Assembling The Synology

Parcelforce man arrived just after lunch, so check one item arrives next day,  open box to check contents, faultless service from dabs.com.

Next how to access to install the HDD,  no screws and simple slide of the side cover and we’re in,  screws supplied in a bag.

Nice and simple layout inside,  only counter intuitive part is that HDD1 sits on the top.

I plan to install 2x SeaGate 500GB 7200RPM drives in to start with,  but one contains some data,  so I’m installing single for now,  will create a volume move the data and add the 2^nd.

So far so good,  so plugged it in,  let it power on,  ran the connection utility and,  oops couldn’t connect!

Checked the DHCP server to get its IP address and browsed to that directly and we’re in. GUI steps through downloading latest firmware and formatting the HDD all seemless.