Installing Hard Drives
If you ordered a PowerNAS CMA with hard drives, they will already be installed in the drive trays. Insert them
into the drive bays, with the tray numbered ‘0’ at the bottom, followed by 1, 2, and 3 at the top. Drive
numbering is for your convenience only and has no bearing on the operation of your PowerNAS CMA.
If you ordered a diskless PowerNAS CMA, your drive trays will be in the PowerNAS CMA device, filled with
dummy drives secured by two screws each. Remove the dummy drives and use those screws and the
additional eight screws in the accessories kit to install your chosen drives into the drive carriers.
Plugging in your PowerNAS CMA Appliance
To connect the appliance to your network and prepare it for configuration, perform the following steps. Refer
to page 4 for a guide to the back panel of your PowerNAS CMA.
1. Connect a HD-ready monitor to either of the HDMI ports, or a PC monitor to the DVI port
2. If connecting to a wired network
a. Plug one end of an Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port. Connect the other end to a switch
or router connected in turn to the device you plan to use to configure your PowerNAS CMA.
3. If connecting to a wireless network
a. Attach the wireless antenna to the rear of the PowerNAS CMA. The wireless antenna is
magnetic and we suggest attaching it in the middle of the rear cooling fan. Connect up the 2
wireless screw connectors from the antenna to the rear of the system – Take care when
screwing these in.
4. Plug one end of the power cord into the back panel of the device and plug the other end into a power
socket or UPS device.
5. Plug the USB keyboard and keyboard into the ports at the rear panel.
6. If required, connect up any ancillary devices, such as USB, Analogue or Digital Audio SPDIF cables.
