User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- WD® Service and Support
- WD Guardian Services
- Important User Information
- Product Overview
- Connecting the Server and Getting Started
- Managing the WD Sentinel Server (Dashboard)
- Setting up WD Sentinel Server & Connecting Computers
- Accessing the Dashboard
- Tips for Performing Dashboard Tasks
- Adding a User Account
- Performing Dashboard Tasks
- Using the Home Page
- Managing User Accounts
- Managing Devices
- Managing Storage
- Monitoring Applications
- Monitoring System Health and Alerts
- Updating Software
- Managing Server Settings
- Shutting Down and Rebooting the Server
- Managing Storage on the WD Sentinel Server
- Using the WD Sentinel Server’s Features
- Using the Launchpad (Internal Users)
- Accessing Shared Folders Over Your Network
- Accessing Computers and Shared Folders Remotely
- Backing up (Windows PC)
- Backing up with Time Machine (Mac)
- Recovering/Restoring (Windows PC)
- Recovering/Restoring (Mac)
- Backing up your WD Sentinel Server
- Recovering a WD Sentinel Server Image or Resetting the Boot Drives to Factory Defaults
- Best Practices
- Troubleshooting
- Regulatory and Warranty Information
- Appendix
- Index
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WD SENTINEL DS5100/DS6100
ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE
Storage Management Pane
The Storage Management pane uses a tree view to list and show physical and virtual
devices attached to the WD Sentinel server, including:
Adapter
Virtual Disks
Physical Devices
Properties Pane
The Properties pan lists the properties of the device selected in the Storage Management
pane. The Properties pane contains two tabs at the top:
Property: Select Property to view or modify the properties of the device selected
in the Storage Management pane.
Operation: Roll over the Operation tab to view a menu of operations that can be
performed on the device selected in the Storage Management pane.
Event Logs Pane
The Events Logs pane lists adapter events. The events are categorized into informational,
warning, and error events.
Operations Tab Tasks
Use the following steps to perform tasks on your RAID virtual disks.
Initialization
Use the following steps to create a background initialization of your RAID virtual disks.
1. On the WD Raid Storage Utility Home screen, in the Storage Management pane,
select the Virtual Disk.