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... own hard drive. Windows is a registered trademark of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance Notice: Radio Frequency Notice Storage Central Turbo SC101T and Storage Central SC101 Tested to NETGEAR customer service. ii v1.0, December 2006 Trademarks NETGEAR is a registered trademark of the FCC Rules. Information is not included with FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Note: Changes or...
... own hard drive. Windows is a registered trademark of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance Notice: Radio Frequency Notice Storage Central Turbo SC101T and Storage Central SC101 Tested to NETGEAR customer service. ii v1.0, December 2006 Trademarks NETGEAR is a registered trademark of the FCC Rules. Information is not included with FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Note: Changes or...
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... Planning a Location for the Storage Central 2-2 Installing the Storage Central Manager Utility 2-3 Using the Status Bar and Context-Sensitive Help 2-4 Installing the Storage Central Turbo SC101T Hardware 2-5 Installing a Disk and Connecting the SC101T 2-5 Installing the Storage Central SC101 Hardware 2-7 Verifying the Hard Disk "Cable Select" Setting 2-8 Installing a Hard Disk and Connecting the SC101 2-8 Chapter 3 Working with Network Drives Creating a Network Drive with the Wizard 3-1 Attaching a Shared Drive to Other PCs 3-3 Managing Existing Drives 3-3 i v1.0, December 2006
... Planning a Location for the Storage Central 2-2 Installing the Storage Central Manager Utility 2-3 Using the Status Bar and Context-Sensitive Help 2-4 Installing the Storage Central Turbo SC101T Hardware 2-5 Installing a Disk and Connecting the SC101T 2-5 Installing the Storage Central SC101 Hardware 2-7 Verifying the Hard Disk "Cable Select" Setting 2-8 Installing a Hard Disk and Connecting the SC101 2-8 Chapter 3 Working with Network Drives Creating a Network Drive with the Wizard 3-1 Attaching a Shared Drive to Other PCs 3-3 Managing Existing Drives 3-3 i v1.0, December 2006
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...Creating or Managing Drives 4-8 Viewing and Attaching an Available Drive 4-8 Chapter 5 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Restarting Your Network 5-1 Rebooting or Resetting the Storage Central 5-2 Windows Removable Disk Message 5-2 Receiving Product Updates 5-3 Using the Firmware Upgrade Feature 5-3 Locating the Serial Number 5-4 Ejecting a Hard Disk from the Storage Central Turbo SC101T 5-4 Removing Storage Central Software from a PC 5-5 Automatic Installation Screen When Rebooting a PC 5-5 Basic Functioning ...5-5 Checking Power ...5-5 Power LED Error Codes 5-6 Accessing the Storage...
...Creating or Managing Drives 4-8 Viewing and Attaching an Available Drive 4-8 Chapter 5 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Restarting Your Network 5-1 Rebooting or Resetting the Storage Central 5-2 Windows Removable Disk Message 5-2 Receiving Product Updates 5-3 Using the Firmware Upgrade Feature 5-3 Locating the Serial Number 5-4 Ejecting a Hard Disk from the Storage Central Turbo SC101T 5-4 Removing Storage Central Software from a PC 5-5 Automatic Installation Screen When Rebooting a PC 5-5 Basic Functioning ...5-5 Checking Power ...5-5 Power LED Error Codes 5-6 Accessing the Storage...
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... factory default settings. • Reboot: Push and release to reboot. • Reset: Push and hold for administrator to factory defaults. SC101T Rear Panel latches Item Power connector Ethernet port with LEDs Power Reset connector button Ethernet On/Off Reset button button e-1rug2iF port with LEDs On/Off button Description Connects to the SC101T power adapter Use this port to connect to 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN. • Yellow blinking: Data traffic on the 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN. The port has a green LED and a yellow LED to indicate Ethernet LAN Link Activity...
... factory default settings. • Reboot: Push and release to reboot. • Reset: Push and hold for administrator to factory defaults. SC101T Rear Panel latches Item Power connector Ethernet port with LEDs Power Reset connector button Ethernet On/Off Reset button button e-1rug2iF port with LEDs On/Off button Description Connects to the SC101T power adapter Use this port to connect to 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN. • Yellow blinking: Data traffic on the 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN. The port has a green LED and a yellow LED to indicate Ethernet LAN Link Activity...
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... activity or turned off : No power or no Ethernet link detected. • Yellow blink: Data traffic on the Ethernet LAN You can use the rest button to reboot the Storage Central, or to open the spring loaded front cover lock by turning it clockwise. SC101 Rear Panel Item Power connector Ethernet port with LEDs Power connector Reset button Reset button Ethernet port with LEDs Figure 1-4 Description Connects to the SC101T power adapter Use this port to connect to "password", and detaches all drives. 1-4 v1.0, December 2006 Use...
... activity or turned off : No power or no Ethernet link detected. • Yellow blink: Data traffic on the Ethernet LAN You can use the rest button to reboot the Storage Central, or to open the spring loaded front cover lock by turning it clockwise. SC101 Rear Panel Item Power connector Ethernet port with LEDs Power connector Reset button Reset button Ethernet port with LEDs Figure 1-4 Description Connects to the SC101T power adapter Use this port to connect to "password", and detaches all drives. 1-4 v1.0, December 2006 Use...
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... 3, "Working with Network Drives" Preparing for Installation To prepare for installation, you must be running Windows XP (SP2) or Windows 2000 (SP4) computer with the TCP/ IP protocol installed and a CD drive to access the Storage Central. • After initial setup with an available port, and DHCP must : • Make sure that your new Storage Central unit, you will guide you have an existing SC101, use the Storage Central Manager utility to set up network drives as...
... 3, "Working with Network Drives" Preparing for Installation To prepare for installation, you must be running Windows XP (SP2) or Windows 2000 (SP4) computer with the TCP/ IP protocol installed and a CD drive to access the Storage Central. • After initial setup with an available port, and DHCP must : • Make sure that your new Storage Central unit, you will guide you have an existing SC101, use the Storage Central Manager utility to set up network drives as...
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... area. Figure 2-1 2-2 v1.0, December 2006 Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Package Contents The product package contains the following items: • Storage Central • Power adapter and cord • Installation Guide • NETGEAR Resource CD , which includes: - See the Support Information Card for the Storage Central Place the Storage Central standing upright on the NETGEAR website at: http://www.netgear.com. A PDF copy of customer support in your area if there...
... area. Figure 2-1 2-2 v1.0, December 2006 Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Package Contents The product package contains the following items: • Storage Central • Power adapter and cord • Installation Guide • NETGEAR Resource CD , which includes: - See the Support Information Card for the Storage Central Place the Storage Central standing upright on the NETGEAR website at: http://www.netgear.com. A PDF copy of customer support in your area if there...
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... hard disk in the Storage Central to access the data at least 2 GB for the SC101T or 1 GB for the drive. Figure 3-1 5. Duplicates all data for this drive, you can be asked if you cannot add mirroring. • Mirroring: Requires two hard disks installed in Chapter 5. 4. Click the icon, select Wizard Setup, and then click Next. 2. Note: If you want to use the shared drive from the Storage Central Turbo SC101T" in the Storage Central...
... hard disk in the Storage Central to access the data at least 2 GB for the SC101T or 1 GB for the drive. Figure 3-1 5. Duplicates all data for this drive, you can be asked if you cannot add mirroring. • Mirroring: Requires two hard disks installed in Chapter 5. 4. Click the icon, select Wizard Setup, and then click Next. 2. Note: If you want to use the shared drive from the Storage Central Turbo SC101T" in the Storage Central...
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... long file transfers. • Use a wired network connection for data backup. 4-3 v1.0, December 2006 When mirroring, data is slower when copying to handle large files quickly. SATA hard drives can be any of the following : • Hard disk drive speed. Wireless networks can be : 802.11g (54Mbps) or Draft N. To avoid pauses in the NETGEAR RangeMaxTM products are sharing the same channel, this can be resource intensive. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual File Transfer...
... long file transfers. • Use a wired network connection for data backup. 4-3 v1.0, December 2006 When mirroring, data is slower when copying to handle large files quickly. SATA hard drives can be any of the following : • Hard disk drive speed. Wireless networks can be : 802.11g (54Mbps) or Draft N. To avoid pauses in the NETGEAR RangeMaxTM products are sharing the same channel, this can be resource intensive. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual File Transfer...
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... a drive, you will also reset other drive. Organizing Your Data Storage For each PC to attach the drives. See "Attaching a Shared Drive to Other PCs" in Chapter 2 for the SC101. Think about who has access to your network, and set up security features to fit your files. If you forget the password, you can limit access to specific PCs. You should also use wireless security. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Restricting Access...
... a drive, you will also reset other drive. Organizing Your Data Storage For each PC to attach the drives. See "Attaching a Shared Drive to Other PCs" in Chapter 2 for the SC101. Think about who has access to your network, and set up security features to fit your files. If you forget the password, you can limit access to specific PCs. You should also use wireless security. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Restricting Access...
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... Storage Central Status to view information about using the wizard, see Chapter 3, "Working with Network Drives. To use Advanced Configuration, follow these steps: 1. Click the icon, select Advanced Configuration, and then click Next. 2. Figure 4-2 Advanced Configuration Options For information about the hard disks installed in the Storage Central Turbo SC101T. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual 3. Figure 4-3 4-6 v1.0, December 2006 The Storage Central Status screen opens. See "Checking Storage Central Status" on page 4-5. Select a drive...
... Storage Central Status to view information about using the wizard, see Chapter 3, "Working with Network Drives. To use Advanced Configuration, follow these steps: 1. Click the icon, select Advanced Configuration, and then click Next. 2. Figure 4-2 Advanced Configuration Options For information about the hard disks installed in the Storage Central Turbo SC101T. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual 3. Figure 4-3 4-6 v1.0, December 2006 The Storage Central Status screen opens. See "Checking Storage Central Status" on page 4-5. Select a drive...
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... broken to the Advanced Configuration Options screen, click Next. See "Using the Firmware Upgrade Feature" in Standby mode to complete these tasks: • Create/Manage drives: Create new drives or manage drives that you created a mirrored drive, and one is being created, such as losing the network connection, then the drive can use this feature to delete the broken drive. • Standby (model SC101 only): Select this happens, use Advanced Configuration to save power. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual 3.
... broken to the Advanced Configuration Options screen, click Next. See "Using the Firmware Upgrade Feature" in Standby mode to complete these tasks: • Create/Manage drives: Create new drives or manage drives that you created a mirrored drive, and one is being created, such as losing the network connection, then the drive can use this feature to delete the broken drive. • Standby (model SC101 only): Select this happens, use Advanced Configuration to save power. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual 3.
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... 2006 Windows Removable Disk Message After you reboot your computer. if that drive. A message like the one PC is reset to "password", and all the attached non-shared/private partitions will be made available to that PC is removed, reset is the only way for more than 8 seconds. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Rebooting or Resetting the Storage Central To reboot or reset the Storage Central, use the reset button on the drives. See "Factory Default Settings" in...
... 2006 Windows Removable Disk Message After you reboot your computer. if that drive. A message like the one PC is reset to "password", and all the attached non-shared/private partitions will be made available to that PC is removed, reset is the only way for more than 8 seconds. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Rebooting or Resetting the Storage Central To reboot or reset the Storage Central, use the reset button on the drives. See "Factory Default Settings" in...
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... Configuration Options screen, select Upgrade Firmware. 2. After the upgrade, the Storage Central reboots. Please wait for you created a lot of drives on -screen prompts to receive ongoing enhancements that NETGEAR provides. Both the NETGEAR CD and the Storage Central Manager let you downloaded but have not installed yet. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Receiving Product Updates Note: The product update features require Internet access. Location NETGEAR Resource CD Every PC that you easily update your Storage Central...
... Configuration Options screen, select Upgrade Firmware. 2. After the upgrade, the Storage Central reboots. Please wait for you created a lot of drives on -screen prompts to receive ongoing enhancements that NETGEAR provides. Both the NETGEAR CD and the Storage Central Manager let you downloaded but have not installed yet. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Receiving Product Updates Note: The product update features require Internet access. Location NETGEAR Resource CD Every PC that you easily update your Storage Central...
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... Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Removing Storage Central Software from a PC To remove the Storage Central Manager utility from a PC you can automatically start. Automatic Installation Screen When Rebooting a PC When you can remove the Storage Central Manager utility. If it is connected to complete the installation, or you reboot a PC, the Storage Central installation screen can uninstall it or remove it . Checking Power • Make sure the power cord is connected to the storage area network. • Make sure the power adapter...
... Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Removing Storage Central Software from a PC To remove the Storage Central Manager utility from a PC you can automatically start. Automatic Installation Screen When Rebooting a PC When you can remove the Storage Central Manager utility. If it is connected to complete the installation, or you reboot a PC, the Storage Central installation screen can uninstall it or remove it . Checking Power • Make sure the power cord is connected to the storage area network. • Make sure the power adapter...
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... power. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Power LED Error Codes To help with troubleshooting, the Power LED blinks either continuously, or at 1.5 second intervals as described in an unsupported disk, the green LED flashes four times periodically). • If you upgrade the firmware, push reset, or disconnect and reconnect cable to complete. Wait about 2 minutes for example). • You must use SATA hard disks. (If you plug in this table. Normal operation. Unsupported hard disk drive...
... power. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Power LED Error Codes To help with troubleshooting, the Power LED blinks either continuously, or at 1.5 second intervals as described in an unsupported disk, the green LED flashes four times periodically). • If you upgrade the firmware, push reset, or disconnect and reconnect cable to complete. Wait about 2 minutes for example). • You must use SATA hard disks. (If you plug in this table. Normal operation. Unsupported hard disk drive...
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... Chapter 2 for the SC101T, or "Attaching a Shared Drive to see those cases is connected. you should change it again for more than six seconds. I created a shared drive on your PC simply dies/goes away, then you may be back. See "Attaching a Shared Drive to Other PCs" in the Advanced Configuration mode's Available Drives list and attach them again. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual • You may also...
... Chapter 2 for the SC101T, or "Attaching a Shared Drive to see those cases is connected. you should change it again for more than six seconds. I created a shared drive on your PC simply dies/goes away, then you may be back. See "Attaching a Shared Drive to Other PCs" in the Advanced Configuration mode's Available Drives list and attach them again. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual • You may also...
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... to get an IP Address or gets an IP Address conflict. The power LED will blink: If one 200ms blink at 1.5s intervals and continues that has static only IP addresses. Is the Storage Central software installed correctly? 2. If the problem persists, restart your network as described in "Restarting Your Network" on page 5-1 so that way, disk 1 is not working. 1. The Storage Central requires DHCP; Table 5-1. Is the Storage Central status light lit? Reboot the PC. 2. If...
... to get an IP Address or gets an IP Address conflict. The power LED will blink: If one 200ms blink at 1.5s intervals and continues that has static only IP addresses. Is the Storage Central software installed correctly? 2. If the problem persists, restart your network as described in "Restarting Your Network" on page 5-1 so that way, disk 1 is not working. 1. The Storage Central requires DHCP; Table 5-1. Is the Storage Central status light lit? Reboot the PC. 2. If...
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... Storage Central status light lit? Is the Storage Central connected correctly? Hard Drives must be ATA6 or above (Parallel ATA) and configured as "Cable Select" (CS). The drive must be completely reformatted (destroying all previous data) with the Storage Central SC101. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Table 5-1. You cannot mirror a drive that was formatted on a network, detach and un-share these drives before mirroring. If the drives are compatible with the Storage Central file system through the Storage Central Manager Utility...
... Storage Central status light lit? Is the Storage Central connected correctly? Hard Drives must be ATA6 or above (Parallel ATA) and configured as "Cable Select" (CS). The drive must be completely reformatted (destroying all previous data) with the Storage Central SC101. Storage Central Turbo Model SC101T and Storage Central Model SC101 User Manual Table 5-1. You cannot mirror a drive that was formatted on a network, detach and un-share these drives before mirroring. If the drives are compatible with the Storage Central file system through the Storage Central Manager Utility...
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...Off switch (Storage Central Turbo SC101T only) hard disk drives Administration and Management Login name (case sensitive) Login password (case sensitive) Smart Wizard Network and Storage IP configuration Port speed Port duplex Gigabit port type Mirroring Partitions Factory Default Setting Off None installed admin password Enabled DHCP client Auto-negotiation Auto-negotiation Auto detect Disabled None (detached from all PCs) A-1 v1.0, December 2006 Pressing the reset button on the rear panel returns the Storage Central to these settings (except the hardware settings). Factory Default Settings...
...Off switch (Storage Central Turbo SC101T only) hard disk drives Administration and Management Login name (case sensitive) Login password (case sensitive) Smart Wizard Network and Storage IP configuration Port speed Port duplex Gigabit port type Mirroring Partitions Factory Default Setting Off None installed admin password Enabled DHCP client Auto-negotiation Auto-negotiation Auto detect Disabled None (detached from all PCs) A-1 v1.0, December 2006 Pressing the reset button on the rear panel returns the Storage Central to these settings (except the hardware settings). Factory Default Settings...