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for Mac
Managing the INTEGRAL LAN disk
Register/Unregister an INTEGRAL LAN enclosure
C l i c k o n t h e i c o n f o r
re g i s t e r i n g a n e w L A N
enclosure device
Accessing the INTEGRAL LAN disk
The INTEGRAL LAN disk can be accessed as read only
or read/write. In read only mode, any number of users
or applications can read from the disk. In Read/Write
mode, only one user or application can write to the
disk at a time.
To change from read only mode to read/write, click on
the menu in configuration and select read/write, and
vice versa for changing from read/write to read only
mode. The configuration menu allows unmounting of
the disk.
Note: The Write Key is required during device
registration for the read/write mode to work.
Sharing the INTEGRAL LAN on a Network
Once INTEGRAL LAN drive is connected to your network, it can be accessed from any computer on your LAN.
To share your INTEGRAL LAN device, you need:
• All computers and INTEGRAL LAN drive to be on the same LAN
• INTEGRAL LAN device connected via Ethernet Router
• NDAS device must be registered onto each computer
The INTEGRAL LAN can be shared by a mixed of Windows 2000/XP and Mac computers. Multiple computer
can have READ ONLY access simultaneously. WRITE ACCESS is assigned to one computer at a time and is
passed from one computer to another. The
file system for windows 2000/XP is not a compatible file system for the Mac OS.
WARNING:
DO NOT perform disk operations (format, partition and chkdsk) when the INTEGRAL LAN drive are mounted
by multiple computers.
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Network Connection
Click on the icon for unregistering
an already registered LAN enclosure
device
disk file system format must be formatted in FAT2. The NTFS
for Mac
Disk Partition/Formatting
WARNING!!
Before you partition your hard disk, please be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, make
sure you have backup your computer! This step is usually required the first time you install a new hard drive, or if you
change the type of particular format or want to erase all data on your drive.
Partition under Mac OS
Mac OS 9.2 and earlier does not support creating partitions on an external drive. To do that, you would
need to purchase additional rd party software. Initializing is no problem on all Operating Systems.
Mac OS X (Tiger or Panther):
The Disk Utility is used to format and create partitions on your external disk.
1. Select "Disk Utilities" in the utilities folder
2. Choose your external drive and format it according to your requirement
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