Ximeta NetDisk Wireless Access Point Router User Manual
Summary of NetDisk Wireless Access Point Router
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta technology www.Ximeta.Com netdisk tm user manual.
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 2 table of content chapter 1 preface introduction 3 warranty 3 license 3 main features of netdisk 4 different netdisk mode application 4 ndas mode 4 ethernet mode 4 usb2.0 portable mode 4 netdisk models covered by this guide 4 ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 3 chapter 1 preface introduction congratulations on your purchase of the netdisk network direct attached storage solution. This netdisk user manual is intended to help you install the product quickly and easily. The netdisk ins...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 4 main features of netdisk • advanced network storage, ndas (network directly attached storage) • external and portable storage device • multi-interface (ethernet, usb2.0) • aggregation function • backup and mirroring function ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 5 package contents the following items are included in the netdisk package: netdisk quick install guide software installation cd-rom ethernet cable usb cable power adapter and power cord.
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 6 chapter 2 requirements hardware requirement ndas mode usage - fast ethernet hub (100base-t / 802.3u) or wi-fi wlan (802.11a or 802.11g) for wireless configuration. Ethernet mode usage - pc with ethernet port - cross-over lan ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 7 chapter 3 installation installation of netdisk hardware and software are simple and easy. Insert included “netdisk installation cd” to your cd-rom driver, and select the netdisk mode you want to use. The intelligent installat...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 8 - select “ndas mode easy installation” and click “next” button. The installation guide will lead you through the installation. Ethernet mode easy installation - this installation guides users to complete installation of both ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 9 chapter 4 netdisk™ administrator once you complete your software installation, you will find a netdisk launcher icon on your desktop screen and a netdisk administrator tool icon on the bottom right corner of the system tray. ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 10 note: netdisk id and write key can be found underneath each netdisk. 4. Netdisk administrator • confirms the netdisk you just registered. Note: if another user is in read/write mode for the netdisk you just registered, you w...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 11 • this window appears every time a netdisk is registered/added/enabled. If it does not appear, do not be alarmed. Please select one of the choices from the below. O if you do not want the window to appear every time a netdis...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 12 i. Netdisk in read/write mode, indicated by blue circle. Ii. Netdisk in read only mode , indicated by green circle. Installation of new netdisk every time a new netdisk is added, it must be registered into your computer. Fou...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 13 re-install netdisk 1. Right click my computer 2. Select manage 3. Double click device manager under system tools 4. Double click scsi and raid controllers 5. Right click ximeta_lanscsibus_xx (xx can be any two numbers) 6. Se...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 14 4. Installation is completed. • click finish . 5. New netdisk has been registered to your computer. Ndas status and mode indicator • netdisk provides users with seven basic modes. • when a user first registers his/her netdis...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 15 in a specific netdisk. Red netdisk is not recognized • you can only remove this netdisk from your computer or view its property. Gray disabled mode • disabled from your computer (but still connected to the network) • from th...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 16 a. Netdisk - displays all the functionality of a specific netdisk. • if you named your netdisk druing the registration step, the new name will be displayed in place of netdisk #. • please refer to netdisk functionality on pa...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 17 e. Exit - exits netdisk administrator. • click yes if you want to exit. Otherwise, click no , • netdisk administrator tool can be restored by double clicking icon on the screen. Netdisk functionality click netdisk administra...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 18 disabled mode busy mode slave mode disconnected mode different netdisk there are seven functionalities netdisk can perform in all; disable , edit name , enable read only , enable read/write , property , refresh and, remove ....
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 19 c. Enable read only - enables you back into read only mode. D. Enable read/write - enables you back into read/write mode. • sometimes a netdisk cannot enable the write access because the netdisk is busy with other applicatio...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 20 f. Refresh - updates the netdisk’s data from which you are reading. G. Remove - removes the netdisk from your computer. • netdisk administrator appears when you select remove. Click ok if you want to remove the netdisk. Othe...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 21 3. Netdisk administrator • if you are enabling read/write without the write key , netdisk administrator will appear reminding you to register write key. Click ok. • if you have registered the write key during the registratio...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 22 • click ok then try it again later. 6. Again, go to netdisk tm administrator tool and select the same netdisk you selected in step one. You will notice the color of the circle icon has changed to gray . If not, wait few seco...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 23 • click yes if you want to take the write access. • click no if you do not want to take the write access. 9. If you clicked yes , please wait for the current writer to release the write access. 10. Netdisk message • on the c...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 24 12. Writer who gives up his/her write access needs to enable the netdisk back in by selecting enable read only. 13. New writer’s netdisk circle icon will be change from green to blue, indicating a read/write mode . Note: giv...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 25 2. Click enable read only . 3. Click netdisk™ administrator tool to view the changed netdisk. Note: give few seconds for the color of the netdisk to be updated. If the color of the netdisk you changed is still blue , repeat ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 26 chapter 5 advanced functions a ggregation aggregation is one of the two advanced features netdisk provides. Aggregation allows users to enable multiple netdisk units to be recognized as a single large disk drive. This featur...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 27 • binding/mirroring can proceed only if two or more netdisk are registered in the computer and they are in read/write mode (indicated by blue colored netdisk). • if two or more netdisk are listed on the netdisk aggregation &...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 28 note: disabled netdisk will be indicated by gray colored netdisk. • give few seconds for the changes to take place. If the color of the disabled netdisk has not been changed to gray , click status . If the color still has no...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 29 9. Selecting the button. • click bind button for aggregation-bind . • click mirror button for mirroring . 10. Binding/mirroring a. If netdisk you selected does not have a write key , the following message will appear. • clic...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 30 11. Select a netdisk from the netdisk available box that you want to bind/mirror to. 12. Once you selected a netdisk, click button. A. If netdisk you selected from netdisks available box does not have a write key aggrmirui w...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 31 • click ok . • c. Selected wrong netdisk. • if you have selected a wrong netdisk to be aggregated/mirrored, you can simply select the netdisk from the netdisks bound window and click . This will unbind the netdisk and take y...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 32 14. Binding/mirroring is completed. Aggregation: the bound netdisk is indicated by the word aggr master: netdisk 1 . The netdisk from the netdisks bound box becomes the master netdisk and the netdisk from the netdisks availa...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 33 netdisk from the netdisks available box becomes the slave netdisk. The master netdisk is mirrored to slave netdisk. 15. Click netdisk administrator tool . Note: netdisk 1 is disabled master netdisk and netdisk 3 is slave net...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 34 mirroring 18. Before you can use the new bound/mirrored netdisk, the netdisk needs to be partitioned. Please refer to partition netdisk on page 39. Unbind in order to unbind a netdisk all the users who have the bound netdisk...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 35 unbind. Then select disable . Note: you can only unbind disabled netdisk. 2. Netdisk administrator • if the netdisk is being used by any applications, netdisk will not be disabled. In such case, wait until all the applicatio...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 36 4. Go to netdisk aggregation & mirroring window. The color of the master netdisk you just disabled will be gray. If not, press status button. 5. Select a netdisk you want to unbind and click unbind button. 6. The bound netdi...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 37 7. Enable the unbound netdisk by selecting either enable read/write or enable read only . • netdisk cannot be used before it is enabled. • repeat this step for the second unbound netdisk. 8. Before you can use the two unboun...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 38 • two netdisk that are being mirrored must be disabled or removed from all other user’s computers. Only one person, who is performing the mirroring, can have the netdisk enabled on his/her computer while the mirroring is bei...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 39 b. Netdisk is being prepared to be removed c. You must restart your computer for it to configure the changes made by uninstalling the netdisk software. If you choose not to restart our computer at this moment, you must resta...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 40 c. You must restart your computer for it to configure the changes made by uninstalling the netdisk software. If you choose not to restart our computer at this moment, you must restart your computer shortly. If not, you will ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 41 chapter 7 formatting netdisk partition netdisk 1. Right click my computer and select manage. 2. Computer management will appear. • click disk management under storage ..
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 42 3. Disabled disk will be shown on the computer management . 4. Right click on the box and select delete partition . 5. Delete primary partition will appear. Note: when you delete partition, all the data on the disk will be l...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 43 6. Partition has been deleted and it is indicated by the word unallocated . 7. Right click on the box and select new partition . 8. New partition wizard: click next ..
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 44 9. Select partition type: select primary partition and click next . 10. Specify partition size: click next . Note: the partition size is automatically set. No need to change the size. 11. Assign drive letter or path: select ...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 45 12. Format partition : select format this partition with the following settings and perform a quick format (recommended). • click next. 13. Partitioning is finished. Click finish . 14. You can see the partitioned disk..
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 46 initialize netdisk 1. Right click my computer and select manage. 2. Computer management window will appear. Click disk management under storage . 3. Computer management window will list all the disks in the computer..
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 47 • find netdisk you want to format and right click note: netdisk you are looking for is the unknown or not initialized disk. 4. Select initialize netdisk. Initialize netdisk window will appear. Select the right disk and click...
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 48 note: unknown becomes basic 6. Right click unallocated box then select new partition . • go to partition netdisk on 39 and start from step 8..
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Netdisk ndas(network direct attached storage) ximeta, inc www.Ximeta.Com 49 chapter 8 contact information how to contact ximeta, inc. Ximeta, inc. 15251 alton parkway irvine, ca 92618 what to do before you contact us: whenever you contact ximeta, inc. For technical support, please have the following...