Operating Tips and Precautions

2.When prompted, enter the user name and password to connect to the ReadyNAS Pro.

The Windows Explorer will display the contents of the ReadyNAS Pro share.

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Accessing Shares from MAC OS X

1.To access the same share over AFP with OS X, open Finder and locate the ReadyNAS Pro hostname in the SHARED section.

2.Click on the hostname to display the shares.

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Follow these guidelines to get the best performance and trouble-free operation from your ReadyNAS Pro.

Power Up/Down

Powering up the unit could take about a minute. Power down the unit by pressing the power button on the front twice. This assures an orderly shutdown. For other power down and disk spin-down options, refer to the ReadyNAS Pro User Manual.

Ventilation

Six large capacity high speed disks can produce considerable heat. Be sure to install the unit so that the fan exhausts are unobstructed.

Using a UPS

An uninterruptible power supply protects your ReadyNAS Pro, and can enable automatic shut down in an orderly fashion when there is an interruption in power. Also, your ReadyNAS Pro can operate at higher performance levels when it senses it is connected to a UPS. The ReadyNAS Pro User Manual provides instructions on using a UPS.

Viewing Status Information in FrontView

The bottom row of the FrontView configuration utility provides color coded status indicators of workgroup connections, disks, the fan, temperature, and UPS (if used).

Double-click on a status light to view details about that item.

Redundancy and Expansion

A one-disk device has no redundancy and provides no protection from a disk failure. However, if and when you feel the need for redundancy, simply hot-add a new disk with at least the capacity of the first disk (there’s no need to power off the ReadyNAS Pro). Depending on the size of the disk, within a few hours, your data volume will be fully redundant. The process occurs in the background, so access to the ReadyNAS Pro is not interrupted. Additionally, as your storage requirement grows, you can hot add more disks for “horizontal” expansion, or replace your disks with larger capacity ones, and X-RAID2 automatically and incrementally expands your storage “vertically.” X-RAID2 lets you do this without reformatting your disks and shuffling your data back and forth.

Technical Support

Locate the serial number on the bottom label of your product, and use it to register your product at http://www.NETGEAR.com/register.

Registration on the website or over the phone is required before you can use our telephone support service. The phone numbers for worldwide regional customer support centers are on the Warranty and Support Information card that came with your product.

Go to http://www.netgear.com/support for product updates and Web support.

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