Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 User manual

WD Sentinel™DX4000
Supplemental Administrator’s Quick Install Guide

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Introduction
This quick install guide supplement contains updated
information for the WD Sentinel™ DX4000 Small Office
Storage Server. Use this supplement in conjunction with
the WD Sentinel DX4000 Small Office Storage Server
Administrator’s Quick Install Guide.
The updates included in this supplement outline the
addition of Mac computer procedures for your WD
Sentinel server.
System Requirements
The following has been added to the system
requirements:
Client Operating System Compatibility:
–Mac® OS X Snow Leopard®
Introduction
The following note has been removed from The
Introduction on page 3 of the WD Sentinel DX4000
Small Office Storage Server Administrator’s Quick Install
Guide:
Note: Before connecting a Mac computer to the WD
Sentinel server, you must connect and configure the
WD Sentinel server with a Windows PC.
Step 2 (Mac): Set up WD Sentinel Server
(one time only)
1. In the address field of an open browser window,
enter
https://<IP address> and click Enter to display the
setup wizard download screen.
Use the IP address shown in the LCD of the WD
Sentinel server.
Example: https://192.168.1.12
2. Click Download and run the setup wizard.
3. Select the server language from the list provided and
click the arrow to continue.
Important: Be sure the Mac computer has all
the latest mandatory and optional Apple
updates installed before running the
Connector software.
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4. Verify the localization settings, or select the correct
values from the drop-down lists, then click Next:
5. Review the date and time, select the checkbox to
verify the settings, then click Next:
6. Read the Microsoft and Western Digital license
agreements and select both checkboxes to accept
the license terms, then click Next:
If prompted to verify the identity of the website,
select Continue or Proceed anyway.

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7. Personalize your WD Sentinel server:
a. The WD Sentinel server has a default name of
WDSENTINEL. Enter a unique name for your WD
Sentinel server, for example, Company-Name
(must contain 1-12 characters; may be upper
case, lower case, numeric, or a combination; may
include hyphens but no spaces or special
characters).
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
Administration Dashboard.
c. Enter a hint to remind you of the password.
8. Click Next and specify how the server software
updates should occur. Make a selection:
Note: If you choose the first or second option on
this screen, the subsequent installation process
may take longer, depending on Windows updates
that may be available at this time.
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 your data. Make sure
to record the password and keep it in a safe
location.

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The installation begins. The progress bar on the
screen and the LCD of the WD Sentinel server
inform you of the installation’s progress.
The completion screen appears:
Your WD Sentinel server configuration is complete
and the server is ready for use!
9. To connect the current Mac computer to your
server, leave the Connect this Computer
checkbox selected, click Connect, and proceed to
“Step 3: Connect the First Computer” .
Important: This process can take 30 minutes or
more and may restart more than once. Do not
interrupt the process. Do not power off or disconnect
the WD Sentinel server.

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Step 3: Connect the First Computer
Connect a Mac
Use the following one-time procedure to connect your
Mac computer to the WD Sentinel server.
1. Click Download software for Mac:
The Mac Connector software downloads to your
Download directory.
Note: To get to the Connector download screen,
you can also open a web browser and in the
address field, type
http://<IP address>/connect.
Example http://192.168.1.12/connect. The LCD of
the WD Sentinel server displays the WD Sentinel
name and IP address.
2. Click the Download icon on the Menu bar at the
bottom of the screen:
3. Select MacConnector.dmg. The MacConnector
window opens.
4. Double-click MacConnector.
5. Review the warning screen, then click Open.
Note: If prompted to do so, type the user name and
password of an account that has administrator
permissions on this client computer.

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6. Review the Connect Computer to the Server
wizard, then click Continue.
7. Enter the server address, then click Continue. The
server address can be found in the LCD on the front
of your WD Sentinel (Example: 192.168.1.12).
The software checks to ensure that your Mac meets
the required prerequisites.
8. Once completed, enter an identifying name for your
computer, then click Continue.
9. Enter the Administrator password for your WD
Sentinel server, then click Continue.

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10.Enter a unique description for your computer so the
server will be able to distinguish yours from others
on the network, then click Continue.
11.The installation completes. If not selected, select
the checkbox for opening the Windows Server
Launchpad at startup, then click Close.
Note: It is a best practice to select the Open
Dashboard to administer your server option and
launch the Dashboard after finishing the Connector
software installation. To take advantage of shared
storage capabilities of your WD Sentinel server, on the
Dashboard, create a user account and assign access
privileges to the shared folders.
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