Cisco Cisco Smart Storage Hard Drive Trays Manuel De Maintenance
Managing the System
External Device
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To format an external device:
STEP 1
Connect an external device to the NAS.
STEP 2
Choose External Device > External Storage Device from the Navigation menu.
The External Storage Device window opens.
The External Storage Device window opens.
STEP 3
Select the external storage device from the window.
STEP 4
Choose a format type.
STEP 5
Click Format Now. The external device is formatted in the selected format.
NOTE
The NAS can format the external drive for a FAT32, NTFS, EXT3, EXT4, or HFS+ (Mac
only) file system. If you are formating your external drive for EXT3 or EXT4, it cannot
be recognized if you are using a Windows operating system. The NAS will
recognize each partition existing on the external drive is one disk. If a single drive
with multiple partitions is connecting to the NAS port, it will appeared as multiple
USB disks. For example, if you are using an external disk drive with four partitions,
the NAS will recognize each partition as USBdisk1, USBdisk2, USBdisk3, and
USBdisk4. To format a complete clean for external drives, you need to format each
partition.
only) file system. If you are formating your external drive for EXT3 or EXT4, it cannot
be recognized if you are using a Windows operating system. The NAS will
recognize each partition existing on the external drive is one disk. If a single drive
with multiple partitions is connecting to the NAS port, it will appeared as multiple
USB disks. For example, if you are using an external disk drive with four partitions,
the NAS will recognize each partition as USBdisk1, USBdisk2, USBdisk3, and
USBdisk4. To format a complete clean for external drives, you need to format each
partition.