Operation Manual

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Personal Cloud: Accessing Your Device From
Anywhere in the World
What Is an Iomega Personal Cloud ?
An Iomega Personal Cloud turns an Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl into a hub for sharing files and backing
up data among computers anywhere in the world. A Personal Cloud can exist on your Iomega
StorCenter ix2-dl , or on another Iomega network device. When you create a Personal Cloud, you
gain access to your StorCenter ix2-dl from anywhere on the internet. You can also share with friends
and family by inviting users to join your Personal Cloud. You manage Personal Cloud users the same
way you manage other users on your StorCenter ix2-dl , so you control the storage and content they
can access through the Personal Cloud. Trusted devices can be added to your Personal Cloud to
connect them through the internet as if they are on a common home network with your StorCenter
ix2-dl . People who join your Personal Cloud can access data, perform Copy Job operations, use your
StorCenter ix2-dl as a QuikProtect remote target, stream media from your StorCenter ix2-dl over the
internet, and use remote desktop to access computers on the local network for your StorCenter ix2-
dl . If you allow a user to join their trusted devices to the Cloud, those devices become part of the
Cloud and can be accessed by other users on the Cloud.
Iomega Personal Cloud Key Terms
The following are a few key terms to help get you started with a Personal Cloud:
• Iomega Personal Cloud — This is a setting configured on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl Console
that allows you to securely share storage and media capabilities with computers around the
world.
• Web Access — You can use Personal Cloud information to access your StorCenter ix2-dl from
the web. Enter myCloudName.Myiomegacloud.com in a web browser, and when prompted,
enter a valid username and password for your StorCenter ix2-dl . You can also use the Iomega
Link, which is an application that runs on mobile devices, by entering the Personal Cloud name
and then a valid username and password. For more information on the Iomega Link , refer to its
documentation.
• My Personal Cloud — When you are the administrator of an StorCenter ix2-dl , you can create a
Personal Cloud through the Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl Console and then invite people to join it.
You create and manage the Personal Cloud on your Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl Console through
the My Personal Cloud configuration option. The Personal Cloud that you administer is called
My Personal Cloud.
• Other Personal Cloud — If you want to have your StorCenter ix2-dl join that Personal Cloud
instead of administering your own, select the option for Other Personal Cloud. Enter the
Personal Cloud name, username and password you received when you were invited to join your
StorCenter ix2-dl as a Trusted Device on the other Personal Cloud.
• Joining an Iomega Personal Cloud as a Trusted Device — To connect your computer or your
StorCenter ix2-dl as a trusted device to a Personal Cloud, you use the username and password
given to you for that Personal Cloud. The person managing the Personal Cloud has to create you
as a user on the device hosting the Personal Cloud and give you permission to add trusted
devices. You can connect your StorCenter ix2-dl to only one Personal Cloud at any given time,
so you must select between either My Personal Cloud or Other Personal Cloud.
An administrator should complete the following tasks to set up or join a Personal Cloud:
• create a Personal Cloud
• invite people to a Personal Cloud