APC NBRK0570 User Manual

To configure your appliance to use a Windows Share:

1. Click the External Storage icon to open the External Storage window.

2. Click Add... to open the External Storage Configuration window.

3. Select Windows Share and click Next.

4. Enter information in the following fields:

5. Click Next.

6. In the Select Action window, choose:

– Use network external storage when the Windows share has already been used by this 

appliance and you have chosen to un-share this mount. 

– Initialize (clear existing appliance data) and use network external storage the first time 

you use the Windows share with this appliance or if the Windows share was used with another 
appliance.

7. Click Finish. A prompt to reboot the appliance appears.

8. Click Reboot. The appliance automatically reboots. This may take a few minutes during which 

time Advanced View will be unavailable.

Remote hostname/IP

The hostname or IP address of the NAS.

Remote share name

The name of the Windows share on the NAS.

Subdirectory 
(optional)

The subdirectory in the Windows share that stores data. If no 
subdirectory is specified, data is stored in the root directory of the 
share.

Domain or computer 
name

The Windows domain to which the NAS is connected.

User name

The User name required to access the Windows share.

Password/Verify 
password

The Password required to access the Windows share.

Use all available space  If selected, the appliance will not delete data from the share until 

all available space on the share is exhausted. If this option is not 
selected, use the Limit space to (MB) and Allocation Unit 
controls to specify how much space is allocated on the share for the 
appliance.