)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Setting Up the Hard Disk Drive............11 Formatting the Hard Disk Drive ............15 D-Link Storage Utility ................. 17 Double-click the D-Link Storage Utility icon........17 Setup Wizard ..................20 Enter the default IP................20 Enter the default user name ............. 21 Start the wizard .................
  • Page 3 Group Management................34 Creating a new group ............... 34 Editing group information..............36 Deleting a group ................37 Share Management ................37 Creating a new share ............... 38 Editing share information..............40 Deleting a share ................41 Hard Drive Hibernation ..............42 USB Disk ...................
  • Page 4 Save the log..................65 Online Help ..................66 Individual Help ................... 66 Overall Help ..................67...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    PC. All you have to do is plug in the network cable of the device running D-Link DNS-300 to your computer, or the hub or switch in the same network environment, and then you are ready to start storing your home entertainment files in the device.
  • Page 6 LAN port setting Manual configuration Type DHCP Management User/ Group/ Share Maximum user number Maximum group number Maximum share number Logs / Notification System log Available log type Connection log Current connection E-mail notification Encoding U.S. English (Code Page 437) Greek (Code Page 737) Western European (Code Page 850) MS-DOS Latin 2 (Code Page 852)
  • Page 7 Traditional Chinese (Code Page 950) USB Support USB Disk USB Printer Miscellaneous Online help Hard drive usage overview Firmware update HDD format System configuration backup and restore Network Time Protocol (NTP) support HDD Hibernation Usability Initialization wizard Web-based management UI...

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Package Contents Contents of package: • One D-Link DNS-300 Media Storage Server device • One Category 5 cable • One power switch with power cord • One CD-ROM • One QIG If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.

  • Page 9: Leds

    Power: A solid light indicates a proper connection. No light indicates the power is off. To power off the DNS-300, hold down the power button for about 6 seconds. LAN: A solid light indicates a proper connection to LAN port. A blinking light indicates that data is being transferred.

  • Page 10: Physical Connections

    Physical Connections USB Ports for Printer Server/USB HDD: Please use the USB printer cable to connect the DNS-300 USB Port (for printer server) or USB HDD for additional volume. Reset: Pressing this button restores the DNS-300 to its original factory default settings.

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    Getting Started Setting Up the Hard Disk Drive Step 1: Loosen the screws on the back of the DNS-300. Step 2: Remove the cover.
  • Page 12 Step 3: Plug the IDE/ATA cable into the HDD. Step 4: Connect the power connector to the HDD.
  • Page 13 Step 5: Tighten the HDD to the metal bracket with the screws provided. The DNS-300 packing materials include four screws, which are used in Step 5.
  • Page 14 Step 6: Replace the cover and tighten the screws. The DNS-300 is now ready to be plugged in and powered on.

  • Page 15: Formatting The Hard Disk Drive

    Formatting the Hard Disk Drive If you are setting up the Hard Disk Drive for the first time, you need to format it with the D-Link Storage Configuration Utility (see the next section in this manual for more detailed information).
  • Page 16 This will cause your default Web browser to open the following window: Click Apply. Click OK to proceed with the creation of the system HD. The following window will be displayed:...

  • Page 17: D-Link Storage Utility

    D-Link Storage Utility D-Link Storage Utility is a tool to connect and use the DNS-300 Network Attached Storage device. Double-click the D-Link Storage Utility icon Double-click the D-Link Storage Utility icon. This will automatically detect all servers on the network at the moment by displaying...
  • Page 18 Note: The default IP address of the DNS-300 is 192.168.0.101. You now are able to set the IP address of the DNS-300 by clicking the Set IP button on the System Configuration window. Enter the appropriate information in the following pop-up dialogue and input admin password then click OK.
  • Page 19 Clicking the correct server name from the list displayed in the System Configuration window will open the default file folders provided for the user account. Please note that in order for media files to be displayed, they must be placed in the “media_content”...

  • Page 20: Setup Wizard

    Please follow the steps below to run the initialization wizard: Enter the default IP 1. Connect the device running D-Link DNS-300 to the network. 2. Power the device on. 3. Open the browser, using Microsoft IE (version 6.0 or above is recommended) or another suitable Web browser.

  • Page 21: Enter The Default User Name

    Enter the default user name In the authentication dialog, please enter “admin” for the default user name and leave the password blank, and then click OK. Start the wizard The Setup Wizard will help you configure the basic settings of the device in a few steps.

  • Page 22: Enter System Information

    Enter system information 1. Enter the server name in the “Server Name” field so you can quickly access the storage capabilities of this system either from a Windows or a Mac OS by searching for the server name. 2. Enter the new password. If you don’t enter a password, it will remain blank as the default value.

  • Page 23: Enter Networking Information

    Enter networking information 1. If a DHCP server is available in the same network environment and you prefer to obtain the networking settings for the system from the DHCP server, change the “Get IP From” drop-down menu from Manual to DHCP and then click Next.
  • Page 24 2. Since this is the first time you configure the device, the following networking settings will be adopted by default: IP: 192.168.0.101 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS server: empty You can modify the settings to fit your need.

  • Page 25: Setup Time Settings

    Setup time settings 1. Select your time zone from the Time Zone drop-down menu. Note: In the drop-down menu, please select “(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana” so that the log-in time will be correctly shown in the “Set device date and time” section. 2.

  • Page 26: Setup Network File Protocol

    Setup network file protocol 1. Determine the Workgroup here. The Workgroup should be 0 to 14 characters, in English only. 2. Choose the Mac OS zone. A zone is a logical grouping of devices in an AppleTalk network. Select the zone from the Apple Talk Zone drop-down menu.

  • Page 27: Finish The Settings

    Japanese characters, please select “Japanese SJIS (Code Page 932)” in the Encoding Codepage drop-down menu. Finish the settings Click the OK button in the pop-up dialogue. The following window will be displayed to indicate the DNS-300 is preparing your new settings:...
  • Page 28 The page will then be directed to the User page (on the Advanced tab)—which is described later in this manual—so you can review the settings that have been set.

  • Page 29: Lan Setup

    LAN Setup If you need to make any modification of the LAN setting, follow the steps below: 1. Click the Home tab on the top of window. 2. Click the LAN button on the left. A new window will open. 3.

  • Page 30: Changing Server Name

    Changing server name 1. Click the Home tab on the top. 2. Click the LAN button on the left. A new window will open. 3. Enter the new server name. 4. Click Apply. Note: The Server Name should be 1 to 15 English characters, which may consist of letters, numbers, underscores, and minus signs (single-byte characters only).

  • Page 31: Advanced Setup

    Advanced Setup User Management You can create up to 32 users, excluding the system default account "guest." The user name is case sensitive and should be 1 to 15 characters (English, Asian, or other languages), the user description can be any displayable characters and can be 0 to 15 characters;...
  • Page 32 Note: If the user details, including "User Name," "User Description," "Password," and "Confirm Password," are not empty when you try to create a new user, click the Cancel button to clear the data before proceeding. 2. Click Apply.

  • Page 33: Editing User Information

    Editing user information Click the graphic after the user you want to edit to load the user details. The following window will open: Edit the data. Click Apply.

  • Page 34: Deleting A User

    Deleting a user Click the graphic after the user you want to delete and click OK after the confirm dialogue pops up. Group Management You can create up to 16 user groups. The group name is case sensitive and should be 1 to 15 characters (English, Asian, or other languages).
  • Page 35 Note: If the group details are not empty when you try to create a new group, click the Cancel button to clear the data before proceeding.

  • Page 36: Editing Group Information

    Editing group information Click the graphic after the user you want to edit to load the group details. The following window will open: Edit the group details in the Group Setup section. Click Apply.

  • Page 37: Deleting A Group

    Deleting a group Click the graphic after the group you want to delete and click OK after the confirm dialogue pops up. Share Management A Share is a logical unit you can open access to the user accounts with by setting appropriate privileges.

  • Page 38: Creating A New Share

    Creating a new share 1. Enter the Share Name and Share Description. 2. Enter the desired Disk Quota.
  • Page 39 3. Choose the user or group from the Users & Groups list. Note: Items that start with “@” are groups. 4. Choose the access privileges you want to apply to the selected user or group. Note: There are two different types of privileges that can be set: Read Only (RO) –...

  • Page 40: Editing Share Information

    Editing share information Click the graphic after the share you want to edit to load the share details. Edit the share details below the Share Setup section. Click Apply.

  • Page 41: Deleting A Share

    Deleting a share Click the graphic after the share you want to delete and click OK after the confirm dialogue pops up.

  • Page 42: Hard Drive Hibernation

    Hard Drive Hibernation To save power, the HDD will be in hibernation mode and stop any operation after the specified idle time. To set an idle time, choose the idle time from the drop-down menu and then click Apply to finish the setting.

  • Page 43: Usb Disk

    USB Disk By connecting a USB disk to the system, you will be able to share the USB disk capacity through a system created share prefixed with "USB Port." The share will be removed automatically when the USB disk is ejected from the system. 1.

  • Page 44: Usb Printer

    Fast Copy to your NAS. USB Printer By connecting the USB printer to DNS-300, you would be able to share the USB printer through the network and USB printer status will become active in this page. Refresh the USB printer's status Click Refresh to update the printer status.
  • Page 45 Double-click usblp and the system will prompt you to install a correct driver. Click Finish to start using the printer. Steps for setting up USB printer in Mac OS X running AppleTalk Follow the Go > Applications > Utilities path to find the Printer Setup Utility. Click to open a dialog box.

  • Page 47: Tools

    Tools Time Setup Set the time manually 1. Choose the correct time zone. 2. Choose the “Set device date and time manually” option from the drop-down menu. 3. Click Apply.

  • Page 48: Connecting To An Ntp Server

    Connecting to an NTP server 1. Choose the correct time zone. 2. Choose the “Time synchronization with NTP server” option from...
  • Page 49 the drop-down menu. 3. Choose the desired synchronization period and enter the time server IP address. 4. Click Apply.

  • Page 50: Backup Configurations

    Backup Configurations You can backup the device configurations for future restoration. Items that will be restored are listed below: Time Time zone; NTP settings Host name Server name Language Encoding codepage Mail SMTP; E-mail settings Share Each share information except USBPort User Each user’s information except the password of Admin...
  • Page 51 2. Click Save on the prompt dialogue.

  • Page 52: Restore System Settings

    4. Click Apply to finish. Restore factory default settings Click Factory Reset under Restore to Factory Default Settings to cause the DNS-300 to return to its original settings.

  • Page 53: Format Hard Drive

    Format Hard Drive You can remove the data on the system by formatting the hard drive. There are two options for you to choose from on the drop-down menu: Format HDD – This option will only remove the user data and shares; but all system configurations, including share information, user information, and group information, will remain unchanged.

  • Page 54: Networking And Encoding

    Click Apply to initiate formatting. Please click OK at the pop-out warning message to continue formatting. Networking and Encoding Windows Network You can determine the Workgroup and WINS server IP here. The Workgroup should be 1 to 15 characters (English, Asian, or other languages.) Apple Network A zone is a logical grouping of devices in an AppleTalk network.
  • Page 55 Note: a) If the local language is the only language used in your working environment, there is no need to change any settings for the encoding code page and you can just go ahead and load the defaults. For example: If the local language is English, and all files or folders use English names, then it is unnecessary to change any settings here, just follow the defaults.

  • Page 57: Firmware Update

    Firmware Update 1. Click the Browse button.
  • Page 58 2. Choose the file from the local hard drive. 3. Click Apply.

  • Page 59: E-Mail Notifications

    E-mail Notifications E-mail notifications will be sent to notify you when important and critical events or errors occur. Please enter the SMTP server and the e-mail address the notifications should be sent to. You can assign up to two e-mail addresses. If the SMTP server is assigned by host name rather than IP address, please make sure a valid DNS server has been assigned on the [Home >...

  • Page 60: Service

    Service Here is a facility for uploading various kinds of data easily and efficiently. 1. Select “Enable FTP service” or “Enable UPnP service.”...
  • Page 61 2. Click Apply to Finish Note: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a convenient way for users to download, upload, or transfer files from one computer to another. Also, FTP is a special way to login to a certain site for the purpose of retrieving and sending files.

  • Page 62: Device Status

    Device Status Device Information On this page you can overview the device information. This is solely for overview purposes. If you want to change any setting, please go to the page of the setting you want to change.

  • Page 63: Logs

    Current Connection. The maximum size or number of each kind of log is 32K bytes or 320 logs, depending on which criterion is reached first. Warning: The DNS-300 automatically retains logs for seven days. Afterwards, they will be deleted and there will not be any way to restore your data.

  • Page 64: Clear The Log

    Clear the log 1. Click on the log page that you want to clear the log for. 2. Click the Clear button.

  • Page 65: Save The Log

    Save the log 1. Go to the log page that you want to save the log for. 2. Click the Save button. 3. Click the Save button again from the File Download prompt. 4. Choose a local location and click Save to finish.

  • Page 66: Online Help

    Online Help Individual Help If there are questions during the set up of the device, please click the Help button that is found at the bottom of each page. This will provide you with access to a help topic for each page.

  • Page 67: Overall Help

    Overall Help Click the Help tab at the top of every page to view all help topics.
  • Page 68 Hardware will be warranted for the remainder of the original Warranty Period from the date of original retail purchase. If a material defect is incapable of correction, or if D-Link determines in its sole discretion that it is not practical to repair or replace the defective Hardware, the price paid by the original purchaser for the defective Hardware will be refunded by D-Link upon return to D-Link of the defective Hardware.
  • Page 69 Products shall be fully insured by the customer. D-Link will not be held responsible for any packages that are lost in transit to D-Link. The repaired or replaced packages will be shipped to the customer via UPS Ground or any common carrier selected by D-Link, with shipping charges prepaid. Expedited shipping is available if shipping charges are prepaid by the customer and upon request.
  • Page 70 Trademarks: D-Link is a registered trademark of D-Link Systems, Inc. Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective manufacturers or owners.

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