Western Digital WDBLGT0040KBK, WDBLGT0120KBK manual General, Media, HomeGroup, Remote Web Access

MANAGING THE WD SENTINEL SERVER (DASHBOARD)

2.The General page displays. The left panel contains links to the rest of the Server Settings pages.

Following is a summary of the purpose of each of the Server Settings pages.

General

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Shutdown or restart the server—This is the safest method to shut down or restart the server. It insures that the RAID system shuts down cleanly. See “” on page 27 for instructions.

Change the date, time, and location of the server—You can change the settings you established at initialization.

Change the behavior of the Microsoft update—You can change the settings for updating the Microsoft software.

Media

Enable or disable media (DLNA) services, set the video streaming quality, and define the folders to be used for the media. By default, media service is enabled, and the default Picture, Music, and Video folders are set to distribute the media.

HomeGroup

When creating a HomeGroup, establish which folders are to be shared through the HomeGroup. Note that HomeGroup is only available for Windows 7 clients.

Remote Web Access

With Remote Web Access enabled, you can access the WD Sentinel server from any device using a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, from anywhere with Internet access. You can access shared folders and files (that you have permission for) on the server as well as on your networked computer.

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