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... PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 4 USER MANUAL Just blazing-fast performance for up to ten computers. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Stream media to your way - Back up your storage capacity. Simply attach a compatible USB 3.0 hard drive directly to connected TVs, media players, gaming consoles and other DLNA®/UPnP® devices. iSCSI target, full-featured FTP services, link aggregation and failover support, jumbo frame support, iPv6 ready, UPS support (USB and network), real time resource monitor, volume encryption with disk spin...
... PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 4 USER MANUAL Just blazing-fast performance for up to ten computers. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Stream media to your way - Back up your storage capacity. Simply attach a compatible USB 3.0 hard drive directly to connected TVs, media players, gaming consoles and other DLNA®/UPnP® devices. iSCSI target, full-featured FTP services, link aggregation and failover support, jumbo frame support, iPv6 ready, UPS support (USB and network), real time resource monitor, volume encryption with disk spin...
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... Personal Cloud Storage device to the Ethernet port located on the back of the Ethernet cable directly into a router or network switch port. 3. If this occurs, data may be lost. 1. Using the provided Ethernet cable, connect one end of the adapter into a power outlet. This includes: Status Messages Device name IP address Current firmware version Fan speed Drive status WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 10 USER MANUAL Connect the other...
... Personal Cloud Storage device to the Ethernet port located on the back of the Ethernet cable directly into a router or network switch port. 3. If this occurs, data may be lost. 1. Using the provided Ethernet cable, connect one end of the adapter into a power outlet. This includes: Status Messages Device name IP address Current firmware version Fan speed Drive status WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 10 USER MANUAL Connect the other...
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... button, hold down list. 4. In Windows Explorer, under the shared items in the future: 1. In a Finder window, click WDMyCloudEX4 under Network, click WDMYCLOUDEX4. 2. Mapping the Public Folder (Windows) To map the WD My Cloud EX4 public folder for quick access in the side bar. 2. Select the Reconnect at the new location. -OR - - Click Finish. Double-click the Public folder to do this creates an alias at login...
... button, hold down list. 4. In Windows Explorer, under the shared items in the future: 1. In a Finder window, click WDMyCloudEX4 under Network, click WDMYCLOUDEX4. 2. Mapping the Public Folder (Windows) To map the WD My Cloud EX4 public folder for quick access in the side bar. 2. Select the Reconnect at the new location. -OR - - Click Finish. Double-click the Public folder to do this creates an alias at login...
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...; General device settings, • Network configurations, • ISO mount options, • Media options, • Device utility tasks, • Notification settings, • Firmware update settings. Create, change, and delete shares (folders) and grant specific users full, limited, or no access to particular shares Set up, change , and delete users and grant them full or limited access to particular shares. Configure advanced settings for your data. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 24 USER MANUAL Icon Name Users Shares Cloud Access Backups Storage Apps Settings THE...
...; General device settings, • Network configurations, • ISO mount options, • Media options, • Device utility tasks, • Notification settings, • Firmware update settings. Create, change, and delete shares (folders) and grant specific users full, limited, or no access to particular shares Set up, change , and delete users and grant them full or limited access to particular shares. Configure advanced settings for your data. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 24 USER MANUAL Icon Name Users Shares Cloud Access Backups Storage Apps Settings THE...
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..., create new users, create groups, and grant a user access to existing shares. Web Access Timeout on the device. MANAGING USERS, GROUPS AND SHARES 5 Managing Users, Groups and Shares About Users About Groups About Shares Viewing Users Viewing Groups Viewing a List of Shares Adding a Single User Adding a Group Creating a New Share Adding Multiple Users Editing Group Settings Making a Share Private Editing User Settings Assigning Share Access to Editing Share Settings Updating a User Password Groups Deleting a Share Assigning Share Access to Assigning Quotas to a Group...
..., create new users, create groups, and grant a user access to existing shares. Web Access Timeout on the device. MANAGING USERS, GROUPS AND SHARES 5 Managing Users, Groups and Shares About Users About Groups About Shares Viewing Users Viewing Groups Viewing a List of Shares Adding a Single User Adding a Group Creating a New Share Adding Multiple Users Editing Group Settings Making a Share Private Editing User Settings Assigning Share Access to Editing Share Settings Updating a User Password Groups Deleting a Share Assigning Share Access to Assigning Quotas to a Group...
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... STORAGE 89 USER MANUAL And email address is required to receive login information and to write down the access codes you 've added an email address to the user account, click this icon will be used to send conformation information and instructions on how to update/change the user's email address. A dialog box displays the user's activation code and its expiration date and time. ACCESSING YOUR CLOUD REMOTELY 2. Enter the user's email address. To generate an activation code for a user's mobile device(s): Important: Codes...
... STORAGE 89 USER MANUAL And email address is required to receive login information and to write down the access codes you 've added an email address to the user account, click this icon will be used to send conformation information and instructions on how to update/change the user's email address. A dialog box displays the user's activation code and its expiration date and time. ACCESSING YOUR CLOUD REMOTELY 2. Enter the user's email address. To generate an activation code for a user's mobile device(s): Important: Codes...
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... USER MANUAL Media Storage You can now upload all media types to enable or disable the DLNA and iTunes media servers. Uploading and mirroring are needed by means of all NAS devices with other users • Shared Videos-Stores video files you want to share with "upload" capability. Note: Some devices may not support playback of network shares. The device comes pre-configured with the Public network share, which formats are areas set up to organize media and access...
... USER MANUAL Media Storage You can now upload all media types to enable or disable the DLNA and iTunes media servers. Uploading and mirroring are needed by means of all NAS devices with other users • Shared Videos-Stores video files you want to share with "upload" capability. Note: Some devices may not support playback of network shares. The device comes pre-configured with the Public network share, which formats are areas set up to organize media and access...
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... user interface to establish connection so that your player can use a variety of drivers. 3. Depending on using and updating the media player, go to access a Settings/Network Setup page in a network drive such as digital picture frames, Blu Ray players, network connected TVs, and digital media adapters: 1. For details on the player you have copied your files to one of the Shared folders, you may need to the appropriate support site. Follow the user instructions provided with Windows...
... user interface to establish connection so that your player can use a variety of drivers. 3. Depending on using and updating the media player, go to access a Settings/Network Setup page in a network drive such as digital picture frames, Blu Ray players, network connected TVs, and digital media adapters: 1. For details on the player you have copied your files to one of the Shared folders, you may need to the appropriate support site. Follow the user instructions provided with Windows...
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....4 or later only supports music files. You can use iTunes to your home network. Go to your computer. See "Enabling/Disabling iTunes" on your local area network so you are ready to Windows or Mac computers running iTunes. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 108 USER MANUAL PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC DLNA Devices See specific DLNA media device user manuals for instructions on connecting a DLNA device to http://www.dlna.org for a list of supported media types, see "Media Types Supported" on page...
....4 or later only supports music files. You can use iTunes to your home network. Go to your computer. See "Enabling/Disabling iTunes" on your local area network so you are ready to Windows or Mac computers running iTunes. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 108 USER MANUAL PLAYING/STREAMING VIDEOS, PHOTOS, & MUSIC DLNA Devices See specific DLNA media device user manuals for instructions on connecting a DLNA device to http://www.dlna.org for a list of supported media types, see "Media Types Supported" on page...
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... CLOUD STORAGE 116 USER MANUAL CONFIGURING SETTINGS Web Access Timeout Automatically logs you out of the system after a designated amount of time. • From the Web Access Timeout drop-down list, select a share you'd like to use to backup your Mac data. 4. In the Mac Backups area, click the toggle button to display the Time Machine Settings dialog 3. Mac Backups This section of the General screen enables or disables Time Machine backups of time you'd like to use for your Administrator account in...
... CLOUD STORAGE 116 USER MANUAL CONFIGURING SETTINGS Web Access Timeout Automatically logs you out of the system after a designated amount of time. • From the Web Access Timeout drop-down list, select a share you'd like to use to backup your Mac data. 4. In the Mac Backups area, click the toggle button to display the Time Machine Settings dialog 3. Mac Backups This section of the General screen enables or disables Time Machine backups of time you'd like to use for your Administrator account in...
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... server password. Active Directory Enabling this function allows you WD My Cloud EX4 device to your remote folder. 6. Click Configure. 3. Active Directory is disabled by default. 1. Review the information on the screen, then click Enable. 4. Click Save. Enter the following information: User Name Password Enter the Active Directory server account name. CONFIGURING SETTINGS 5. Click Get Remote Share Folder to connect to join an existing windows domain. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 118 USER MANUAL To enable/disable Active Directory, click the toggle button...
... server password. Active Directory Enabling this function allows you WD My Cloud EX4 device to your remote folder. 6. Click Configure. 3. Active Directory is disabled by default. 1. Review the information on the screen, then click Enable. 4. Click Save. Enter the following information: User Name Password Enter the Active Directory server account name. CONFIGURING SETTINGS 5. Click Get Remote Share Folder to connect to join an existing windows domain. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 118 USER MANUAL To enable/disable Active Directory, click the toggle button...
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...! Mounting or ejecting a USB drive while performing an NFS or AFP file transfer will interrupt the file transfer process. SMB2 FTP Access AFP Service NFS Service CONFIGURING SETTINGS Server Message Block, version 2. In the Passive Mode field, select either Unlimited or Customize. Select the check box if you enable SMB2, read/write performance will be used for Time Machine backups. • To enable/disable AFP Service, click the toggle button . Enter the following information: • Maximum Users...
...! Mounting or ejecting a USB drive while performing an NFS or AFP file transfer will interrupt the file transfer process. SMB2 FTP Access AFP Service NFS Service CONFIGURING SETTINGS Server Message Block, version 2. In the Passive Mode field, select either Unlimited or Customize. Select the check box if you enable SMB2, read/write performance will be used for Time Machine backups. • To enable/disable AFP Service, click the toggle button . Enter the following information: • Maximum Users...
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... factory default settings with no data loss. CONFIGURING SETTINGS System Restore The system restore allows the Administrator to perform a full factory restore on page 132 to create or restore a configuration file. This option restores your device to your saved configuration file and select it Open. Keep in mind that importing a configuration after restoring factory defaults does not restore shares or users. Review the confirmation message, then click OK. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 132 USER MANUAL The device will reboot...
... factory default settings with no data loss. CONFIGURING SETTINGS System Restore The system restore allows the Administrator to perform a full factory restore on page 132 to create or restore a configuration file. This option restores your device to your saved configuration file and select it Open. Keep in mind that importing a configuration after restoring factory defaults does not restore shares or users. Review the confirmation message, then click OK. WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE 132 USER MANUAL The device will reboot...
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... 155 Accessories 5 regulatory 155 Active Directory settings 118 safety 155 adding connecting a single user 36 a USB drive 52 apps 84 a Virtualized Volume to a target 79 groups 45 WD My Cloud EX4 9 media content to a folder 106 contacting WD Technical Support ii multiple users 38 creating Port Forwarding Services 125 a private share 51 AFP Services 122 a USB backup 53 alert details 32 a Virtualized Volume 77 alerts icons 31 an iSCSI target 73 Amazon S3 64...
... 155 Accessories 5 regulatory 155 Active Directory settings 118 safety 155 adding connecting a single user 36 a USB drive 52 apps 84 a Virtualized Volume to a target 79 groups 45 WD My Cloud EX4 9 media content to a folder 106 contacting WD Technical Support ii multiple users 38 creating Port Forwarding Services 125 a private share 51 AFP Services 122 a USB backup 53 alert details 32 a Virtualized Volume 77 alerts icons 31 an iSCSI target 73 Amazon S3 64...
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... Network Workgroup (Windows) 123 viewing media server information 104 port forwarding 124 DLNA devices 108 Recycle Bin settings 119 Dynamic DNS 123 services settings 117 E editing group settings 46 shares 51 USB backups 55 user settings 41 ElephantDrive backing up to 62 enabling a backup 61 enabling 64 Amazon S3 64 an iSCSI target 74 cloud access for a user 88 DLNA 103 workgroup 124 Getting Started with Online Setup Software 13 without Online Setup Software 18 group quota rules 43 groups 43 about 44 adding 45 assigning a user 43 assigning quotas...
... Network Workgroup (Windows) 123 viewing media server information 104 port forwarding 124 DLNA devices 108 Recycle Bin settings 119 Dynamic DNS 123 services settings 117 E editing group settings 46 shares 51 USB backups 55 user settings 41 ElephantDrive backing up to 62 enabling a backup 61 enabling 64 Amazon S3 64 an iSCSI target 74 cloud access for a user 88 DLNA 103 workgroup 124 Getting Started with Online Setup Software 13 without Online Setup Software 18 group quota rules 43 groups 43 about 44 adding 45 assigning a user 43 assigning quotas...
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... FTP Access 122 Jumbo Frames 121 Link Speed option 121 LLTD 123 NFS Service 122 SMB2 122 SNMP 123 SSH 123 WebDAV Service 123 Link Speed 121 LLTD 123 Local Master Browser 124 deleting 75 disabling 74 enabling 74 modifying 74 ISO Images creating 126 ISO Mounting 125 ISO Shares creating 127 deleting 129 modifying 129 viewing 128 M Mac software folder 19 Mac backup 116 managing alerts 31 apps 83 USB backups 52 users 35 manually adding...
... FTP Access 122 Jumbo Frames 121 Link Speed option 121 LLTD 123 NFS Service 122 SMB2 122 SNMP 123 SSH 123 WebDAV Service 123 Link Speed 121 LLTD 123 Local Master Browser 124 deleting 75 disabling 74 enabling 74 modifying 74 ISO Images creating 126 ISO Mounting 125 ISO Shares creating 127 deleting 129 modifying 129 viewing 128 M Mac software folder 19 Mac backup 116 managing alerts 31 apps 83 USB backups 52 users 35 manually adding...
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... Volume 80 opening on Windows Vista/Windows 7 an iSCSI target 74 18 an ISO Share 129 internal backups 60 port forwarding services 125 multiple users 38 creating 39 importing 40 N navigation icons end user 140 Network Activity panel 27 Network Profile settings 120 Network Services IPv4 Network Mode 121 IPv6 Network Mode 121 Network Services settings 120 Network settings 119 Network Workgroup (Windows) 123 NFS Service 122 Q quota rules 43 quotas assigning to a group 47 assigning users to 43 R RAID 72 auto-rebuilding 72 supported modes 153 RAID Migrations 153 RAID mode 68 viewing 68 RAID...
... Volume 80 opening on Windows Vista/Windows 7 an iSCSI target 74 18 an ISO Share 129 internal backups 60 port forwarding services 125 multiple users 38 creating 39 importing 40 N navigation icons end user 140 Network Activity panel 27 Network Profile settings 120 Network Services IPv4 Network Mode 121 IPv6 Network Mode 121 Network Services settings 120 Network settings 119 Network Workgroup (Windows) 123 NFS Service 122 Q quota rules 43 quotas assigning to a group 47 assigning users to 43 R RAID 72 auto-rebuilding 72 supported modes 153 RAID Migrations 153 RAID mode 68 viewing 68 RAID...
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... Support 33 105 System Restore RoHS 156 about 132 Running a Diagnostic Test 131 U S updates safe mode making on the Home Page 25 recovering from 154 updating apps 86 Safe Mode Firmware Update Procedures USB backups 154 creating 53 Safety deleting 55 instructions 1 editing 55 Safety Compliance 155 managing 52 services settings 117 viewing details 54 setting USB drive general 110 connecting 52 setup guide User Joomla 144 settings 35 phpBB 148 viewing list of 36 shares user 41 about 48 user password assigning access...
... Support 33 105 System Restore RoHS 156 about 132 Running a Diagnostic Test 131 U S updates safe mode making on the Home Page 25 recovering from 154 updating apps 86 Safe Mode Firmware Update Procedures USB backups 154 creating 53 Safety deleting 55 instructions 1 editing 55 Safety Compliance 155 managing 52 services settings 117 viewing details 54 setting USB drive general 110 connecting 52 setup guide User Joomla 144 settings 35 phpBB 148 viewing list of 36 shares user 41 about 48 user password assigning access...
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... Desktop about 90 installing 91 WD service and support ii WD Technical Support contacting ii WD's Online Learning Center 13 Web Access Timeout 116 Web browser compatibility 6 WebDAV Service 123 Windows mapping a public folder 19 Windows 8 getting started without Online Setup Software 18 W WAN 6 Warning Windows Vista/Windows 7 public share 18 workgroups 120, 124 changing RAID mode 68 deleting a share 51, 68 modifying the device 123 mounting a USB drive 52, 122 renaming the device 110 renaming the drive 110 warranty...
... Desktop about 90 installing 91 WD service and support ii WD Technical Support contacting ii WD's Online Learning Center 13 Web Access Timeout 116 Web browser compatibility 6 WebDAV Service 123 Windows mapping a public folder 19 Windows 8 getting started without Online Setup Software 18 W WAN 6 Warning Windows Vista/Windows 7 public share 18 workgroups 120, 124 changing RAID mode 68 deleting a share 51, 68 modifying the device 123 mounting a USB drive 52, 122 renaming the device 110 renaming the drive 110 warranty...
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..., featuring WD Red™ hard drives for ultimate compatibility in the unique 24x7 NAS operating environment. *For the latest list of mind with WD SmartWare™ Pro for PC users and Apple® Time Machine® for even more options to customize your drives, manage users and utilize energysaving features. Powerful apps to manage your documents from anywhere. Advanced serving options Integrated file server, FTP server, backup server and P2P download server. No limits...
..., featuring WD Red™ hard drives for ultimate compatibility in the unique 24x7 NAS operating environment. *For the latest list of mind with WD SmartWare™ Pro for PC users and Apple® Time Machine® for even more options to customize your drives, manage users and utilize energysaving features. Powerful apps to manage your documents from anywhere. Advanced serving options Integrated file server, FTP server, backup server and P2P download server. No limits...