User`s guide

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Installing Your Drive 5
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Installing Your Drive
In this chapter you will connect and set up your
Maxtor Shared Storage Drive.
In order to install your Shared Storage Drive, you will need
the following:
• Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
is recommended).
• 10/100 compliant network with DNS and DHCP servers
(Dynamic Host Control Protocol) running.
• An available Ethernet port on your network, switch
or router.
• Microsoft Networks enabled over TCP/IP.
• File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks on each
computer that will access the Shared Storage Drive.
Follow these steps to install your drive
Step 1. Connect your drive.
Step 2. Power up your drive.
Step 3. Set up your drive.
Step 1. Connect your drive
Connecting the Ethernet cable
1. Plug one end of the (supplied) Ethernet cable into
your network, switch or router.
2. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port
on your Shared Storage Drive.
Ethernet
Port
Router
Ethernet PortEthernet Port
Figure 3. Connecting the Ethernet Cable