Advanced Mode - Western Digital My Book User Manual

Advanced Mode

Advanced mode provides access to additional options not available in the basic
mode. When in basic mode, click Advanced Mode on the toolbar to view Network
Storage Manager in advanced mode.
The advanced mode page include six tabs, each subdivided into several menu
buttons providing more management options for maximum flexibility and security of
the device. The table below describes the tab options available in advanced mode.
Tab Description
System The System tab allows you to configure the general system settings, set e-mail or window
alerts, change the administrator password, perform firmware upgrades, perform system
configuration file backups, restore system to factory defaults, activate or deactivate the
system LEDs, generate an SSL certificate, enable power saving, and perform device
shutdown or reboot. For more details, see "System" on page 72.
Network The Network tab has access to all network configuration options, such as setting DHCP /
Static, changing the IP address, netmask, gateway, DNS server IP address, configure jumbo
frame size feature, and configuring membership in a domain or workgroup. For more details
"Network" on page 85.
Storage The Storage tab provides a list of all supported drives it locates on the system. It also allows
you to configure the RAID capability of the hard drives (My Book World Edition II only),
manage file share preferences, set the backup destination folder, set disk quotas, and set a
share folder for users. For more details, see "Storage" on page 91.
Media The Media tab allows you to enable or disable the streaming option in iTunes or access the
Twonky Media server. For more details, see "Media" on page 104.
Users The Users tab allows you to add, modify, and delete users and groups, and change all user
and group permissions (read/write, read only, no access) to shares/folders and USB storage
devices. For more details, see "Users" on page 107.
Status The Status tab displays general information about the system such as device name, firmware
version, current date/time, machine up-time, memory and swap activity, and load averages.
This tab also allows viewing of logs from the system, Common Internet File System (CIFS), or
File Transfer Protocol (FTP). For more details, "Status" on page 113.
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