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3. Insert a 3.5” SATA hard drive into an available drive
bay. Make sure to align the drive connector to the
SATA connector on the bottom edge inside the drive
bay of the DNS-343. Gently push the drive in until it
connects.
4.
Attach the faceplate to the front of the device.
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5. Connect an Ethernet cable to the available Ethernet port. This
cable should connect the DNS-343 to your local network via a
router or switch, or directly to a computer for configuration.
6. Connect the supplied power adapter to the power receptacle.
When a hard disk is installed, the hard disk must first be formatted in
the DNS-343 before it can be used. Insert the Installation CD into your
computer’s CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive and follow the instructions
below to use the Easy Search Utility to establish a network link to the
DNS-343. Then use the web-based management software to format
the new hard disk.
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Section 3 - Configuration
Configuration
When first powered on, during the initial boot sequence, the DNS-343 will wait to be assigned an IP address via DHCP.
If it does
not receive a DHCP assigned IP address, by default it will have a self-assigned IP address of
192.168.0.32.
It is recommended
to use the included D-Link Easy Search Utility when accessing and configuring the DNS-343 for the first time. If you want to
change the IP address before logging in or are unable to connect to the DNS-343 IP address, you can use the Easy Search
Utility provided on the product CD to locate the device on your network and make any needed changes.
The Easy Search Utility displays all
available DNS-343 devices within
the same network.
Refresh
Volumes that are available for
mapping are displayed here.
Click
Configuration
to access the
Web based configuration of the
DNS-343.
Click
Apply
to save changes to the
LAN Settings.
Configure the LAN Settings for the
DNS-343.
Network
Storage Device
Refreshes the device list.
Configuration
LAN
Apply
Drive Mapping
Available
Drive Letters
Choose an available drive letter.
Click
Connect
to map the selected
volume. Click
Disconnect
to
disconnect the selected mapped
volume.
Exit
Click
Exit
to close the utility.
Easy Search Utility
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To run the Easy Search Utility, insert the DNS-343 CD into your CD-ROM drive:
Click
Easy Search Utility
.
Getting Started
Select the listed DNS-343 and click the
Configuration
button.
This will launch the computer’s default web browser and direct
it to the IP address listed for the device. Make sure the browser
is not configured to use a proxy server.
The first window that appears will require the user to login for
Configuration
or
Downloads
menus. The
Downloads
menus
are described later in this guide in the section titled
Downloads
on page 60.
Note:
The computer used to access the DNS-343
web-based configuration manager must be on the same
subnet as the DNS-343. If your network is using a DHCP
server and the computer receives IP settings from DHCP,
the DNS-343 will automatically be in the same subnet.
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The Login screen will appear:
Type
admin
for the username and
leave the password field blank.
When logging into the DNS-343 for the first time, you will be asked to choose a drive configuration (Basic or Custom)
and format the drives.
Basic Configuration
offers four options:
Standard
,
JBOD
,
RAID 1
and
RAID 5
. Standard configures each disk as a
separate volume, while JBOD combines all disks into a single volume. See page 26 for more details on using the RAID
configurations.
Custom Configuration
offers 3 combination methods:
RAID 0 + JBOD
,
RAID 1 + JBOD
, and
RAID 5 + JBOD
. See
page 26 for more details on using the RAID configurations.
Note:
All data will be erased during the format process.
Click
Configuration
Note:
If the web browser is unable to connect to the web manager of the DNS-343, check to make sure your computer is on the same
subnet as the DNS-343. For example, if there is no DHCP server active, your computer will need an IP address in the 192.168.0.0 subnet.
Your computer should have an IP address of 192.168.0.x where x equals a number from 1 to 31, or 33 to 254.
19216811.live