User's Manual

CONNECTING THE SERVER AND GETTING STARTED
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WD SENTINEL DS5100/DS6100
ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE
c. A suggested server name will be generated for you when you enter your company
name. If you’d like to change this server name, enter a unique server name that is
different than the default name “WDSENTINEL.” The name can be up to 15
characters long, can contain letters, numbers and dashes (-), can not start with a
dash, must not contain spaces, and must not contain only numbers.
7. Create your administrator account information, then click Next. The Administrator
account should only be used to administer the server. Use a standard user account for
tasks that do not require administrative credentials.
a. Enter an Administrator account name. This name can contain up to 19 characters,
cannot be the same as the server name or the pre-defined user names such as
“administrator” or “guest.”
b. Enter and confirm a password (must be at least 8 characters long and contain at
least three of the following categories: uppercase letters, lowercase letters,
numbers, and symbols; spaces are allowed.) This is the Administrator password.
You will use it later to connect the client computers to your WD Sentinel server and
to access the Administrator Dashboard.
WARNING! THIS IS THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN NAME YOUR
WD SENTINEL SERVER. You must assign it a unique name to avoid
naming conflicts should you ever have more than one
WD Sentinel server on the network.
WARNING! If you forget the Administrator password, it may not be possible to
recover it, and you could potentially lose all of your data. Make sure
to record the password and keep it in a safe location.