Cavalry CAND Series User manual

User's Manual

CAND Series

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Dear Valued Customer:

Thank you for choosing Cavalry Storage.

We at Cavalry extend our sincere gratitude for your purchase of this product. We hope our

dedication to delivering high quality products with excellent customer service will ensure your

continued interest in our products.

This manual will assist you in the operation of the product. To optimize your experience with

this product, we recommend reading this entire manual before usage. Please keep this manual

for future reference.

Kind regards,

Cavalry Storage Inc.

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Table of Contents

Preface………………………………………………………………………….. 4

Conventions & Safety Instructions…………………………………………….. 5

Accessories List………………………………………………………………… 6

Features………………………………………………………………………… 6

Product Illustrations……………………………………………………………. 7

Quick Start Guide……………………………………………………………… 9

Web-based GUI………………………………………………………………… 21

Accessing Instructions………………………………………………... 23

DiskTools Tab………………………………………………………… 23

RAID Setting.……………………………………………….. 23

Basic Mode………………………………………………….. 23

Disk Usage…………………………………………………... 24

System Tab……..…………………………………………………….. 25

Information…….……………………………………………. 25

LAN Settings………………………………………………… 25

Time Settings……...…………………………………………. 25

Save Configuration……..…………………………………… 26

Restore Configuration..……………………………………… 26

Firmware Upgrade…………………………………………... 26

Install Software……………………………………………… 27

Email Notification…………………………………………… 29

Turn Off Server……………………………………………… 29

Account Tab…………………………………………………………... 30

User Management…………………………………………… 30

Share Management………………………………………….. 31

Group Management…………………………………………. 32

Server Tab…………………………………………………………….. 34

File Server…………………………………………………… 34

DHCP Server………………………………………………… 34

Printer Server………………………………………………… 34

Bonjour………………………………………………………. 35

Backup Tab……………………………………………………………. 38

Backup Scheduling…………………………………………… 38

Scheduling Task……………………………………………… 39

LogFiles Tab…………………………………………………………… 40

Logout Tab…………………………………………………………….. 40

Troubleshooting…………………………………………………………………. 41

Contact…………………………………………………………………………... 43

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Preface

Copyright

Please respect copyrighted content. Duplication or modification of this publication in part or in

whole is prohibited without expressed or written authorization.

Usage

Strong impacts or dropping of the product may cause damage. Only allow qualified personnel to

repair this product. Disassembling or opening this product will void your warranty.

Disclaimer

Cavalry is not liable for compensation for data loss which may result from a malfunction of the

product or from changes due to improper use, repairs, defects, or battery change. Please back

up your data to avoid unexpected losses. Cavalry reserves the right to make changes to the

content of this manual without notice. The most current manuals and software are available for

download at our download page: www.cavalrystorage.com/su_download.htm

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Conventions & Safety Instructions

CAUTON This symbol is to remind the user to pay attention and read carefully.

Failure to do so could result in data loss.

Note This symbol is used to provide the user with useful information.

Please read through this entire manual and save for future reference.

Place the NAS in a secure location free from the possibility of being bumped

and/or dropped.

Do not place the unit near a radiator or other hear source.

Do not use the unit near water.

Gaps and opening on the outer casing are intended to provide airflow. Never block

or cover these openings as doing so may cause the unit to overheat and become

unreliable during operation.

The unit must be grounded. The NAS is equipped with a 3-wire, grounded power

cord.

Do not place the unit where the cord could be walked on.

Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet before cleaning. Be sure to keep the

unit dry. Do not use liquid cleaners, aerosol cleaners, or a wet cloth to clean the

unit.

Do not remove the back panel of the unit as it will void your warranty.

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Accessories List

1. Ethernet cable

2. Power adapter / power cord (images may vary with product)

3. Resources CD

Features

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Supports 10/100/100 Mbps LAN Speed

Printer server capability with USB 2.0

Supports RAID 0 & 1, Spanning, and JBOD

RAID 1 preconfigured

Supports FTP/SMB server

Supports UPnP Protocol

Supports ext 2, ext 3, FAT32 (JBOD only) formatting

Exceptional heat dissipating ability with 2.5” fan

LED activity indicators

Nearly silent operation

PC, Mac and Linux compatible

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Product Illustrations

Package Contents

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Front

Rear

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Quick Start Guide

Note: For optimal security and convenience, we recommend designating a single computer to

handle all NAS configurations. Items in BOLD are included in your package contents.

1.) Connect your power adapter to the NAS. Then plug the adapter into an electrical

outlet. Turn on the power; the “Power” LED will light up to indicate the unit is on.

2.) Insert the Ethernet cable to the LAN port on the back of the CAND and the other

end to an Ethernet port on the network adapter of a router/switch/hub. The “Link”

LED will illuminate to indicate connection (See page 8).

3.) Map/Mount your CAND to your computer.

Windows XP Users

a. On your XP desktop, click “Start” and then “My Network Places”.

b. Click on “Entire Network”.

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c. Double-click “Microsoft Windows Network” >> “Workgroup” >> “Storage

(Giganas)”

d. Right-click “public” and select “Map Network Drive…”

e. Specify the drive letter that you want for your NAS and then click “Finish”.

Your NAS will now show up under “My Computer” in the “Network Drives”

section.

Windows Vista Users

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a. On your Vista desktop, click “Start” and “Network”.

b. The “Network” window will pop-up showing your current network locations.

Vista will display your networks hard drives in the window. Find your NAS

which should be named “Nas” or “Giganas” and double-click.

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c. A smaller window will pop-up and ask for authentication for access to the

CAND. Enter username: “admin” and password: “admin”.

d. The NAS’ window will show. Double-click on the “public” folder.

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e. Click on the top address bar in the area as shown below and highlight the

path to your NAS.

f. With the path to your NAS still highlighted, right-click anywhere on the blue

highlighted area. Select “Copy”.

g. Double-click the “Computer” icon on the desktop or click “Start” and the

“Computer” to open the “Computer” window.

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h. Click on the top menu, “Map network drive” to start the Map network drive

wizard.

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i. Select the drive letter you wish the mapped network drive to have. Press

the down-arrow next to “Drive:” as shown. The pull-down menu will show

the available drive letters to choose from. In this example, “N:” was chosen.

j. Right-click inside the “Folder” textbox. A pop-up menu should appear. Left-

click “Paste” to paste the network path we copied in step “f.” of this section.

This path will be mapped as our new network drive with the drive letter you

just pasted.

k. The wizard should now like below. Make sure the “Reconnect at logon” box

is checked so that next time you restart, the mapped network drive will still

be available as long as your CAND is still turned on. Click “OK” to finish the

wizard.

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l. You should be able to see the drive normally. You can access it by

accessing the “Computer” icon.

Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 Users

a. While on your Mac OS X desktop, go to the top menu “Go” and select

“Network”.

b. The NAS is preset to show up in a workgroup called “Workgroup”. Double-

click “Workgroup”.

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c. Double-click on the name of the drive that represents your NAS (normally

Giganas or NAS).

d. A small window will pop up giving you an option of which folder you would

like to connect to on the NAS. Click on the “double up-down arrow” icon to

open the pull-down menu.

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e. Select “public” and click “OK”.

f. Click “OK”.

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g. Enter the name: “admin” and password: “admin”. Click “OK”.

h. Now you can click on the “Public” icon on the left to access your NAS or

you can click on the “Public” icon on your desktop.

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4.) To setup the NAS to be accessible on other computers in your home network,

simply repeats step 3 for each additional computer.

5.) You are now ready to transfer files to and from your NAS!

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Cavalry CAND Series User manual

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