General, Media, Homegroup – Western Digital WD Sentinel DX4000 User Manual User Manual

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MANAGING THE WD SENTINEL SERVER (DASHBOARD)

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WD SENTINEL DX4000
ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE

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

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
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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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