Operating Tips and Precautions, Technical Support

Accessing Shares from a Windows PC

1.To see a share listing in Windows, either click Browse in RAIDar or enter \\<ip_address> or \\<hostname> in the Windows Explorer address bar.

\\Nv6-07-15-F4

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

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

\\Nv6-07-15-F4

Accessing Shares from MAC OS X

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

2.Click on the hostname to display the shares.

Operating Tips and Precautions

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

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 2100 User Manual.

Ventilation

Four 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 unit, and can enable automatic shut down in an orderly fashion when there is an interruption in power. The ReadyNAS 2100 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 unit). 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 unit 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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March 2009