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

APPENDIX
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WD SENTINEL DS5100/DS6100
ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE
5. Carefully lower the fan plate toward you then lift the fan plate out of the unit (Figure 5).
Figure 5. Remove fan
6. Gently place the replacement fan into the unit, ensuring that the orientation of the fan
is correct and that the fan interface connector is connected.
7. Replace and tighten the four (4) Fan Plate mounting screws.
8. Do not over-tighten the mounting screws.
9. Reconnect all of the cables for the device.
10. Restart the server.
WARNING! Before removing the fan plate completely from the unit, detach the fan
interface connector from the back plane PCBA.
Important: Do not disassemble the fan. Return the entire assembly intact to WD, if
instructed to do so.