USER MANUAL
ShareCenter™ Pulse
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Support Section...........................................................................78
Schedule Downloads Section ......................................................79
Local Backups Page .............................................................80
FTP/HTTP Downloads Page .................................................82
P2P Downloads Section ..............................................................84
Downloads Page...................................................................85
Setting Page .........................................................................86
Ajaxplorer Section .......................................................................87
Launch Page.........................................................................88
Support Section...........................................................................89
Knowledge Base .................................................. 90
Mapping a Drive ..........................................................................90
Replacing or Adding a New Hard Drive........................................91
Secure HTTP Login......................................................................91
What is RAID?..............................................................................92
RAID 1 - Auto Rebuilding ............................................................93
Yahoo! Widget Installation ...........................................................95
Yahoo! Widget Display.................................................................96
USB Copy....................................................................................97
Technical Spesiications......................................... 98
Registration........................................................ 99
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Package Contents
• D-Link ShareCenter Pulse 2-Bay Network Storage
• CD-ROM with Manual and Software
• Quick Installation Guide
• Power Adapter
• CAT5 Ethernet Cable
Note: Using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with the ShareCenter Pulse will cause damage and void the warranty for this product.
If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller.
For best results, the following system requirements are recommended:
• Computer with: 1GHz processor / 512 MB RAM / 200 MB available space / CD-ROM drive
• Internet Explorer version 7.0 or Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and above
• 3.5” SATA Hard Drive(s)
• Windows® XP (with Service Pack 2), Vista™ or Windows 7.
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The D-Link ShareCenter Pulse, 2-Bay Network Storage shares your documents, photos, music, and videos across the Internet so family members, friends, or employees can
access them. This enclosure, which can hold two 3.5” SATA hard drives of any capacity, creates a central point for backing up valuable iles. The built-in RAID 1 mirroring
technology protects these iles from drive failure. Other options such as Standard, JBOD, and RAID 0 are also available.
The ShareCenter Pulse shares iles over the Internet via the built-in FTP server or the built-in AjaXplorer web ile server. Users and groups can be created and assigned to
folders with either read or read/write permissions. Quotas can be set per user or group to restrict space usage. In addition, the ShareCenter Pulse can be used to stream
photos, music, and videos to UPnP AV compatible network media players.
The included CD contains D-Link’s Easy Search Utility. This utility allows you to locate the ShareCenter Pulse on the network and map drives to your computer. Backup
software included on the CD allows you to backup your iles from a computer to the ShareCenter Pulse manually, by a schedule, or in real-time. Real-time backups are a
great way to safeguard against unfortunate accidents that may result in the loss of important iles.
Combining ease of use with practical and high performance features, the ShareCenter Pulse is an organized solution for any network. Free up drive space on computers and
centralize data on your network with the ShareCenter Pulse 2-Bay Network Storage!
Features
The ShareCenter Pulse is designed for easy installation and allows remote access to important data via LAN or WAN:
• Two Hard Drive Bays for 3.5” SATA Hard Drives up to 4TB
• Simpliied Hard Drive Installation Process
• Four Hard Drive Conigurations: Standard, JBOD (Linear), RAID 0, and RAID 1
• High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
• Scheduled Downloads from Web or FTP Sites
• Full or Incremental Backups
• Built-in FTP Server supports FTP over SSL/TLS and FXP
• Real Time Backups With the Included Backup Software
• Users and Groups Can Be Assigned to Folders with Read or Read/Write
Permissions
• iTunes® Software will be able to automatically ind and play music directly
from the ShareCenter Pulse
• D-Link Easy Search Utility
• Conigurable by Web Browser
• Supports HTTPS management function
• Supports Coniguration ile save/load
• Supports DDNS
• Supports multi-language packages
• Supports UPnP
• Supports PnP-X / LLTD
• Quotas For Users and Groups
• Automatic E-Mail Notiications
• Power Management for Conserving Energy and Extending Hard Drive Life
• UPnP AV Server for Streaming Music, Photos, and Video to Compatible Media
Players
• Supports Uni-code for both Samba and FTP Server
• Supports P2P Download
• Supports Yahoo! Widget
• Supports NFS/AFP Server.
• Supports Auto Power Recovery
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Supports System Logging/FTP Logging
• Supports Remote File Access via Built-in AjaXplorer or via FTP Server
• Supports Apple Time Machine
• USB port support External Storage Device, Printer Server, UPS Monitoring
• Supports USB Copy Function
• Supports RAID Migration: Standard to RAID1
• Supports Local Backup
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HDD2 Light
Power Light
Power Button
USB Light
HDD1 Light
USB Copy Button
These lights will be solid BLUE when drives are connected but inactive. The lights will blink when the drives are being
accessed, formatted or synchronized. They will illuminate AMBER if a drive has failed.
USB Light:
USB Port:
This light will illuminate when a USB device is inserted into the USB Port. When there’s trafic this light will blink.
This is the USB Port. Devices like a USB Print Server, UPS or USB drive can be inserted here.
This light will illuminate when this ShareCenter Pulse is powered on.
Power Light:
Power Button:
Press this button once to power on the ShareCenter Pulse. Press and hold the button until it begins to blink to power down the
ShareCenter Pulse.
USB Copy Button:
Front Latch:
Press this button to copy data from USB drive to ShareCenter Pulse. Press and hold 5 seconds to un-mount USB drive.
This latch can open and close by simply pressing it.
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Cable Hook
LAN Port
Security Lock
Power Receptacle
Reset Button
.
Cable Hook:
Power Receptacle:
Reset Button:
This hook can be used to neatly store the cables connected to the ShareCenter Pulse.
The supplied power adapter connects here.
A pinhole button located beside the Ethernet socket is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings.
Note: After resetting the unit you will still be able to access the data on your hard drives.
This is the rear fan used for ventilation.
Rear Fan:
LAN Port:
A Gigabit Ethernet port that connects the ShareCenter Pulse to a network.
Security Lock:
This lock can be used to tie the ShareCenter Pulse to the desk to prevent theft. Cables are sold separately.
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Hardware Setup
This section provides installation information for the ShareCenter Pulse. To install the ShareCenter Pulse on your local network, refer to the steps below:
1. To remove the top cover you have move the cover lock to the right.
2. While holding the cover lock, slide the top cover backwards. After
sliding the top cover backwards, lift the top cover up to remove it.
3. Insert a 3.5” SATA hard drive into an available drive bay.
4. Re-attach the top cover.
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5. Connect an Ethernet cable to the available Ethernet port. This cable should
connect the ShareCenter Pulse to your local network via a router or switch, or
directly to a computer for coniguration.
Make sure to align the drive connector to the SATA connector on the bottom edge inside the drive bay of the ShareCenter Pulse. Gently push the drive in until it connects.
When a drive is inserted properly, you will feel it “seat” into the connector. Some hard drives that are thin or oddly shaped may need to be guided carefully into position. If a
drive is not properly seated, the light will not illuminate after powering on the device.
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Easy Search Utility
When irst powered on, during the initial boot sequence, the ShareCenter Pulse will wait to be assigned an IP address via DHCP. It is recommended that you use the included
D-Link Easy Search Utility when accessing and coniguring the ShareCenter Pulse for the irst time. If you want to change the IP address before logging in, or if you are
unable to connect to the ShareCenter Pulse 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.
ShareCenter Pulse devices on the network.
Refresh:
Refreshes the device list.
Coniguration:
Click Coniguration to access the Web-based
coniguration utility of the ShareCenter Pulse.
LAN:
Conigure the LAN Settings for the ShareCenter
Pulse here.
Apply:
Click Apply to save changes to the LAN Settings.
Drive Mapping:
Volumes available for mapping are displayed
here.
Available Drive Letters:
Exit:
Choose an available drive letter. Click Connect
to map the selected volume. Click Disconnect to
disconnect the selected mapped volume.
Click Exit to close the utility.
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Getting Started
o run the Easy Search Utility, insert the ShareCenter Pulse CD into your CD-ROM drive:
Click Easy Search Utility.
Coniguration to access the web-based utility.
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ype ‘admin’ for the
username and leave the password ield blank.
Click on the ‘Coniguration’ button.
will be prompted to format the HDD in the device. In this
window, information about the HDDs inserted will be
displayed. Click ‘Next’ to continue to the next step.
Please note that the data stored on the drives will be
erased during this process.
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RAID 1.
JBOD - Combines both hard drives in a linear fashion
which will create one large volume geared towards
maximum available space.
RAID 0 - Combines both hard drives in a striped fashion
which will create one large volume geared towards
maximum performance.
RAID 1 - Mirrors the hard drives for redundancy. If
one hard drive fails, the other still contains all of the
data. Replace the failed hard drive and it will re-mirror,
restoring data protection.
Standard - Creates two separate volumes (or one
volume if only one hard drive is present). Each hard drive
is its own volume.
When prompted to conigure the Hard Drive Settings:
Select the type of hard drive coniguration. In this
coniguration we’ll use RAID 1 as the example
coniguration.
Step 6:
Auto-rebuild is a feature that allows the ShareCenter
Pulse to initiate the rebuilding phase automatically. The
rebuilding phase will occur when one or more hard drives
fail and is replaced by a new one.
WARNING - This feature will automatically format the
newly added drive. If this feature is NOT required, click
disable.
Click ‘Next’ to continue.
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that RAID 1 can use on the hard drives installed.
Then the user can conigure the desired capacity to be
used for the RAID 1 coniguration by entering the desired
capacity amount in the block provided.
To utilize the remaining space, (if the two HDDs differ
in capacity), the user can choose to use JBOD for the
remaining space. Tick this option is needed.
Click ‘Next’ to continue.
Step 8:
In this section a summary of the coniguration will be
displayed.
When ready click on the ‘Format’ button to initiate the
RAID coniguration. This process will involve initializing,
formatting and coniguration of the RAID chosen.
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procedure starts stating that hard drives will be formatted
and if the user wishes to continue. Click ‘OK’ to continue.
This RAID coniguration starts with Initializing.
Then continues to format and conigure the RAID
coniguration.
Lastly a coniguration summary will be displayed.
Click in the ‘Finish’ button to complete the setup
procedure. This will redirect the user to the Login screen
again.
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Setup Section
On the Wizard page the user can conigure some basic
settings for this device. The Storage Enclosure, provides
a convenient and safe location on the network for storing
data and media.
LAN Setup:
On the LAN Setup page the user can conigure the Link
Speed and to the IP address as a DHCP client or Static IP.
Time and Date:
On the Time and Date page the user can conigure several
different options concerning the device’s internal clock. It
is important that an accurate time is set so that scheduled
backups and downloads will be accurate.
Device:
Language:
On the Language page the user can upload a language pack ile that allows the user to view the web interface for this device in any of the
languages available.
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The storage device has a setup Wizard that allows you to quickly conigure some of
the basic device settings.
Click on the ‘Run Wizard’ button to start the setup wizard quick coniguration.
In this window the user will be informed about the steps that
will follow in this coniguration.
These steps are:
1) Coniguring the login password for this device.
2) Coniguring the time zone used by this device.
3) Coniguring the LAN Connection settings.
4) Coniguring E-mail settings.
5) Displaying a summary.
Click the ‘Next’ button to continue to the next step.
Click the ‘Exit’ button to return to the main page.
used by this device. Enter and conirm the password in the
given spaces.
Click the ‘Next’ button to continue to the next step.
Click the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click the ‘Exit’ button to return to the main page.
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ime Zone that will
be used for this device from the drop-down menu.
Click the ‘Next’ button to accept the changes and continue to
the next step.
Click the ‘Back’ button to discard the changes and return to
the previous window.
Click the ‘Skip’ button to forward to the next step
Click the ‘Exit’ button to return to the main page.
settings used by this device. Selecting DHCP Client will
cause the ShareCenter Pulse to obtain an IP address from the
local DHCP server, such as your router. Selecting Static IP
requires you to assign the IP information for the ShareCenter
Pulse manually.
Click the ‘Next’ button to accept the changes and continue to
the next step.
Click the ‘Back’ button to discard the changes and return to
the previous window.
Click the ‘Skip’ button to forward to the next step
Click the ‘Exit’ button to return to the main page.
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orkgroup
settings used on this device.
Click the ‘Next’ button to accept the changes and continue to
the next step.
Click the ‘Back’ button to discard the changes and return to
the previous window.
Click the ‘Skip’ button to forward to the next step
Click the ‘Exit’ button to return to the main page.
settings used by this device.
Click the ‘Next’ button to accept the changes and continue to
the next step.
Click the ‘Back’ button to discard the changes and return to
the previous window.
Click the ‘Skip’ button to forward to the next step
Click the ‘Exit’ button to return to the main page.
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wizard is complete and to inish the setup must click on the
‘Completed’ button.
Click the ‘Completed’ button to accept the changes and
continue with the restart.
Click the ‘Back’ button to discard the changes and return to
the previous window.
Click the ‘Exit’ button to return to the main page.
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address as a DHCP client or Static IP.
By selecting ‘DHCP Client’, the ShareCenter Pulse will
act as a DHCP client and obtain its LAN IP settings from
the DHCP (Dynamic Host Coniguration Protocol) server
on the local network. By default, the ShareCenter Pulse is
set to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on your
network.
Static IP:
If necessary, you can assign a static IP address to the
ShareCenter Pulse.
IP Address:
Subnet Mask:
The IP address of each device on the local area network must be within the same IP address range and subnet mask. For a small subnet with
less than 253 IP addresses assigned (e.g. Class C private IP), each device on the LAN (Local Area Network) needs have a unique IP Address in
the format of (example) 192.168.0.x to connect to other devices within the same network.
Specify the subnet mask for the ShareCenter Pulse. The Subnet mask must be the same for all devices on the same subnet of the network. The
default subnet setting is 255.255.255.0. For a small subnet with less than 253 IP addresses assigned (e.g. Class C private IP), keep this default
setting.
Gateway IP Address:
Specify the Gateway IP Address for the ShareCenter Pulse. The Gateway IP Address is almost always the LAN address of your router. Most
D-Link routers have a default LAN IP address of 192.168.0.1.
DNS1:
DNS2:
Specify the irst and second DNS Addresses for the ShareCenter Pulse. A DNS Address will allow the ShareCenter Pulse to resolve names into
IP addresses. Example: Without a DNS address, the ShareCenter Pulse would not be able to contact an FTP site such as ftp.dlink.com (name).
Instead, you would need to use 64.7.210.131 (IP address). It is recommended that you enter DNS addresses when setting a Static IP Address.
Often you can use the LAN IP address of your router as a DNS address. Click ‘Save Settings’ when inished.
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TD (Link Layer
Topology Discovery) and is used by the Network Map
application that is included in Windows Vista™ and
Windows 7™.
Select to enable or disable LLTD on your ShareCenter
Pulse.
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ime coniguration option allows you to conigure, update, and maintain the
correct time on the internal system clock. In this section you can set the time zone that
you are in, and set the NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server in order to periodically
update your system time from the NTP Server. You can also use your computer’s time
as the system time.
Enter the complete time and date settings manually. Click
‘Save Settings’ to apply these settings. To synchronize the
device clock with your computer, click the ‘Set time from
my computer’ button.
Select your time zone from the drop-down menu.
Click ‘Save Settings’ after selecting your time zone.
ime Protocol (NTP) synchronizes the device
with an Internet time server.
D-Link provides two time server for your convenience.
Choose the one closest to your location.
Click ‘Save Settings’ to accept these changes.
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the device. You can access this device by typing the host name in the URL section of
Enter your Workgroup name here. The workgroup name
should be the same as the computers on the network.
Devices using the same workgroup will have additional
ile sharing methods available.
Name:
Enter your device Name here. This name is what the
ShareCenter Pulse will appear as on the network. By
default, the device name is dlink-xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is
the last six digits of the MAC address.
Description:
Assign a device description to the device.
Click ‘Save Settings’ to accept these changes.
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language needs.
Click on “Browse” to search for the speciic language
pack you want to install. After selecting the language
pack, then click “Apply” to install the language pack.
In the summary section the loaded language packs will be
displayed and can be enabled at will by simply clicking
the (>) play button. More than one language pack can be
installed, but only one language pack can be used at a
time.
Keep a keen lookout on D-Link’s local website for new Language Packs.
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The section allows you to create and manage user
accounts and groups. Here you can set user and group
privileges for speciic shared folders. Up to 64 users and
10 groups can be created.
Network Shares:
Quotas:
The Network Shares page allows the user to conigure
shared folders and rights to speciic users and groups.
This section allows you to assign a quota to a group or
user to limit the amount of storage they are allocated. By
default, users and groups do not have a quota.
FTP Server:
This section allows you to conigure the settings of the
built-in FTP server.
UPnP AV Server:
This section allows you to conigure the UPnP AV server.
You can enable or disable the UPnP AV service, and
specify the folder or directory that will be shared.
iTunes Server:
This section allows you to conigure the iTunes server.
You can enable or disable the iTunes service, set the
password for the service, and specify the folder or
directory that will be shared.
Time Machine:
ime Machine. In
order to use this function, the AFP service is required. The AFP service will start automatically as soon as this function is enabled.
Here the user can enable the AFP Service option. If the Time Machine option is used, this option should be enabled automatically.
Here the user can enable the NFS Service option.
AFP Service:
NFS Service:
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to 64 users and 10 groups can be created. By default, all users have read and write
access to all folders but access rules can be created in the Network Shares menu.
Users and Groups can be created here. Users’ accounts
Group Settings:
can be added to rules in the Network Shares and FTP
Server sections. Each user created will also have access
to the Scheduled Download section. Once a group has
been created, it will be available in the Group selection on
the Users page. The created groups will appear in a list
near the bottom of this page. Users within these groups
will also be displayed.
To add a user or a group click on the ‘Add’ button. To modify an existing user
or group click on the ‘Modify’ button. To remove a user or a group click on the
‘Delete’ button.
To select a user or a group, simply click on the user or group and the entry should
change to a red color that indicates it’s selected for use.
At the button the user can navigate through pages and also refresh the window by
click on the ‘Refresh’ button.
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The following section will describe how to add a new user on this device. To add a user click on the ‘Add’ button. A easy to conigure wizard will be launched and look like
the following:
This window welcomes the user to the setup wizard for
adding or modifying a user. This wizard will guide the user
through the steps of setup.
In this wizard the user will be able to:
1) Create a new user account.
2) Join the user to a group.
3) Conigure the appropriate network shares settings.
4) Conigure the user quota.
5) View a summary of the coniguration before completing
the addition.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
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new user account. The password needs to be conirmed be
re-entering the password in the Conirm Password ield.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
belong to a group or not. Select the appropriate Group Name
by ticking the check box.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
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settings for the user by simply ticking one of the following
options. Read Only, Read Write or Deny Access.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
assigned to this user. Option to select are CIFS or FTP.
CIFS is short for Common Internet File System and FTP is
short for File Transfer Protocol.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
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user account. Enter the quota amount in the block indicated
in Megabytes. By entering 0Mb the quota will be set to
unlimited.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Completed’ button to accept the change and
complete the wizard.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
After the new account has been created, a window will appear
that states the account was created successfully. Click on the
‘OK’ button to continue.
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The following section will describe how to add a new group on this device. To add a group click on the ‘Add’ button. A easy to conigure wizard will be launched and look like
the following:
This window welcomes the user to the setup wizard for
adding or modifying a group. This wizard will guide the user
through the steps of setup.
In this wizard the user will be able to:
1) Create a new group.
2) Join the user to a group.
3) Conigure the appropriate network shares settings.
4) Conigure the quota settings.
5) View a summary of the coniguration before completing
the addition.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
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being created.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
belong to this group or not. Select the appropriate user by
ticking the check box next to it.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
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settings for this group by simply ticking one of the following
options. Read Only, Read Write or Deny Access.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
assigned to this group. Option to select are CIFS or FTP.
CIFS is short for Common Internet File System and FTP is
short for File Transfer Protocol.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
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group. Enter the quota amount in the block indicated
in Megabytes. By entering 0Mb the quota will be set to
unlimited.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue
to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window.
Click on the ‘Completed’ button to accept the change and
completed the wizard.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the User/Group window.
After the new group has been created, a window will appear
that states the group was created successfully. Click on the
‘OK’ button to continue.
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speciic users and groups. To be able to create new network access rules, the default
rule must irst be removed by simply selecting it and clicking on the ‘Delete’ button.
The Network Shares Settings window allows the user to
add, modify and remove new and existing network share
rules.
To add a rule click on the ‘Add’ button. To modify an
existing rule click on the ‘Modify’ button. To remove a
rule click on the ‘Delete’ button.
To select a rule, simply click on the rule and the entry
should change to a red color that indicates it’s selected
for use.
At the button the user can navigate through pages and
also refresh the window by click on the ‘Refresh’ button.
Lastly, if at any point the user want to reset the network
access list to the default coniguration, click on the ‘Reset
Network Access List’ button.
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The following section will describe how to add a new network share on this device. To add a network share click on the ‘Add’ button. A easy to conigure wizard will be
launched and look like the following:
This window welcomes the user to the setup wizard for
adding or modifying a network share. This wizard will
guide the user through the steps of setup.
In this wizard the user will be able to:
1) Select share folders.
2) Conigure shared folder access rights.
3) Conigure network access settings.
4) View a summary of the coniguration before
completing.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made
and return to the Network Shares Page.
in this network share by ticking the respective folder.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous
window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and
continue to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the Network Shares Page.
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are allowed to access this folder(s). Select ‘All account’
to allow access to this folder to all the accounts. Select
‘Speciic User/group’ to only allow certain users or
groups access to this folder.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous
window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and
continue to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the Network Shares Page.
the share. You can choose to give ‘Read Only’ or ‘Read
Write’ access to the folder, or you can ‘ Deny Access’ to
the users you selected in Step 2.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous
window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and
continue to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the Network Shares Page.
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Opportunistic locks (oplocks) are a characteristic of the
LAN Manager networking protocol implemented in the
32bit Windows family. Oplocks are guarantees made by
a server for a shared logical volume to its clients. These
guarantees inform the Client that a ile’s content will
not be allowed to be changed by the server, or if some
change is imminent, the client will be notiied before the
change is allowed to proceed. Oplocks are designed to
increase network performance when it comes to network
ile sharing. However it is recommended to set the share
oplocks to No (off) when using ile-based database
applications. When enabled, the ile attribute ”Map
Archive” will be copied as the ile is being stored on the
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous window. Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and continue to the next
window. Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and return to the Network Shares Page.
Here the user can assign more privileges to that user can
use in this share. Options to choose from are CIFS, AFP,
FTP and NFS. CIFS is short for Common Internet File
System. AFP is short for Apple Filing Protocol. FTP is
short for File Transfer Protocol. NFS is short for Network
File System.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous
window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and
continue to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the Network Shares Page.
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share. FTP access can be:
1) FTP Anonymous None (No Access).
2) FTP Anonymous Read Only (Limited Access).
3) FTP Anonymous Read/Write (Full Access).
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous
window.
Click on the ‘Next’ button to accept the change and
continue to the next window.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the Network Shares Page.
y of the share created.
Click on the ‘Back’ button to return to the previous
window.
Click on the ‘Completed’ button to accept the change and
complete the wizard.
Click on the ‘Exit’ button to discard the changes made and
return to the Network Shares Page.
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users. Assigning a quota to a group or user will limit the amount of storage they are
allocated. By default, users and groups do not have a quota.
Here the user can enable the quota settings option. Once
the quota settings have been enabled the Status will
change to started.
In this window all the users with their respective quotas
will be displayed. Here the user can quickly and easily
change the quota for each individual user by simply
clicking on the parameter listed in the Limit column,
shown here as ‘Unlimited’.
, the user will
be able to conigure the quota for the respective user.
To accept the new quota settings simply click anywhere in
this windows outside the parameter ield. This new quota
will be displayed, like in this example 1000Mb.
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Settings:
will be displayed. Here the user can quickly and easily
change the quota for each individual group by simply
clicking on the parameter listed in the Limit column,
shown here as ‘Unlimited’.
, the user will
be able to conigure the quota for the respective group.
To accept the new quota settings simply click anywhere in
this windows outside the parameter ield. This new quota
will be displayed, like in this example 1000Mb.
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ver. The server is easy to
conigure and allows users access to important data whether they are on the local
network or at a remote location. The FTP server can be conigured to allow user access
to speciic directories, and will allow up to 10 users to access the ShareCenter Pulse
simultaneously.
Set the maximum amount of users that can connect to the
FTP server.
Idle Time:
Set the amount of time a user can remain idle before
being disconnected.
Port:
Set the FTP port. Default is 21.
Passive Mode:
In situations where the device is behind a irewall and
unable to accept incoming TCP connections, passive
mode must be used.
Client Language:
Most standard FTP clients like Windows FTP, only
support Western European code page when transferring
iles. Support has been added for non standard FTP
clients that are capable of supporting these character sets.
Flow Control:
SSL/TLS:
Allow you to limit the amount of bandwidth available for
each user.
Here the user can enable the SSL/TLS connection only.
Please Note:
In order to use FXP (File Exchange Protocol) for server-to-server data transfer, please make sure to change the port from 21 to some other port as listed in the
Port section of the web UI. Also, please make sure to open the corresponding port on your router and forward that port from your router to the ShareCenter
Pulse.
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ver.
If you are behind a router, you will need to forward the
FTP port from the router to the ShareCenter Pulse.
Additional iltering and irewall settings may need to
be modiied on your router to allow FTP Access to the
ShareCenter Pulse from the Internet. Once the port has
been forwarded on the router, users from the internet will
access the FTP server through the WAN IP address of the
router.
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If you are behind a router, you will need to forward the FTP port from the router to the ShareCenter Pulse. Additional iltering and irewall settings may need to be modiied
on your router to allow FTP Access to the ShareCenter Pulse from the Internet. Once the port has been forwarded on the router, users from the internet will access the FTP
server through the WAN IP address of the router.
If you are using a D-Link router, such as the WBR-2310 used in the example below, your port forwarding rule should be similar to the following:
Type a name for the ShareCenter Pulse FTP server rule.
IP Address:
Public Port:
Private Port:
Trafic Type:
Enter the IP address of the ShareCenter Pulse.
Enter the public FTP port. By default, the port is 21.
Enter the private FTP port. By default, the port is 21.
Set the trafic type to TCP.
ver using an FTP client will have to specify the non-standard port, and users who are using a browser
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Below we’ll examine FTP over over TLS. For this example we’ll use FireFTP. FireFTP is an open-source, cross platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox users who want to use
FTP or FTPS.
ools menu click FireFTP to open the
application in Mozilla Firefox.
Step 2:
Go to the Quick Connect drop down menu and choose
Create an Account.
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Enter a name for this FTP connection here.
Host:
Enter the IP of the ShareCenter Pulse in here.
Login:
Enter the user’s username in here.
Password:
Enter the user’s password in here.
Step 4:
Go to the Connection Tab and set the Security function
to ‘Auth TLS (Best)’.
Then press OK to inish the setup.
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conirmations.
The irst warning should look like this.
Click on the “Or you can add an exception...” button
to accept the security change.
Step 6:
Step 7:
The second warning should look like this.
Click on the “Add exception...” button to accept the
security change.
The next step is to get the certiicate for the connection.
Click on the “Get Certiicate” button to acquire the
certiicate.
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“Conirm Security Exception” button to inish the
security conirmations.
Step 9:
Select the newly added FTP connection and click on the
Connect option if it has not already connected by itself.
If you can see your iles on the right block from the
ShareCenter Pulse, the connection has been established
successfully.
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V Server. This server provides the ability to
stream photos, music and videos to UPnP AV compatible network media players. If the
server is enabled, the ShareCenter Pulse will be automatically detected by UPnP AV
compatible media players on your local network.
Click the ‘Refresh All’ button to update all the shared iles and folder lists.
Select Enable or Disable to enable or disable the
ShareCenter Pulse UPnP AV server.
After enabling the UPnP AV Server option, the following
window will appear.
In the window the user will be able to add, delete and
view existing UPnP AV Server shared folders.
Add, Delete:
Refresh:
To add a new folder to the shared list, click on the ‘Add’
button. To delete an existing folder, click on the ‘Delete’
button. To refresh the list, click on the ‘Refresh’ button.
The ‘Refresh’ button allows the user to update the iles
and folders of a selected share.
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certain folder that will be included in the UPnP AV Server
folder list.
Select the appropriate folder and click on the ‘Save
Settings’ button to add the folders.
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unes Server. This server provides the ability
to share music and videos to computers on the local network running iTunes. If
the server is enabled, the ShareCenter Pulse will be automatically detected by the
iTunes program and the music and videos contained in the speciied directory will be
available to stream over the network. Click the ‘Refresh’ button to manually update the
shared iles and folders.
Select to enable or disable the iTunes Server.
Folder:
Speciies the folder or directory that will be shared by the
iTunes server. Select root to share all iles on all volumes,
or click Browse to select a speciic folder.
Password:
Sets password for the iTunes server. (Optional)
MP3 Tag Codepage:
Here the user can select the MP3 Tag Codepage used
by this device. Currently the Codepage is set to Western
European.
Auto Refresh:
Here the user can select the Automatically Refresh time.
After enabling the iTunes server on the ShareCenter Pulse, launch iTunes. In your iTunes utility, select the ShareCenter Pulse and enter the iTunes server password if required.
Select the ShareCenter Pulse. When prompted, enter in the iTunes server password.
Click OK.
Media stored on the ShareCenter Pulse will then be available for use in iTunes.
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a backup destination in the Mac OS X Time Machine. In order to use this function,
the AFP service is required. The AFP service will start automatically as soon as this
function is enabled.
Here the user can enable the Time Machine option.
Settings:
After enabling the Time Machine option the following
window will appear. In this window the user can add,
delete and view Time Machine entries.
To add an entry, click on the ‘Add’ button.
To delete an entry, click on the ‘Delete’ button.
To remove all the Time Machine entries, click on the
‘Remove All Network Shares’ button.
To add NAS folders as a destination for the OS X Time
Machine backup, carry out the following:
1. Check the Enable Time Machine box.
2. Click the ‘New’ button.
3. Check the boxes next to the NAS folders that you
want to use as OS X Time Machine destinations.
4. Click the Next button.
5. If you want to edit the name that will be used to
identify the NAS folders in the OS X Time Machine,
click the Share Name that you want to modify and
make the required name change.
6. When you have inished coniguring the Time
Machine settings, click the Completed button.
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‘Next’ button to continue.
In this window the user can view the path selected and click on the
‘Completed’ button to compete the wizard. Alternatively the user can
click on the ‘Back’ button to re-conigure the path.
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vice option. If the Time
Machine option is used, this option should be enabled automatically.
Here the user can enable the AFP Service option.
Enabling this service will disable the oplocks option.
Click on the ‘Apply’ button to accept the change.
vice option.
Here the user can enable the NFS Service option.
Click on the ‘Apply’ button to accept the change.
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This section allows you to set a password for your admin
account. By default there is no password conigured. It is
highly recommended that you set an admin password in
order to keep your system secure.
System:
The System Settings section allows you to restart the
system, shutdown the system, or restore the device to
the factory default setting. Restoring the unit to factory
settings will erase all settings, including any rules that
you have created.
Firmware Upgrade:
A new irmware update may be available for your
ShareCenter Pulse. It is recommended that you keep
your ShareCenter Pulse irmware up-to-date in order to
maintain and improve the functionality and performance
of your system.
E-mail Alerts:
prove helpful in managing and safeguarding important data.
Power Management:
RAID:
This section allows you to enable or disable the Hibernation function.
This section allows you to setup a RAID coniguration on the selected hard drives. Please note that the data stored on the drives will be erased
during the formatting process.
Dynamic DNS:
The Dynamic DNS feature allows you to host a server using a domain name that you have purchased with your dynamically assigned IP
address.
Disk Diagnostic:
This section allows you to perform a health test on your hard drives. In addition, you can set a schedule for your tests and receive email
notiications.
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recommended to set an admin account password when irst coniguring the
ShareCenter Pulse.
The administrator user name is admin, and this cannot be
changed.
Password:
Enter the current password. (Leave this blank if
you have not set a password yet.)
Enter a new password.
New Password:
Conirm Password:
Enter the new password again for conirmation.
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loading coniguration settings, and idle times setting.
Click on the ‘Restart’ button to reboot the device.
Click on the ‘Restore’ button to reset the device to its
factory default settings. This will erase all previous
coniguration changes.
will help to prevent data loss.
Settings:
coniguration settings to a ile on the local computer. If at
a later time you need to reload this coniguration after a
system reset, browse the ile and click Load.
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be allowed to remain idle while accessing the device
coniguration utility that users will be allowed to remain
idle while accessing the download schedule settings.
Threshold:
threshold value. This value can be set in Fahrenheit or
Celsius.
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upload them to the device. This section provides a link to check for new irmware on
the D-Link support website. If a new irmware is available, download the ile to your
local computer.
The current irmware version is displayed here.
Firmware Date:
Firmware Upgrade:
The current irmware version date is displayed here.
When upgrading the irmware, click Browse to select the
new irmware ile on your local computer. Click Apply to
begin the irmware upgrade process.
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alerting you to certain operational conditions and drive status conditions. These alerts
can prove helpful with the management and safeguarding of important data.
Select either Account or Anonymous. Choosing
Anonymous does not require a User Name or Password.
Username:
Password:
Port:
Enter the appropriate user name for your e-mail account.
Enter the appropriate password for your e-mail account.
Enter the SMTP port number used here.
SMTP Server:
Enter the IP address or domain name of your outgoing
mail server. If you are unsure of this value, contact your
e-mail provider.
Sender E-Mail:
Enter the “from” e-mail address (e.g. alerts@share.
com). This ield does not require a valid e-mail address.
However, if your e-mail client is iltering spam, make sure
you allow this address to be received.
Receiver E-Mail:
SMTP Authentication:
Test E-Mail:
Enter the e-mail address you want to send the alerts to.
This address must correspond with the SMTP server conigured above.
Tick this option to use SMTP authentication.
Click the Test E-Mail button to send a test alert and conirm your settings are correct.
Login Method:
Choosing Anonymous does not require a User Name or
Password.
Enter the SMTP port number used here.
Port:
Enter the IP address or domain name of your outgoing
mail server. If you are unsure of this value, contact your
e-mail provider.
SMTP Server:
Sender E-mail:
Enter the “from” e-mail address (e.g. alerts@share.
com). This ield does not require a valid e-mail address.
However, if your e-mail client is iltering spam, make sure
you allow this address to be received.
Receiver E-Mail:
Enter the e-mail address you want to send the alerts to. This address must correspond with the SMTP server conigured above.
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address. The space status can be sent in intervals, while
the other items will only be sent when necessary.
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to shut down while power remains constant to the device. The drives will power up
again when data is accessed.
Enable or Disable HDD Hibernation settings.
Set the amount of idle time before the drives will go into
hibernation.
Turn Off Hard Drives:
Enable or disable Power Recovery. The Power Recovery
feature will automatically restart your device from a
previously unexpected shutdown due to a power failure.
If using “Auto” mode, the speed of the fan will change
(Off/Low/High) depending on the internal temperature of
the enclosure.
Scheduling:
Enable of disable the power off schedule and conigure
the routine (Daily, Weekly or Monthly) and set the time.
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where each drive is a unique volume, JBOD, which combines both drives in a linear
fashion to create one volume, as well as RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Here the user can view the current RAID coniguration
and also (re-)conigure the RAID setup.
Click on the ‘Set RAID Type and Re-Format’ button to
change the current drive coniguration. All data will
be lost on your hard drives when changing the drive
coniguration.
To conigure the remaining space into a new volume,
click on the ‘Create A New Volume From The Remaining
Available Storage Space’ button.
inserted hard drive. Notice that the data stored in formatted drives will be erased
during the process.
In the section the user can view the physical hard disk
information. Information displayed are:
1) Which slot is used.
2) The Hard Drive Vendor abbreviation.
3) The Hard Drive Model Code.
4) The Hard Drive Serial Number.
5) The Hard Drive Size.
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There are 4 types of RAID coniguration to choose from,
Standard, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1. This section covers
the Standard coniguration.
Select A RAID Type:
Summary:
Standard coniguration creates two separate volumes (or
one volume if only one hard drive is present). Each hard
drive is its own volume. Select the appropriate RAID type
and click on the ‘Next’ button.
The next window will display the volumes connected and
prompts that the RAID coniguration will commence.
When ready click on the ‘Format’ button to initiate the
RAID coniguration. This process will involve initializing,
formatting and coniguration of the RAID chosen.
A warning message will be displayed before the
procedure starts stating that hard drives will be formatted
and if the user wishes to continue. Click ‘OK’ to continue.
After the coniguration has completed the user will be
prompted to click on the ‘Finish’ button.
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Standard, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1. This section covers
the JBOD coniguration.
Select A RAID Type:
Summary:
JBOD combines both hard drives in a linear fashion
which will create one large volume geared towards
maximum available space. Click ‘Next’.
The next window will display the volumes connected and
prompts that the RAID coniguration will commence.
When ready click on the ‘Format’ button to initiate the
RAID coniguration. This process will involve initializing,
formatting and coniguration of the RAID chosen.
A warning message will be displayed before the
procedure starts stating that hard drives will be formatted
and if the user wishes to continue. Click ‘OK’ to continue.
After the coniguration has completed the user will be
prompted to click on the ‘Finish’ button.
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Standard, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1. This section covers
the RAID 0 coniguration.
Select A RAID Type:
RAID Size Settings:
RAID 0 combines both hard drives in a striped fashion
which will create one large volume geared towards
maximum performance. Click ‘Next’.
In this section the user can view the available capacity
that RAID 0 can use on the hard drives installed.
Then the user can conigure the desired capacity to be
used for the RAID 0 coniguration by entering the desired
capacity amount in the block provided.
To utilize the remaining space, (if the two HDDs differ
in capacity), the user can choose to use JBOD for the
remaining space. Tick this option is needed. Click ‘Next’.
Summary:
The next window will display the volumes connected and
prompts that the RAID coniguration will commence.
When ready click on the ‘Format’ button to initiate the
RAID coniguration. This process will involve initializing,
formatting and coniguration of the RAID chosen.
A warning message will be displayed before the
procedure starts stating that hard drives will be formatted
and if the user wishes to continue. Click ‘OK’ to continue.
After the coniguration has completed the user will be
prompted to click on the ‘Finish’ button.
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Standard, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1. This section covers
the RAID 1 coniguration.
Select A RAID Type:
RAID 1 mirrors the hard drives for redundancy. If one
hard drive fails, the other still has all of the data. Replace
the failed hard drive and it will re-mirror, restoring
maximum data protection. Click ‘Next’.
Auto-Rebuild
Settings:
Auto-Rebuild is a feature that will allows the ShareCenter
Pulse to initiate the Rebuilding phase automatically. The
Rebuilding phase will occur when one or more hard
drives fail and is replaced by a new one. Click ‘Next’.
WARNING - This feature will automatically format the
newly added drive. If this feature is NOT required, click
disable.
RAID Size Settings:
In this section the user can view the available capacity
that RAID 1 can use on the hard drives installed.
Then the user can conigure the desired capacity to be
used for the RAID 1 coniguration by entering the desired
capacity amount in the block provided.
To utilize the remaining space, (if the two HDDs differ
in capacity), the user can choose to use JBOD for the
remaining space. Tick this option is needed. Click ‘Next’.
In this section a summary of the coniguration will be
displayed. When ready click on the ‘Format’ button to
initiate the RAID coniguration. This process will involve
initializing, formatting and coniguration of the RAID
chosen.
A warning message will be displayed before the procedure starts
stating that hard drives will be formatted and if the user wishes to
continue. Click ‘OK’ to continue.
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prompted to click on the ‘Finish’ button.
Auto-Rebuild allows a degraded RAID 1 array to be
automatically rebuilt when the failed hard drive is
replaced by automatically restoring data from the existing
hard drive to the newly inserted hard drive.
Coniguration:
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ver (Web, FTP, Game Server, etc…)
your dynamically assigned IP address. Most broadband Internet Service Providers
assign dynamic (changing) IP addresses. Using a DDNS service provider, your friends
can enter your domain name to connect to your server regardless your IP address.
Select Enable or Disable.
Server Address:
Enter the DDNS server address or select from the drop-
down menu.
Host Name:
Username or Key:
Password or Key:
Verify Password:
Status:
Enter your DDNS host name.
Enter your DDNS username or key.
Enter your DDNS password or key.
Re-enter your password or key.
Displays your DDNS status.
When the user clicks on the ‘Sign up for D-Link’s Free
be re-directed to the D-Link DDNS page.
Here the user can create or modify a D-Link DDNS
account to use in this coniguration.
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echnology”. This is
a system on a hard drive used to monitor and report on the health of the drive. If the
HDD is grayed out, then it does not support S.M.A.R.T.
Scan Disk will scan your system’s ile system for errors
and/or corruption. After completion, any errors on your
ile system will be displayed accordingly.
To run the S.M.A.R.T test, select the hard drive you wish
to perform the S.M.A.R.T test on. Then select whether
to run a Quick or Extended S.M.A.R.T test. Then press
“Start” to run the test.
Quick Test:
Runs a quick S.M.A.R.T test. The test usually takes
less than 10 minutes. This test will check the electrical,
mechanical, and read performance
of the hard drive. The results are displayed as Passed/
Failed on the web UI and can also be sent as an e-mail
alert.
Extended Test:
Runs an extended S.M.A.R.T test. This test requires a lot
more time to complete. However, it is a more thorough
and complete test when compared to the Quick Test.
Send result by E-mail:
Create Schedule:
Click on this button in order to create a scheduled S.M.A.R.T test. You will be able to schedule a test on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
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S.M.A.R.T Result:
displayed.
By clicking the ‘Create Schedule” button the user can
create a S.M.A.R.T test schedule where this test will run
automatically at the conigured time.
Select the frequency (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) and the
Time here. Click on the ‘Create’ button to add a schedule.
displayed.
To remove a schedule, simply click on the trash can icon.
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View a summary of the device information here.
Hard Drive Info:
Logs:
View a summary of the hard drive information here.
Use this option to view the NAS system logs and the FTP
logs.
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y of the device information here.
Displays the local network settings of the ShareCenter
Pulse.
Displays the workgroup, name, description and current
temperature of the ShareCenter Pulse.
mode, total size, used and remaining drive space.
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This section will display a summary of the hard drive(s) currently installed in the
ShareCenter Pulse. The summary will include information such as the hard drive
manufacturer, model, serial number, temperature, total capacity size, and status. The
“Status” of the hard drive will display the health of the hard drive. If your hard drive is
healthy, the status will display “Normal”. If your hard drive is not healthy, the status
will display “Abnormal”. At any time, if you wish to view the S.M.A.R.T table of the
hard drive, you can press the “Normal/Abnormal” button.
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View the System log.
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In the Support Section, the user can ind more
information about every feature listed on this device.
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Schedule local ile and folder backups from the local
network share. Always test the URL before applying
changes. This will help to ensure a successful download.
FTP/HTTP Downloads:
Schedule ile and folder backups from an FTP server, web
server, or local network share. Always test the URL before
applying changes. This will help to ensure a successful
download.
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from the local computer. Always test the URL before applying changes. This will help
to ensure a successful download.
Use the radio buttons to select the backup method. If your
NAS device has two volumes you can click the Internal
Backup radio button to backup the data from the irst
volume to the second volume and vice-versa. The Internal
Backup feature also allows you to backup an existing
folder on a volume to another folder on the same volume
but nested folders in the same volume are not allowed.
Login Method:
If you want to backup the data from your PC or another
NAS device to your NAS device, click the LAN Backup
radio button.
Enter the login information for the site that contains the
iles that you want to schedule downloads from. If no
password is required choose ‘Anonymous’. If a password
is required choose ‘Account’ and provide the user name
and password. This option is only available for LAN
Backups.
User Name:
Password:
Enter the user name used here.
Enter the password used here.
Type:
Select File or Folder, depending on what you want to download or backup.
Enter a valid destination drive on the ShareCenter Pulse, or click Browse to select the destination.
Enter the renamed ile name here.
URL:
Save To:
Rename:
When:
Enter the date and time you want the scheduled backup or download to initiate.
Designate the interval and time you want the backup or download to run unattended.
Recurring Backup:
Incremental Backup:
By default all local backups and ile/folder downloads are in Overwrite mode, meaning that identical iles in the destination folder will be
overwritten by the source iles. Checking Incremental Backup will have the ShareCenter Pulse compare identical ile names at the source and
destination. Files will only be overwritten if the source ile is more recent.
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pending scheduled downloads and backups.
In this window the user can also modify an entry by
clicking on the ‘Edit’ button, and remove an entry by
clicking on the ‘Delete’ button.
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ver, web server, or local network
share. Always test the URL before applying changes. This will help to ensure a
successful download.
Use the radio buttons to select the type of server that
the source iles/folders for the Schedule Downloads are
located on. Click the HTTP radio button to specify that
the source iles are located on a web server. Click the FTP
radio button to specify that the source iles/folders are
located on an FTP server.
Login Method:
Enter the login information for the site that contains the
iles that you want to schedule for downloading. If no
password is required, choose ‘Anonymous’. If a password
is required, choose ‘Account’ and provide the user name
and password.
User Name:
Password:
Type:
Enter the user name here.
Enter the password here.
Select either ‘File’ or ‘Folder’ from the drop-down list
depending on whether you wish to download a ile or a
folder. Choose ‘File’ if you wish to download a speciic
ile. Choose ‘Folder’ if you wish to download all the iles
in a speciic folder.
URL:
Enter the FTP/ HTTP site address for the scheduled
download. Click on ‘Test’ to verify access to the site
address and ile/folder. If you have chosen ‘File’ from the
above drop down list, you must specify the exact ile in
the URL path, including the ile extension. (e.g. http://
example.com/test/testile.txt).
Save To:
Enter the speciic destination on the internal drives for the
downloaded iles or folders to be saved to. Click ‘Browse’
to browse the internal drives.
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ver, enter the name you would like the ile to be
renamed to in this ield.
Language:
When:
Use the drop-down menu to select the language used in the ile or folder that you are trying to download.
Select the date and time for the download to occur.
Recurring Backup:
Incremental Backup:
If you wish to schedule a recurring backup, select the desired interval (daily, weekly, or monthly) and the time you want the backup to start.
This type of backup, if used, will compare iles of identical names on both the source and destination folders. If the source ile was modiied
later than the destination ile, the source ile will overwrite the existing (old) destination ile. If the source ile is the same as the destination ile,
no action will be taken.
List:
here. The current status for each event is displayed
here. In addition, there is an option to delete a download
event at any time. Current download statistics, such as
% completed and download speed, are displayed for
each event. A refresh button is also provided to produce
updated listings at any time.
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On this page the user can add, view and remove current
downloads.
Setting:
On this page the user can conigure the P2P download
manager settings.
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-to-Peer download manager settings.
URL:
In the ield provided you can copy and paste a link
to a torrent ile hosted on the internet. The BitTorrent
download manager will add the torrent ile to the
download manager and being downloading your iles.
Add torrent from File:
P2P Tasks:
Here you can browse for a torrent ile you have
downloaded onto your PC.
This allows you to load the torrent ile from your local PC.
In this windows all the running tasks will be displayed.
Remove Completed:
The user can click on the ‘Remove Completed’ button
to remove inished downloads. Sometimes identifying
inished jobs, when multiple downloads exist, can be
dificult. This option make is easy for the user to remove
inished downloads from the list with a single click.
Details:
The ‘Details’ button allows the user to view the iles that
are being downloaded for each torrent.
Top, Up, Down,
Bottom:
The ‘Top’, ‘Up’, ‘Down’ and ‘Bottom’ buttons allows the
user to move the selected P2P download in the task list.
The downloads at the top of the list carries more priority
than the one list below them.
Delete:
The ‘Delete’ button allows the user to remove a selected
download. This will remove not only the torrent ile, but
also the partially downloaded iles too.
Start/Stop:
Torrent Scheduling:
Navigation:
The start and stop button allows the user to start and stop selected P2P downloads in the task list.
The ‘Torrent Scheduling’ button allows the user to conigure a scheduling rule for the select P2P downloading task.
At the bottom of the P2P Task window there are a couple of navigation controls. When multiple tasks exist, the user can select how many tasks
will be displayed by using the drop-down menu. The user can also navigate to next pages when more than one page exist.
Refresh:
The refresh button allows the user to refresh the P2P task list to display the most updated statistics.
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Here the user can enable or disable the peer to peer
function.
Start/Stop:
In the block provided the user can conigure the running
schedule for P2P downloads. Simply select the ‘Start’ and
‘Stop’ block for the appropriate Date and Time.
Auto Download:
Port Settings:
Here the user can enable or disable the automatic
download option.
Here the user can choose to allow the device to
automatically choose an incoming connections port
or you can conigure the incoming connections port
manually.
Seeding:
Torrent Save Path:
Encryption:
Here the user can conigure some seeding options.
Here the torrent path will be displayed.
Here the user can choose to enable or disable the
encryption used.
Bandwidth Control:
Here the user can choose to allow the device to
automatically choose the bandwidth control speed, or
you can manually conigure the maximum download rate
and maximum upload rate. Enter the value ‘-1’ to set the
respective ield to ‘unlimited’.
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This section allows you to conigure the AjaXplorer
function. AjaXplorer is a ile explorer that allows you to
remotely manage the iles stored under the AjaXplorer
folder by using a web browser.
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.
To launch the AjaXplorer’s Interface for coniguration,
click on the ‘Launch Interface’ button.
Below is what the Interface looks like. You will now be able to upload, download,
rename, copy, move, delete, or create iles and folders on your NAS.
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In the Support Section, the user can ind more
information about every feature listed on this device.
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Mapping a Drive
You can use the D-Link Easy Search Utility to map drives to your computer. Insert the DNS-320 CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Highlight an available ShareCenter Pulse. Available volumes will be displayed
under Drive Mapping. Highlight the volume you want to map. Select an available
drive letter from the drop-down menu and click Connect. Once connected, your
mapped drive(s) will appear in My Computer.
1. Click Easy Search Utility. The Easy Search Utility will load and detect any DNS-
320 devices that are on the local network. If the ShareCenter Pulse you are working
with does not show up in the device list, click Refresh.
3. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. Double-click on the
mapped drive to access the iles and folders.
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It is recommended that you backup your important iles before replacing or adding a new hard drive to the ShareCenter Pulse.
Replacing a Hard Drive:
Please make sure the power is off before replacing a hard drive. After you have installed the new drive, turn on the ShareCenter Pulse and then connect to the Web UI. The
ShareCenter Pulse will prompt you to format the new drive (Standard, RAID 1 mode) or both drives (JBOD, RAID 0 mode).
Adding a New Hard Drive:
The ShareCenter Pulse is able to work with one single hard drive under Standard mode. Please make sure the power is off before installing a second hard drive. After you
have installed the new drive, turn on the ShareCenter Pulse and then connect to the Web UI. The ShareCenter Pulse will prompt you to format the new drive.
Note: Formatting a hard drive will erase the data stored on the hard drive. Please backup important data before formatting a hard drive.
Secure HTTP Login
Apart from logging into the web user interface using the normal http://192.168.0.32/, user can also login to the web coniguration using secure https.
2) Login to the ShareCenter Pulse as per normal.
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RAID, short for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, is a combination of two or more disks with the aim of providing fault tolerance and improving performance. There are
several different levels of RAID, with each providing a different method of sharing or distributing data amongst the drives. The ShareCenter Pulse supports RAID levels 0 and
1.
RAID 0
RAID 0 provides data striping, which spreads out blocks of data over both drives, but does not provide data redundancy. Although performance is improved, the lack of fault
tolerance means that if one drive fails, all data in the array will be lost.
RAID 1
RAID 1 provides mirroring over both disks, with the same read/write speed of a single disk. A RAID 1 array can only be as large as it’s smallest member disk. Because the
data is stored on both disks, RAID 1 provides fault tolerance and protection, in addition to performance advantages.
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When a hard drive fails or becomes corrupted RAID 1 provides a the feature to enable the Auto Rebuild coniguration. This coniguration will take the information from one of
the existing hard drives and rebuild the new hard drive with the same information to get the RAID 1 coniguration completed.
o view the hard drive status you can got to STATUS > SYSTEM
INFO and monitor the Sync Time Remaining ield. If it displays
‘Completed’ the RAID 1 coniguration is functioning normal.
Degraded:
Step 1:
However if it displays ‘Degraded’ then one of the hard drives have
either failed or is starting to fail.
This mean that the problematic hard drive needs to be replaced.
After the new hard drive is inserted into the ShareCenter Pulse
go to TOOLS > RAID and you’ll now have the option to start the
Auto Rebuilding process if Auto Rebuild was disabled from
the beginning. If Auto Rebuild was enabled from the beginning
the ShareCenter Pulse will start this Rebuilding process
automatically.
You can now click the Manually Rebuild Now button to
initiate the Auto Rebuilding process.
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Syncronizing will start and take some time to inish.
Monitoring:
To monitor the progress of the Auto Rebuilding process you can
go to STATUS > SYSTEM INFO and monitor the Sync Time
Remaining to know how far the Rebuilding process is.
Alternatively you can also use your Yahoo! Widget to monitor
the progress of the Rebuilding process.
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D-Link provides an added feature to the ShareCenter called a Yahoo! Widget.
What is a Yahoo Widget?
Yahoo! Widgets are free application platforms that can be used in Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The engine uses a JavaScript runtime environment combined with an
XML interpreter to run small applications referred to as widgets, and hence is part of a class of software applications called widget engines.
ahoo! Widget downloaded. Once the Yahoo! Widget
is installed a D-Link icon will appear in your Widget Dock. Once
you hover with your mouse over the D-Link Widget you’ll be able
to click the coniguration button.
Step 2:
Click the coniguration button to conigure the Widget.
Enter the IP Address of your ShareCenter Pulse and click on the
Save button.
Now your ready to use your new D-Link Yahoo! Widget!
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The D-Link Widget is mainly used for monitoring the activities taking place on your ShareCenter Pulse.
,
ShareCenter Pulse, IP Address, Firmware Version and Current
Operational Temperature are displayed.
Hard Drive:
Server:
In the Hard Drive window information about the storage space of
your ShareCenter Pulse is displayed.
In the Server window information about the USB Device, UPnP
Server, ITunes and FTP Server conigured on your ShareCenter
Pulse is displayed.
Dwonload:
When the P2P Application is loaded, you can monitor your P2P
download status here.
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Your ShareCenter has a USB Copy feature, which allows you to connect a USB storage drive to the front USB port and upon pressing the USB Copy button, the contents of
the USB storage drive will be automatically copied to the ShareCenter.
located behind the front lap on the front of the
ShareCenter. The USB LED will start to licker and once
the light is lit solid, the USB storage device is ready for
use.
Step 2:
Step 3:
Press and hold the USB Copy button for 1-3 seconds.
The ShareCenter will create a new folder in the Volume
1 folder and will copy all the iles from the USB storage
device to this folder.
To unmount the USB storage device after the copy is
complete so you may safely remove the USB storage
device, press and hold the USB Copy button in for 5
seconds. When the USB LED turns off, the USB storage
device has successfully unmounted and is ready to be
removed.
To check if the USB storage device is connected properly,
go to the Status Page > System Info page in the Web
GUI of the ShareCenter and view the USB Info section.
Note: You should always unmount your USB storage
device before removing it to prevent any data loss.
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Physical and Environmental
Hardware
Operating Temp
Operating Humidity
Storage Temp
: 0 ~ 40°C
Power Adapter
Ethernet Port
Reset button
LED Indicators
: 12V/4A
: 90% Maximum (Non-condensing)
: -20 ~ 50°C
: 1 x 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Port
: Reset to factory default settings
: Power, LAN, HDD1, HDD2, USB
Storage Humidity
Dimensions
: 5 ~ 90% (Non-condensing)
: Item: 18.2 x 14.6 x 11.3 cm (h/l/w)
Packaging: 18.2 x 14.6 x 11.3 cm (h/l/w)
Weight
EMI
: 0.8 kg
: FCC Class B, CE, VCCI, CSA, C-Tick
Speciications
Standards
: IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet
IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
Support Hard Drive Type : SATA I/ II
Drive Management
Device Management
: Four Different Hard Drive Conigurations
Disk Diagnostics
E-mail Alerts
Drive Quotas
Power Management
: Internet Explorer version 7.0 or Mozilla Firefox 3.0
and above
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