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Enabling Service Discovery Settings

Service discovery enables QuTS hero users to automatically detect and locate services on the network. Service discovery uses zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) to create a usable network based on the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) when devices are interconnected.

Enabling the UPnP Discovery Service

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a networking technology that enables the discovery of networked devices connected to the same network. After enabling this service, devices supporting UPnP can discover the NAS.

  1. Go to Control Panel > Network & File Services > Service Discovery > UPnP Discovery Service.
  2. Select Enable UPnP Discovery Service.
  3. Click Apply.

Network & File Services enables UPnP discovery service.

Enabling the Bonjour Discovery Service

Bonjour is a networking technology developed by Apple that enables devices on the same local area network to discover and communicate with each other.

  1. Go to Control Panel > Network & File Services > Service Discovery > Bonjour.
  2. Select Enable Bonjour Service.
  3. Select the services to be advertised by Bonjour.
    Important:

    You must enable the services in QuTS hero before advertising them with Bonjour.

  4. Click Apply.

Network & File Services enables Bonjour discovery service.