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ReadyAS
Dec 13, 2019Guide
Turned off after power return
I would like to recall the thread: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS-in-Business/Auto-Power-On-after-Power-Loss/m-p/896012/highlight/true#M49771 and ask about the possibility to ...
ReadyAS
Dec 13, 2019Guide
On the mainboard there are some jumpers. Maybe is there any way to change the auto power on/off option changing any jumper?
- StephenBDec 14, 2019Guru - Experienced User
ReadyAS wrote:
Maybe is there any way to change the auto power on/off option changing any jumper?
I don't know what the jumpers do, but there is no known way to change the auto power on/off in the bios.
There is a workaround - get a UPS that supports USB monitoring and connect that to the NAS. The NAS will shut down gracefully when the UPS battery runs down, and won't start up again until you press the power button (assuming you don't have a power on schedule set).
- ReadyASDec 14, 2019Guide
Thank you for your fast answer StephenB.
"there is no known way to change the auto power on/off in the bios." - I think it is the way, but of course there is a need to modify the BIOS.
I have one UPS, but connected to four NAS'es. There is no way to properly manage this.
Always when I plug in the power cord / give voltage, the NAS starts, so even when I power on the voltage in my home and next on my UPS, all four NAS'es start at the same time completely unnecessarily.
I'm looking for the solution, so I have opened the housing and see that on the mainboard there are some jumpers - meybe there is any way?
- schumakuDec 14, 2019Guru - Experienced User
All the ReadyNAS are designed for 24*7 operations - so they have to power-up and boot if power is applied, e.g. following a power failure 8-)
I guess they removed the BIOS menu from these legacy unit, so the config (which does exist on industry standard systems) cant' be changed easily. Time for patching the defaults in the image?
If you are interested: The competitors are not sleeping - they have controls in the Web UI for BIOS- (top) and custom power controller equipped ARM systems (below) for a loooong time:
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