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Apprentice

Apr 14, 2024

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Ready NAS 212 Fails to Complete Setup

ReadyNAS 212 2-bay I had drive failures. I was able to back up my data to another NAS. I installed 2 4TB SSDs and want to start for scratch. I started RAIDar app. At first it found the NAS and th...

StephenB
Apr 17, 2024
RichardB56 wrote:

After a minute the power light blinks and the Drive1, Drive 2 and back light blink but power light first and then the others. Flashing back and forth.

Does the status match one of these patterns:

LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks. The number of slow blinks will be the error code. Current error codes: 1 - Vendor mismatch 2 - No disks detected 3 - Bad contents on root partition of disks 4 - Flash error 5 - Unsupported RAID configuration

RichardB56 wrote:

I have connected the SSDs to my PC and they are working.

That said, your symptoms sound like they might disk-related. Did you run a full disk test?

RichardB56 wrote:

I tried accessing the NAS through the browser using the IP and get asked for a password that I do not have. I tried 'admin" without a password but it does not work.

The default admin password is "password".

FYI, manuals for your NAS are here:

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/READYNAS_OS_6_SM_EN.pdf

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf

RichardB56

Apprentice

Apr 16, 2024

I tried the NAS without the disks and I can see it on the network.

I have connected the SSDs to my PC and they are working.

I added one SSD to The NAS. Performed factory reset and almost immediate get all 4 lights blinking.

Running RAIDar it starts. I get system starting message then I get the failed network connection.

I manually deleted the volume of both SSDs. Inserted 1 SSD and started normally. After the power light stopped blinking I ran RAIDar and states "Healthy". Hot install of the second SSD did nothing. Controlled shut down the NAS and then restarted. After the power light stopped blinking I ran RAIDar again. It showed 2 drives "Healthy" but does not start setup. I tried accessing the NAS through the browser using the IP and get asked for a password that I do not have. I tried 'admin" without a password but it does not work. It seems to be working but not accessible.

I tried factory reset. After initializing the power light and drive 1 light came on (with drive 2 off) then power light and drive 2 came on (with drive 1 off). After a minute the power light blinks and the Drive1, Drive 2 and back light blink but power light first and then the others. Flashing back and forth.

What next?

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Apr 17, 2024

RichardB56 wrote:

After a minute the power light blinks and the Drive1, Drive 2 and back light blink but power light first and then the others. Flashing back and forth.

Does the status match one of these patterns:

LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks.  The number of slow blinks will be the error code.

Current error codes:
1  - Vendor mismatch
2  - No disks detected
3  - Bad contents on root partition of disks
4  - Flash error
5  - Unsupported RAID configuration

RichardB56 wrote:

I have connected the SSDs to my PC and they are working.

That said, your symptoms sound like they might disk-related. Did you run a full disk test?

RichardB56 wrote:

I tried accessing the NAS through the browser using the IP and get asked for a password that I do not have. I tried 'admin" without a password but it does not work.

The default admin password is "password".

FYI, manuals for your NAS are here:

RichardB56
Apprentice
Apr 17, 2024
Success
Concerning the lights, the power light would alternate with the other 3 (driv 1, drive 2 and Backup) steady blinking. I believe this may have been the system booting after being reset. I think I was not giving the device enough time to boot. The last time I did a factory reset I left it for an hour and the lights came on as normal. With the provided password I was able to access setup and complete. The NAS is up, operational and accessible.

Running RAIDar show up and it is syncing. I'm not sure what it is syncing on.
- Sandshark
  Sensei - Experienced User
  Apr 17, 2024
  It's not syncing "on" anything. It's syncing the drive contents to form a RAID. That's necessary, even with empty drives.
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 17, 2024
    Sandshark wrote:
    
    It's not syncing "on" anything. It's syncing the drive contents to form a RAID. That's necessary, even with empty drives.
    
    In your situation, the RAID would be RAID-1 (mirrored drives). So the NAS is copying one drive to the other during the sync. The RAID array is a virtual disk, which then has the BTRFS file system installed on it. So the sync is agnostic to the file system (and operates the same way on a full volume as it does on an empty one).