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dianam
Jul 21, 2016Follower
Cannot Discover ReadyNAS 2120 using ReadyCloud nor RAIDar
Hello,
I recently purchased a ReadyNAS 2120, installed two new hard-disks, installed it in my rack and ran the procedures to discover the NAS.
Although I used both the remote procedure (via ready...
Hopchen
Jul 21, 2016Prodigy
Hi dianam,
Firstly, the discovery. As the NAS is a new setup (as far as I can read) - did you do the factory default procedure first? Or did you simply boot it up? If you insert new HDDs into the NAS and you want to do a new clean setup then you need to do a factory default first. NOTE: That will erase all data so be careful if there is any existing data on those disks that you need.
Second, the registration. How did you get the NAS? Did you purchase it second hand or did you buy it from a resller directly (like Amazon, etc.)?
mdgm-ntgr
Jul 21, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
If the only hard disks in the NAS are new (i.e. blank and unformatted) it should automatically do a factory reset.
However if the NAS considers the disks as used it will not. A factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) via the boot menu is definitely worth a try.
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