trying to mount a hard drive via a NAS

[wfriedwald]

Hey Hey! I am trying to mount a blank hard drive via my Xyzel NAS 326 -

I believe that I need to know the IP address of the drive.

Can anyone advise me on how to find this (the IP address of the drive) ?

I have been trying to mount it using the Xyzel software, and I also have an eMail into them....

see image below "Disk Group 2" is the one that I am trying to mount, and to find the IP address for.

thanks for any feedback!

w

 

[Bigwaff]

Did you create a volume on the disk group "Disk Group 2" ?

 

[wfriedwald]

Ah! So that's what I should do - but I don't know how. What are the steps involved?

thanks for feedback!

w

 

[Bigwaff]

User Guide

https://download.zyxel.com/NAS326/user_guide/NAS326_V5.21%20ed3.pdf

 

[wfriedwald]

hey thank you for the manual - i have been going through the manual, but so far I am still trying to figure out how to find the IP address.

I tried running a few terminal commands -

1. ipconfig (this is a windows command, but I didn't think it would hurt anything) :

Last login: Fri May 16 09:58:17 on console

willfriedwald@Wills-Air ~ % ipconfig

usage: ipconfig <command> <args>
where <command> is one of waitall, getifaddr, ifcount, getoption, getiflist, getsummary, getpacket, getv6packet, getra, getdhcpduid, getdhcpiaid, set, setverbose

2. arp -a


this is what I got - does anybody have any idea what this means or what might be the drive I am trying to mount?

willfriedwald@Wills-Air ~ % arp -a

cr1000a.mynetworksettings.com (192.168.1.1) at ac:91:9b:eb:6f:6d on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
cr1000a.mynetworksettings.com (192.168.1.1) at ac:91:9b:eb:6f:6d on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.45) at (incomplete) on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.57) at (incomplete) on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
wills-air (192.168.1.153) at c:37:96:90:dc:8c on en7 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
wills-air (192.168.1.153) at c:37:96:90:dc:8c on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
nas326 (192.168.1.157) at 7c:77:16:92:78:96 on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
nas326 (192.168.1.157) at 7c:77:16:92:78:96 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.249) at (incomplete) on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en7 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
mdns.mcast.net (224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en7 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
mdns.mcast.net (224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
broadcasthost (255.255.255.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en7 ifscope [ethernet]

willfriedwald@Wills-Air ~ %

thanks again for feedback!

w

 

[Bigwaff]

Go to your NAS device's admin interface and locate the Network control panel. The current IP address can be found there. Again, see User Guide

https://download.zyxel.com/NAS326/user_guide/NAS326_V5.21%20ed3.pdf

 

[wfriedwald]

thanks - okay, I figured that out ... I can now mount the NAS via the GO command ...

however, I still can NOT figure out how to mount the second drive in the NAS - the NAS software seems to know it is in there on some levels but on other levels it does not!

ZYXEL does NOT support this unit, it is out of date, so I guess there is nothing I can do!

I am throwing in the towel, I concede defeat!

w

 

[Bigwaff]

Did you create a volume on the disk group "Disk Group 2" ?

 

[wfriedwald]

that's the frustrating thing - there IS a brand new seagate 16TB drive in the second bay. However...

in some places, the ZYXEL software DOES seem to know that there is a second hard drive in the second bay in some places (see the first jpeg)

but then when i try to create a volume, I get an error message saying that there is no drive in there!

I can NOT figure this out at all!

w

 

[wfriedwald]

Hmmmm.... one more thought:

The drive that is currently recognized and working - I can not remember what capacity it is, but it might be 14TB. (I believe it is at least 14TB.)

I am wondering, maybe the NAS 326 can NOT accommodate a hard drive larger than 14TB? Now I am scouring the manual trying to find out if that info, the maximum capacity, is anywhere in the manual.

thanks again!

w

 

[Bigwaff]

Select "Volume" in sidebar and post screenshot.

 

[wfriedwald]

thank you!


here we go - the second is when I try to create a volume in this tab, I get the same error message as before ...

thanks again!