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User ManualLS-QL/R5

LinkStation Quad

www.buffalotech.com v2.2


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Introduction

Congratulations on your new LinkStation Quad. This user manual is intended to assist

you in conguring it.

Because were constantly updating our products, the images and text in this manual may

vary slightly from the images and text displayed by your LinkStation. These changes

are minor and should not affect the ease of setup adversely. As time passes, future user

interfaces, updated software, and later versions of this manual may be freely available for

download at our web site www.buffalotech.com.

For best results, attach the LinkStation Quad to an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).

Back up all your stored les regularly. See pages 63 - 66 for instructions on how to usethe LinkStation Quads built-in backup utility.

If you run into difculties or need additional help, feel free to contact our technical

support. Contact information for Buffalo Technology and our technical support is available

on pages 93 and 94.


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Table of Contents

Layout .............................................................................................................4

Installation ......................................................................................................7

Using your LinkStation with a PC .................................................................11

Using your LinkStation with a Mac..............................................................15

Add USB Devices ..........................................................................................19

Function Button ............................................................................................20Web Admin Tool ...........................................................................................22

Language Settings ........................................................................................26

Network Settings ...........................................................................................27

Disk Management .........................................................................................29

Shared Folders ..............................................................................................40

Groups .........................................................................................................44

Users ............................................................................................................45

Passwords .....................................................................................................46

WebAccess ....................................................................................................47

Remote Access with FTP ................................................................................52Media Server .................................................................................................54

Direct Copy ...................................................................................................55

Installing a Printer ........................................................................................56

Troubleshooting Multiple Shares.................................................................... 61

Backups ........................................................................................................63

Time Machine..................... ........................................................................... 67

BitTorrent Client ...........................................................................................72

Maintenance & Notication ...........................................................................74

UPS ..............................................................................................................75

System Status ..............................................................................................79

Client Utility ..................................................................................................83

Troubleshooting ............................................................................................85

Replacing a Hard Drive .................................................................................86

Specications ................................................................................................92

Contact Information (USA) ............................................................................. 93

Contact Information (Europe) .......................................................................94

GPL Information ...........................................................................................95


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Front Panel Layout

USB

Function Button

Power Switch

Power/Status LED

Function LED

Disk LEDs

Green-Accessing

Red-Not mounted


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Front Panel (Open)

USB

Function Switch

Power Switch

Power/Status LED

Function LED

Disk LEDs

Green-Access

Red-Error


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Rear Panel Layout

Security

Mounting Point

USB

Power Mode - AutoManual

Power Cable

Guide

Ethernet LED

Ethernet Port (RJ45)

Power Adaptor


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Insert the LinkNavigator CD into your computers CD-ROM drive.

On a PC, setup should automatically launch. If it does not, manuallylaunch setup.exe by clicking Startand selecting the Run... option.

When the Rundialog opens, type d:\lang.exe (where d is the drive

letter of your CD-ROM drive). Click OKto continue.

Installation

If you are installing the software on a Mac, open the CD and click

LinkNavigatorto begin installation.


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Choose your preferred language. Mac users can skip

this step.

LinkNavigator Setup

Click the Begin Installationbutton. Click Nextto stepthrough the installation.


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LinkNavigator Setup

The wizard will guide you through installation. Follow thedirections on each screen and continue clicking Nextto step

through the installation.

When installation is complete, you may close the installationwindow.


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Power Mode

The Power Mode switch on the back of the unit has twopositions: Auto and Manual. The Auto position

automatically powers the unit on or off with your PC. Ifyour PC is turned on the LinkStation will power up; if thePC is turned off the LinkStation will power down.

You must have installed the NASNavigator2 software onyour PC for this feature to work. Otherwise, if you move

the switch to Auto, your unit will power down by itselfand you will have to manually turn it back on.

Also note that the unit needs to be powered on if youwant to use the Web Access feature. When using WebAccess, it is best to leave the Power Mode switch set toManual.

Auto

Manual

To turn the LinkStation off, hold down the power button on the front panel for ve seconds. It

will take about 30 seconds to shut down. Do not unplug or interrupt power to the unit until

shutdown is complete and all LEDs are off.


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Three new icons will be on your desktop: Buffalo NAS Navigator,LS-QLxxx Setup results.txt, and LS-QLxxx, where xxx is the last threecharacters of the units MAC address. The LS-QLxxx Setup results.txt

le contains the IP address and network info for the LinkStation.

Clicking LS-QLxxxtakes you directly to the folders on yourLinkStation. Shareis the main folder that you can put les andfolders in. Infocontains a copy of your user manual.

The Buffalo NAS Navigatoricon opens the LinkStations client utility.Turn to page 83 for more on using the NASNavigator2 client utility.

Using your LinkStation with a Windows PC


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Your LinkStation uses folders to hold data. The default folder is called share. This

folder is where you place data that you want to share with other users. You can create

additional folders using the Shared Foldersoption. To start using your LinkStation, youcan either click on the LS-QLxxxshortcut on your desktop, or open My Computer, where

setup has mapped the next available drive letter to the default share in your LinkStation.

Accessing LinkStation Data from your PC


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You can map additional drive letters to shares on your LinkStation.

From the Startmenu, select Run.... Enter your LinkStations

hostname (if you dont know it, you can get it from theNASNavigator2 utility) or IP address. Click OK.

Your LinkStation will open. Share is a data folder in your

LinkStation by default. Info contains your user manuals. If you

have created other folders, they will be visible here too. You canmap drive letters to any of these folders.



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From the Toolspull-down menu, select Map Network Drive. Choose a drive letter from the Drive:pull down menu. To specify the folder to map, either nd it with Browseor enter \\LinkStation_Name\share_name in the Folder:eld, where LinkStation_Name is your LinkStations hostname(page 21) and share_name is the name of a folder on your LinkStation. Check the Reconnect atlogoncheckbox to have Windows connect to this mapped drive everytime it starts. When nished,click the Finishbutton. Your share is now mapped to a drive letter.


U i Li kSt ti ith M


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Using your LinkStation with a Mac

After installing the LinkNavigator software, your Mac will have twonew icons.

On the desktop, the LS-QLSettings.txtle contains the IP address ofyour LinkStation. In the Finder, NASNavigatoris the LinkStationsclient utility.

With the information in the LS-QLSettings.txtle, you can easilyconnect to the LinkStation from any of your computers on your localnetwork.

The NASNavigatoricon opens the LinkStations client utility. Seepage 83 for more on using the NASNavigator2 client utility.


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Accessing LinkStation Data from a Mac


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Select Guestand click on Connect. Note: If you have congured sharepermissions on your LinkStation, select Registered Userand enter yourlogin credentials.


Select the volume that you want to mount, such as share, from the listof folders on the LinkStation.

The share will open. A link to it will appear on your desktop.



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If you dont know your LinkStations IP address, there areseveral ways to get it.

One simple method is to use the NASNavigator2 client utility(included on your CD) to nd your LinkStation(s). Just click

on the icon for your LinkStation and youll be able to read itsIP address.

The LS-QLSettings.txtle on your desktop contains the IPaddress of the LinkStation at the time that the setup program

was run.

You can always get the LinkStations IP address from yourrouters conguration utility. Many Buffalo routers list this

information on the Client Monitorpage, as shown to the right.Consult your routers documentation for instructions on

identifying the LinkStations IP address.


Adding USB Devices


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Adding USB Devices

LinkStation Quad has USB 2.0 ports on the front and rear. These ports can be used for adding

external USB Hard Drives, a USB Printer, or for connecting to a UPS. LinkStation will share

connected USB devices, allowing everyone on the network to use them. To connect a USB harddrive to your LinkStation, simply plug it into the USB port.

Once your USB hard drive is connected, turn to the Disk Management section of this manual

for information on conguring your LinkStation to use it.

To congure a USB printer, see Installing a Printer.

To congure UPS settings, see page 75.

1 or 2 USB devices may be used with the LinkStation at a time. USB hubs are not supported.

Using the Function Button


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Direct Copy - You can copy digital media les directly to the

LinkStation Quad from a USB storage device, such as a digital

camera, USB ash drive, or external hard disk.1. Connect your USB device to one of the USB ports on the

LinkStation. The function LED will glow solid blue for 60 seconds.

2. While the function LED is still glowing blue, press the functionbutton once.

The following folder is created automatically:DirectCopy/pictures/yyyymmdd

where yyyyis the year, mmis the month,

and ddis the day.

The following types of les will be copied to the folder: avi, divx, asf, mpg, mpe, m1v, vob, mts,

m2ts, m2t, mpeg, mpeg2, vdr, spts, tp, ts, 3gp, mov, m4v, wmv, dvr-ms, xvid, mp4, m4v, jpg,

jpeg, gif, png, tif, tiff, yuv, bmp, mp3, mpa, wma, aac, apl, ac3, lpcm, pcm, wav, m3u, m4a, mp4,m4b, aif, aiff, ac, ogg, mp2, mp1, mp4.



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Initialization - You can easily

bring your LinkStation Quad

back to factory settings with the

following steps.

1. Hold down the power button for

8 seconds. The LinkStation will

shut down after about 30 seconds.

2. While holding down the

function button, press the power

button. The LinkStation willpower on and the function LED

will begin to ash blue.

3. While the function LED is still

ashing, hold the function button

down for six seconds.

Dismount - Before disconnecting USB devices from the LinkStation Quad, they should bedismounted. Hold the function button down until the function LED glows blue, and then turns

off. Its now safe to unplug your USB devices.

Note: Unplugging USB devices without dismounting them rst may corrupt your data!

Function Button

Power Switch

Power LED

Function LED

Web Administration Tool


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Web Administration Tool

The web admin tool may be accessed at any time

by typing the IP address of your LinkStation into

the URL bar of a browser running on a computerconnected to the same network as the LinkStation.

You may also open the Web Admin from

NASNavigator2 by right-clicking on your

LinkStation and choosing Open Web Adminfrom

the menu.

Login


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This login prompt will appear. Enteradminfor the user name. Until you change it, the

password for the admin account will bepassword. Click the Loginbutton when nished.

Login

User name: admin

Password: password

Instructions for changing your password

may be found on page 46.

Advanced Settings - Home


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Welcome to your LinkStations Web Admin tool! You are now at the Homescreen. Notice that the

Homebutton is lit up in yellow. You can navigate this menu by clicking on the buttons at the left

of the screen. Here at Home, you can see basic information about your LinkStations current

conguration. To exit Web Admin, click on logout or close the browser window.

Advanced Settings Home

Basic Settings


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You may modify your LinkStations hostname and

description under Hostname Setup. A friendly,

easy-to-remember name (e.g. LinkStation) isrecommended.

Make sure that the date and time are correct

in Date and Time Setup. To synchronize time

settings with those in your computer, click Use

Local Time.

For best results, you can have your system time

automatically set by an NTP server. Enable NTP

Serverand enter an IP Address for an NTP server

(e.g. 192.43.244.18) or click on the box below to

use the supplied default NTP server.

Ensure that both the Display Languageand the

Windows Client Languageare set to languages

that youre comfortable with.

Once desired elds have been completed, click the

Applybutton.

Basic Settings


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IP Address


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dd ess

In most networks, LinkStation will get its IPAddress automatically from a DHCP server.

You may disable DHCP here if you would ratherset a static IP address manually. If DHCP isdisabled and an IP Address is not set manually,it will default to 169.254.xxx.xxxwith subnetmask 255.255.0.0. The LinkStations IPAddress, Subnet Mask, Default GatewayAddress, and DNS Server addressmay all be

entered manually under IP Address Properties.Ethernet Frame Sizemay also be set manuallyon this page. Only use JumboFrame settings

when operating in a Gigabit environment whereall other clients support the same JumboFramesetting.

Click Applyafter making any changes.

Network (Workgroup)


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To make your LinkStation a member of a workgroup,enter the appropriate information into the elds on this

page and click Apply.

Disk Management


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This page shows the properties for the drives in your

LinkStation Quad. If you have USB hard drives

plugged into the LinkStation, their properties will

appear here as well.

RAID


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The LinkStation Quad uses RAID(Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology to controlits four hard drives. RAID may be congured several ways:

RAID 0- All four drives are combined into one large, fast drive, giving the maximum capacity foryour LinkStation. This size is the one listed on your LinkStations box and shows the total capacityof the LinkStation with no data used for redundancy. RAID 0 is fast and efcient, but with no

redundancy, if one hard drive fails, all data on the LinkStation is lost. Back up regularly!

RAID 1 (mirroring) - Hard drives are arranged in mirrored pairs. Each half of the pair reads and

writes exactly the same data. This costs you half the total capacity of the array, but providesexcellent redundancy. If a hard drive fails, the mirror continues to supply data, so you may work

on normally. You may replace the damaged or defective drive at any time, and normal RAID 1mirroring will then be automatically restored.

RAID 5(parity) - All drives in a RAID 5 array reserve part of their data space for parity information,

allowing all data to be recovered if a single drive fails. The parity information takes up about onehard drives worth of space, so if you set up all four drives in the LinkStation as a RAID 5 array,

your usable capacity will be about 3/4 of the total capacity of the LinkStation. RAID 5 is an

excellent balance of efciency and security. This is the default conguration.

RAID 10- Combines RAID 1 and RAID 0 for a fast, secure array. Half of the LinkStations totalcapacity is used for redundant information.

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This page shows your current RAID arrays. You

may delete old arrays or create new ones by clicking

on the underlined RAID Array # under RAID Array

Conguration.

The RAID Scanning Settingsset a specic time for the

LinkStation to scan and inspect its RAID arrays. It

is recommended to set a time where the LinkStations

usage will be minimal (perhaps the middle of the

night). LinkStation will be signicantly slower

while the RAID scan occurs. Begin Immediate RAID

Scanspecies the LinkStation to run a RAID Scanimmediately.

You may also disable RAID Array Error Detection Responsefrom this page. Normally, this is

set to automatically shut down the RAID array when an error is detected. Though it is not

recommended, you may disable that behavior by selecting Disable.

NOTE: LinkStation has four internal hard drives. Before creating a new RAID array, you may

have to delete one or more pre-existing RAID Arrays to clear up the hard drives for your new one.

This will destroy all data currently on the disks, so back up any important data before deleting

RAID arrays. Whether you want to clear out an old array or create a new one, begin by clicking

on the arrays underlined RAID Array #, under Name.

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A congured RAID array may be deleted by pushing the Change

RAID Arraybutton. This will free up all hard drives listed underDisk Structure.

You will need to enter a conrmation number from the screen

before the RAID array will be deleted.

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To congure an uncongured array, begin by double clicking on

the array you want to congure, e.g. RAID Array 1.

Choose your RAID mode under RAID Settingsand put checksnext to the hard disks you want included in the array underDisk Structure. Click Setup RAID Arraywhen ready. It maytake several minutes to complete setting up the RAID array.

When its nished, a disk check will run.

Disk Management


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When RAID Conguration is done, a disk

check will run automatically. This may take

several hours to complete. Performance of the

LinkStation will be slower than normal while

the disk check is running.

Disk Management


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Disk Management (RAID Confguration)

Youll see this screen when your new

RAID Array is completely congured.

Click on Shared Foldersin the left-side menu and turn to page 40 to

begin setting up shares on your

LinkStation.

USB Hard Drives


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From here you can see your USB hard drives

system information. If the hard drives

information isnt displayed properly, tryrestarting your USB hard drives and then

restarting your LinkStation. Some USB

hard drives must be reformatted from within

LinkStation before they can be assigned shares.

Select Disk Formatfrom the left-side menu to

format your USB hard disk(s).

Note: Reformatting a drive will erase all data

on it! Back up any data on the drive before

reformatting it.

Disk Check


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Disk Checkchecks any of your hard drives for

errors. To use Disk Check, select the disk that

you want to check from the target pulldown

and click Select Target. Then click on Start

Disk Check.

Disk Format


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To format a hard drive or array, select it from

the Target Diskdrop box. Choose the le

system desired from the File Systemdropbox(internal drives can only be formatted with XFS).

Note that FAT32 has a 4 gigabyte lesize limit

for individual les. If you choose FAT32 for your

le system, you will not be able to store single

les larger than 4 gigabytes on the drive. Use of

the XFSor EXT3le systems is recommended.

Click Applywhen done, and then Start format.

Depending on the size of the target hard disk or

array, a disk format may take several hours to

complete. Shares on the LinkStation will not be

accessible during the disk format.

Note: Reformatting a drive will erase all data

on it! Back up any data on the drive beforereformatting it.

Disk Erase


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To remove all data from a Disk, use Disk Erase.

Once erased, this data cannot be restored.

Note: Disk Erase may take several hours tocomplete.

Folders


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To add new shares on your

LinkStation, select Shared

Foldersfrom the left side menu,and then click the Addbutton

under Shared Folders Setup.

To delete a share or shares,

check the checkbox next to the

shares youd like to delete, and

click the Deletebutton. Deletingshares will remove the share

and erase all of the les and

folders inside that share.

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To add a new shared folder, enter a name for itin the Shared Folder Namebox and choose whichVolumeit will reside in. You may also choose

which operating systems and features the sharewill support by putting the appropriate checksnext to Shared Folder Support, and EnableorDisableRecycle Bin. Enter a Shared FolderDescriptionand a Remote Backup Passwordifdesired. Click Applyto build the new sharedfolder.

AppleTalk support is available for use withlegacy Macs. Checking Apple by Shared FolderSupportturns on AppleTalk, letting you use yourLinkStation with older Macs. AppleTalk lesare limited to 2GB maximum lesize and 32characters for lenames. If a folder with AppleTalkon is accessed from a modern OS through SMB,then these limitations will not apply.

Remote Backup Passwordwill set a password on this share for other LinkStations that want touse it as a remote backup target. This password will not affect users attempting to access theshare; it only affects remote LinkStations trying to access this share to store backup les on it.

Access Restrictions


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To use Access Restrictionsfor a share, select

Enable.

Highlight groups or users in the All Groups/

Userscolumn and use the left-pointing arrow

buttons (located just to the left of each box) to

move individual groups or users from the All

Groups/Userscolumn to the Read Onlybox (if

you want to give them read access only) or all

the way to the Writablebox, if you want to givethem full access to the share. Right-pointing

arrows will move highlighted users or groups

back to the right.

Click Applywhen you have your groups and

users in the appropriate boxes.

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To allow FTP Access to your LinkStation, choose Enablefor FTP Server. To enable legacyAppleTalk support, choose Enablefor AppleTalk Protocol. Click Apply.

If enabled, FTP lets users access the LinkStation from anywhere. Typeftp://username:password@IP_address/shareinto a browser window to access the LinkStationremotely. Users will have access to shares that they have local access rights to on the

LinkStation. Your network administrator may need to forward trafc on port 21 of the routerto the LinkStations LAN-side IP address for FTP to work over the Internet. Enabling FTP is

not recommended unless youve congured access restrictions. Step-by-step instructions for

conguring FTP are on page 52.

Groups


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Groups allow for easier management of permissionsin some networks, specically networks with a lot of

users in different departments.

To Deletea group, put a check next to its name andclick Delete. To add a group to your LinkStation,

click Add.

Add a name and a description to the Add NewGroupelds. Put checks next to each Member Userthat you want to be part of the group. Click Apply

when your group is set up the way you want it.

Domain Groups are only visible if the LinkStation

is participating in an Domain network.

Members can be added or removed from a groupat any time by editing the group. This is done byclicking on the Group nameon the main GroupSettings page.

Users


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LinkStation is precongured with two users,

admin and guest, out of the box. The adminand guestuser accounts cannot be deleted. Todelete any other user, put a check next to theirname and click Delete. To add a new user, clickAdd.

The Add New Userdialog will appear. Enter aUser Name, Password, and User Descriptionforthe new user and click the Applybutton. If a user

will be accessing the LinkStation from a Windows95/98 computer, their password should be 15characters or less. Mac OS 8 and OS 9 userss

passwords should be 9 characters or less. Usersof Mac OS X, Windows 2000, XP, and Vista may

have passwords of up to 20 characters.

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To change an accounts password, click on the

name of the account under Local User Settings.

Note: if a user name and password are used tolog into a users windows computer or domain,

the same user name and password should be

used when creating the users account on the

LinkStation, or problems accessing shared

folders may occur.

Enter the desired new password in both boxes

and click Apply.

WebAccess


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With Buffalos WebAccess, you can access your LinkStation from anywhere in the world with an

Internet connection. Its easy to access your les, or share them with other people, wherever they

may be.WebAccess is set up from within the Web

Admin. First, select Web Access, and thenService Setup from the menu on the left.

To use Webaccess, set Web Access Service toEnable.

You may enable SSL Encryption if desired.

Using BuffaloNAS.com is recommended.

Otherwise, youll have to manage your own DNSsettings.

Auto-Congure Firewall is also recommended if your router supports UPnP (most do since 2001).

If you choose not to enable this, you must manually congure your router and rewall to forward

internal port 9000 to the Internet.

Choose a name for your BuffaloNAS account and a password (key). This name is the name thatwill be used to access your LinkStation and to share with your friends. The password for thisprotects other people from using it, so picking a strong password is recommended.

Click Helpin the top right of the window for detailed information on each setting.

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Select Folders Setupin the left-side menu. Any shares onyour LinkStation will appear on the list to the right. Click onthe icon beside it to select a share to access remotely.

Choose your desired level of Web Access from the Web AccessSettings dropbox:

Disable will prevent remote access to this share throughWebAccess. This is the default setting.

Allow Anonymous will allow anyoneto access the share.Choose this if you want your LinkStation share and all leson it to be freely available to everyone.

Allow All Groups/Users will allow only people who have an

account on the LinkStation to access this share remotely.

Click the Applybutton to save your changes.

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To access your LinkStation remotely, open a browserwindow on any computer connected to the Internet and go tobuffalonas.com.

In the dialog box, type the BuffaloNAS name that you set onpage 46.

Alternately, you can go directly to your share by typingBuffaloNAS.com/your_BuffaloNAS_namein the URL window.

The folders from your LinkStations share will appear. Filesfrom anonymous shares will appear to the right. To see les

from shares that are not set to anonymous, or to upload les,

you will need to log in. The login link is on the top left cornerof the page.

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To access individual folders on the right, clickon their openlinks.

Clicking on individual les will give you other

options, depending on the letype. Clicking

on the Audiolink at the bottom left corner ofthe page will give you options for playing music

les, including the opportunity to launch aFlash-based music player that will stream your

audio les directly through the Web interface.

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To upload les to the LinkStation, click Uploadin thebottom left corner of the window. Note: This option willnot appear unless you are logged in and at least one user

(besides admin) has been given access to the share.

This window will pop up. Click on Browseandnavigate to the le that you want to upload.

Then, click Upload.

Click on Append Filesand then Start Upload.

Your le will be copied to the LinkStation.

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WebAccess is not the only way to access the les on your LinkStation remotely. The LinkStation

also includes an FTP server. If enabled for a folder, then you can read, edit, and save to any les

in that folder from anywhere.

1: Set up your account. In User Management, click Add Local User and make an accountfor yourself. For convenience, give this account the same username and password that you useto log in to Windows. Then, you wont have to retype it in each time you access the LinkStationlocally.

2: Enable remote access. In Shared Folders Setup, click on the folder that you want to beable to access remotely. It will be named share unless you have added new folders to yourLinkStation. Put a check next to FTP in Shared Folder Support. Enable Access Restrictions.

Use the arrows to move your user account to the Read/Write box in Access Restrictions. ClickApply. Then, Enable FTP Server in Service Setup. Click Apply again.

3: Forward your port. In your routers setup utility, forward port 21 to the IP address of the

LinkStation.

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To access your LinkStation remotely, typeftp://username:password@ipaddress/shareinto aweb browser where

username- is your username

password- is your password

ipaddress- is the WAN side IP address of your router (can get this from your ISP or go to

http://whatismyip.com)shareis the name of the folder on your LinkStation that youre accessing.

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If you have a LinkTheater or otherDLNA compatible media player, thispage is where you congure your

LinkStation to work with it.Select Enablefor Media Serversandchoose the folder where your mediales are stored. This may be located

on a USB hard drive connected tothe LinkStation if the USB Diskboxis checked.

Check the Allow Accessbox for eachmedia player that you want to beable to access your media les.

You may choose the interval atwhich the list of multimedia les

on the LinkStation is updated.An interval of 60 minutes is

recommended.

Click Applyto save your settings.

Direct Copy


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To use Direct Copy, plug a USBdevice into the LinkStation andpress the function button on the

front within 60 seconds. Media leswill be copied to the LinkStationautomatically.

On this page, choose the folder on

the LinkStation that Direct Copycopies les to and click Apply.

See page 20 for instructions on

using Direct Copy.

Printer Installation


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If a USB printer is plugged in to your LinkStation, you can easily add the printer to any Windows

PC on your network. Follow these steps for each PC that you want to be able to access the printer.

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Access the LinkStation by clicking Start, selecting the Run...

option, and entering \\LinkStation_Name(where LinkStation_

Name is the DNS name of your LinkStation). Click the OK

button when nished.

Right click on the lpicon and select Connect.

You may receive a warning about installing from a trustworthy

source. If you receive this message, click Yesto continue.

You will receive a warning that the server does not havethe proper drivers. Click OKto continue.



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The Add Printer Wizardwill launch. Select the proper

driver for your printer. If the specic printer is not

in the list, you will be required to insert the CD that

came with your printer into your PCs CD-ROM driveand click the Have Diskbutton. Refer to your printer

documentation for further information on installing

your printer if necessary. Click OKto nish.

Iflpis the only printer installed on the PC, then it will

automatically be set as the default printer. If its not

the only printer, you may make it the default printer

by clicking Printers and Faxesin Control Panel, right

clicking on the lpprinter icon and selecting the Set as

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To print a test page or congure additional printer

settings, right click on thelpprinter icon and select

Properties. This will open the printers driver properties

page.

Click the Print Test Pagebutton to print a test page. You

can also browse through the available settings for the

printer. Please refer to the printers documentation for

more information on changing the printers settings.

NOTES:The printer installation process can be done on any

machine on your network. Multiple machines may print

to the printer at the same time. Repeat this process on all

computers that require access to the printer.

Not all USB printers are supported. Multifunction printers are

specically notsupported.

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If a corrupt print job is sent to aprinter, printing may suddenly fail.If your print jobs seem to be lockedup, clearing the print queue mayresolve the issue.

To delete the print queue, click theDeletebutton. This will clear allcurrent print jobs. Users will haveto re-send any incomplete print jobsto the printer.

If there are still problems printing to

the printer, then check the printermanufacturers documentation fortroubleshooting information. Also,verify that the USB cable is securelyfastened to both the printer and theLinkStation. Finally, you may tryturning the LinkStation off, turningthe printer off, turning the printer

back on, and then turning theLinkStation back on again.

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When accessing multiple shares to a Windows

PC, you may see this error message.

This is caused by having multiple shares to the

same resource using different login credentials.The error occurs when connecting to at least one secure, restricted share. Due to a constraint in

Microsoft Windows, only one set of login credentials can access or map drive letters for a network

resource such as the LinkStation. As such, only one username and password can be used while

mapping drives to a PC. If unsecure, unrestricted shares are mapped and then an attempt to map a

secure, restricted share is made from the same PC, this error will occur. To prevent this, you must

create all mapped shares using the same login and password information. Please follow the steps

on the next page to remedy this problem.

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When mapping any share, select the Connect using a different

user nameoption. A login and password prompt will appear.

Use the username and password required by any secure,restricted shares for all shares. All mapped shares on a

single PC must use the same username and password!

If only unrestricted shares are being mapped, then its not necessary to set a username and

password for shares. Multiple mapped drives to unrestricted shares can exist without a username

or password as long as no restricted, secure shares are mapped. If an unrestricted share and arestricted share are both being mapped or accessed, use the restricted username and password for

the unrestricted share login by using the Connect using a different user nameoption. This will allow

a Windows PC to access both shares without any problems.

Backup


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The LinkStations built-in backup utility

can back up les on your LinkStation toan attached USB hard drive or to another

LinkStation on the local network. For best

results, reformat attached USB hard drives

with ext3 before use as backup storage.

If backing up to another LinkStation, then

the target LinkStation should be connected

to the same network as the LinkStation doingthe backup. If the target LinkStation is on a

different subnet or network, then youll need

to create a VPN connection between the two

networks before it can be used as a backup

target.

To create a backup job, click on a job number. The Edit Backup Jobdialog will appear.

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A Backup Jobcan run regularly on a daily orweekly schedule, or immediately by appropriatechoices in the Backup Job Scheduleeld. Date

and Time for the backup may be entered,and Encryption and Compression enabled ordisabled. Enable Overwrite Backup to haveeach scheduled backup write over the previousbackup, or Differential Backupsto backup onlyles changed since the previous backup.

Select the folder to be backed up from theLocal Backup Shared Folder dropbox, andthe destination for the backup les from theDestination Backup Shared Folder dropbox.

The destination folder may be on a USBdrive attached to the LinkStation, or anotherLinkStation on the network. Click on Selecttoapprove the backup targets.

Click the Applybutton when your backup job isset up the way you want it, or Clear Jobto stopa job from running again.

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The LinkStation list shows other LinkStations

in your network that you can congure networkbackups to.

Click Refreshto get a list of LinkStations on your

network.

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To add a remote LinkStation to your network, enter its numerical IP Address in the Remote

LinkStation IP Addresseld and click the Add to Listbutton. For remote LinkStation backups,

make sure both rewalls are congured to allow trafc in and out of their networks.

Note: Disk Backups between two LinkStations use port 8873 for encrypted backups and port 873

for backups with no encryption.

Time Machine


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To use the LinkStation as a location for backups from a Mac

running Time Machine, begin by creating a folder for the

backups.

Choose Shared Foldersfrom the left-side menu. In the mainwindow, click Add.

Name the folder. Make sure that Appleis checked for SharedFolder Support. Disablethe Recycle Bin support. Click Apply.

Time Machine

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EnableTime Machine functionality. For the Target

folder, select the folder that you created for the

backups on the previous page. Click Apply.

Enter the Macs Computer Name (from its Sharing

page) as the Target Host Name. For the Target MAC

address, enter the Macs Ethernet ID from Advanced

Settings in its Network Preferences page. See the next

page for instructions on nding the right values for

these elds. Click Applywhen done.

Time Machine

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Name from the Sharing page. Navigate to this page by

selecting Sharingin System Preferences. To work with

Time Machine, the Computer Name should contain only the

following characters: 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Spaces,

underscores, and other characters may not be used if Time

Machine is to function properly.

For the Target MAC address, enter the Macs Ethernet ID

from Advanced Settingsin its Network Preferencespage. If

more than one Ethernet ID is listed, use the rst one. To get

to this page, select Networkin System Preferences. Select

Ethernetand click the Advancedbutton. Click on Ethernetat

the top right.

Time Machine

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be created. To be safe, wait seven minutes before

continuing.

After seven minutes have passed, the le

TargetHostName_TargetMACAddress.sparsebundle will

have been created in the chosen folder. In the Finder,

click on Allbelow Shared. Find your LinkStation in

the window and double-click on it. It will now appear

below Sharedon the left-side list. Close the Finder.

Time Machine

Move the switch to the On position. Click on Change


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Disk.

Choose your LinkStation from the list and click Usefor Backup. In 120 seconds, Time Machine will begin

running a backup.

BitTorrent


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LinkStations built-in BitTorrent client will download your les for you. To enable it, click Enable.

Chose a target folder for downloaded les to go to and click Apply. Then, click Open Download

Manager.

BitTorrent

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To add a torrent, click Addand then Browse.

Navigate to the torrent le and open it.

The le(s) will automatically download in the

background.

Notifcation


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If your LinkStation is remotely managed, you

may choose to receive daily status reports and

be notied of any disk events by email. To set

this up, enable Mail Noticationand enter theIP Address of your SMTP server in the SMTP

Server Addresseld. Select a Subjectline for

the emails (i.e. LinkStation Status Report)

and enter the email address of each person

you want to receive notication emails into a

Recipient Mail Address eld.

UPS Settings


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If using an Uninterruptible Power Supply,

congure the LinkStations UPS settings

here.

Supported UPS products include USB

models in APCs Smart-UPS and Back-

UPS series.

Note: Settings on this page can only

be changed while a supported UPS is

connected to the LinkStation.

APC is a registered trademark of American Power Conversion Corporation.

Power Management


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You may congure up to three situations

where the LinkStation powers down for a

set period.

Example: To have the LinkStation enter

sleep mode every day between noon and

3 pm, set a timer with Dailyas the timer

interval, 15:00 as the wakeup time, and

12:00 as the sleep time.

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From the Restartpage, click

Restart Nowbutton to reboot

the LinkStation, bringing it back

to functionality after about 120

seconds.

Initialization

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restores all settings back to the default, out

of box, conguration. All conguration,

users, groups, and backup jobs are lost, butactual data and shares on the hard drive

are NOT lost. If you want all data to be

erased, erase the drive (page 39).

Specify whether the LinkStation shall

keep its administrator password after an

initialization or whether the password

should be reset to the default password(default password ispassword). Click the

Applybutton once you make the selection.

Click the Restorebutton to begin the

initialization process; this will restore all

settings to factory defaults but will NOT

erase the data on the hard drives.

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This page shows you the System Information for your LinkStation.

Firmware updates are occasionally available from www.buffalotech.com for the LinkStation Quad.These must be executed from a Windows PC on the same network.

System Status (USB Details)


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This page shows you details on USB hard drives and UPSs plugged into your LinkStation. In this

example, no USB hard drives are plugged in to the LinkStation.

System Status (Drive Properties)

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This page shows you the properties of

all hard drives in and attached to your

LinkStation.

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This page shows you the System Information for your network connection.

NASNavigator2 Client Utility

This is the Buffalo NASNavigator2 Client

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Utility. Installed on your PC, it allows you

to access each of the LinkStations (and

LinkStations) on your network. Click Viewto

get icons for each of your LinkStations. Click

on a LinkStations icon to show its Host Name,

Workgroup, IP Address, and Subnet Mask,

Gateway, and MAC Address, as well as the

rmware version its running.

Right-click on a LinkStation for more options.You can open the Web Admin Tool, map a

share to a drive letter, or create a shortcut on

your desktop.

To change a LinkStations IP Address, click

Menuand choose Properties.

NASNavigator2 Client Utility

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From the IP Settingstab, you may enter your IP Addressand Subnet Maskmanually, or enable

your LinkStation to acquire them automatically from a DHCP server. Click OKwhen youre done.

Disk Errors

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If LinkStation encounters a disk error, it will be reported in the LinkStation status on the topof any of the Web-Based conguration screens. Runa Disk Scanin the event of this error. If

that doesnt work, try a reformat. Reformatting the drive will delete all of the data on it so tryto backup any data you can before beginning. Finally, if none of the above solutions help, then

please contact Technical Support for further assistance.

LED Flash Codes:

The blue LED will ash to indicate error type:

3 ashes - Partition problem with hard drive. Reformat the hard drive.

4 ashes - RAID problem.5 ashes - ROM problem.

6 ashes - Hard Drive not recognized.

7 ashes - Problem with motherboard (RAM, LAN, or Hard Drive controller).

Replacing a Hard Drive

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Do not use any replacement hard drive which draws more than 0.92A at 5Vdc and 0.9A at 12Vdc.

Replacement hard drives must have safety certification (such as MET or UL) approved by NRTL.

The above warnings are basic safety restrictions only, and do not constitute the full requirementsfor a hard disk drive to function properly in the LinkStation.

Your product warranty may be void if you mount a non-approved hard drive in the LinkStation.

Buffalos OP-HD series drives are recommended.

For best results, replacement drives should be blank, with no files or partitions on them.

The LinkStations hard drives are nothot-swappable. Before changing a hard drive in the

LinkStation, power the unit down and then unplug its power cord.

Ground yourself and the LinkStation before handling drives, or use a wriststrap with the otherend grounded to the LinkStations chassis.


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from power. Pull front cover straight off to open case.

Push tab to leftto release lock.


Swing locking mechanism to left to release drive.


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The hard drive tray will now slide out.

Install a new hard drive by doing the same steps in reverse order:

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Slide the new hard drive into the case.

With the lock mechanism open for the last bit, slide the drive into place.

Close the lock mechanism. It will click as it engages.

Replace the front cover.

Rebuilding Your Arrays

After replacing a hard drive, the data arrays on yourLinkStation will have to be rebuilt. If the drive thatwas replaced was part of a RAID 5, RAID 1, or RAID


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was replaced was part of a RAID 5, RAID 1, or RAID10 array, and the replacement drive was blank (withno partition or data stored on it), then the array

will be rebuilt automatically when you power on theLinkStation. All data from the failed drive will normallybe restored. This process may take several hours. Afterthe rst few minutes, you can use the LinkStation

normally while the array is being rebuilt. Disk accesswill be slower than usual during the rebuild. You cancheck the progress of the rebuild in the Web Admin Tool

by clicking on Disk Management, then Drive Properties.If the failed drive was not part of a RAID 5, RAID 1, orRAID 10 array, or if the replacement drive is not blank,then you may need to rebuild the array manually. Turnto the next page for details.

Rebuilding Your Arrays

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y y y ythe Web Admin Tool, select RAID Setupfrom the left-sidemenu. Put a check next to the disk being replaced and

click on Restructure RAID Array.

The array will rebuild. This may take several hours, andthe LinkStation will not be accessible until its nished.

Technical Specifcations

Data Transfer Rates: 10/100/1000 Mbps

Hard Drives: 3.5 SATA II (3 Gb/s)

RAM 512 Mb DDR SDRAM


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RAM 512 Mb DDR-SDRAM

Main Connector Type: RJ-45 (Ethernet)

USB Interface: USB 2.0/1.1

Protocol Support: TCP/IP

SMB, FTP, AppleTalk (File Sharing)

HTTP (Management)

NTP (Time Synchronization)

Power Supply: 100-240V 50/60Hz

Client OS Support: WindowsVista, XP, 2000, Server 2003*,

Server 2008*, Mac OS

10.3.9 or later

Power Consumption: ~45W (with no USB devices connected)

Dimensions: 5.91 x 9.01 x 5.91 (150 x 230 x 150 mm)

Weight: 12.5 pounds (5.2 kg)

Operating Environment: 41- 95 F, 5- 35 C; 20-80% non-condensing

* The LinkStation and its client utility work well with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, but many of the optional utilities (such as backup software) included with the LinkStation are not supported.

Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Contact Information (North America)

Buffalo Technology USA Inc.11100 Metric Blvd., Suite 750


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,Austin, TX 78758

GENERAL INQUIRIES

Monday through Friday8:30am-5:30pm CST

Direct: 512-794-8533 | Toll-free: 800-456-9799 | Fax: 512-794-8520 | Email: sales@

buffalotech.com

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

North American Technical Support by phone is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (USAand Canada).Toll-free: (866) 752-6210 | Email:[email protected]

Buffalo Technology UK Ltd.2 Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane

Contact Information (Europe)


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Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7BWUnited Kingdom

GENERAL INQUIRIES

Email: [email protected]

TECHNICAL SUPPORTBuffalo Technology provides technical support in English, German, French, Italian andSpanish. For opening hours and relevant telephone numbers, please go to:

www.buffalo-technology.com/contact

Source code for most Buffalo products is available at http://opensource.buffalo.jp

To have a copy of the source code for an individual product mailed to you please send one individually

GPL Information (North America)


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To have a copy of the source code for an individual product mailed to you, please send one individuallypackaged self addressed padded CD shipping envelope containing a blank CD-R to the following address:

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Within the envelope containing the self addressed padded CD shipping envelope, please include a bankdraft or money order for $20 (USD) (made out to Buffalo Technology) to cover our handling fee, postage andCD preparation. The CD-R should have the name of the product and revision number clearly written on theactual CD-R (not on the insert).

Sorry, but we do not send GPL source code in bulk. Source code for a single product will be sent with eachrequest.

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To have a copy of the source code for an individual product mailed to you, please send one individuallypackaged self addressed padded CD shipping envelope containing a blank CD-R to the following address:

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