ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES
Model: CRTM4HES
III. Initial RAID setup of the Cipher tower:
a. Insert the AES 256-bit cipher key into cipher keyhole located
at the back of the Cipher tower.
b. Set the Rotary switch to the RAID configuration required.
c.
Push the RAID Setting button with a ballpoint pen tip while
the Cipher tower is turned off.
d. While holding the RAID setting button, turn on the Cipher
tower and continue to hold for at least 5 seconds to confirm
RAID mode setting.
e. Observed that the green Cipher power LEDs at the front of
the Cipher tower are on. If they did not, reinsert the cipher
keys and re-power the Cipher tower while holding the RAID
setting button.
Note:
The Cipher tower LED's for the eSATA status and USB
status will start blinking while holding down the raid
setting button. Once the raid setting button is released,
the HPM Health LED will blink 4-6 times.
If the HPM Health LED stops blinking, the raid set is set
correctly. If the HPM Health LED lights up as solid
green, it is a bad setup. You need to repeat setting up
the raid again.
f.
Go to the operating system’s management utility to verify
raid volume detection. Partition, format and mount the
encrypted drives.
IV. How to operate the Cipher tower after initial setup
1. Insert the AES 256-bit cipher key into cipher keyhole located
at the back of the Cipher tower.
2. Push the power switch of the Cipher tower to turn it on.
Observed that the green Cipher power LEDs at the front of
the Cipher tower are on. If they did not, reinsert the cipher
keys and re-power the Cipher tower.
3.
Use the system’s File Explorer to access the files on the
encrypted drive.
4. For security purposes, remove the cipher keys from the
Cipher tower after the drives are detected by the system. All
the files being transferred into the drives are still encrypted
even if the cipher key is removed.
5. When the Cipher tower is restarted, the cipher key must be
inserted again in order to gain access to the drives.
V. Instruction for Special RAID Modes:
BIG 2 -
2 Drives Spanned
o
Note:
Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the
hardware port multiplier. Doing so will hang the system when
you configure the raid.
o
For SATA drives with different capacities, the hardware port
multiplier will use the smallest drive capacity of the 2 drives
connected to create the total partition size.
FAST 2
- 2 Drives Striped
o
Note:
Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the
hardware port multiplier. Doing so will hang the system when
you configure the raid.
VI. Verify RAID Setting on the Cipher tower
Note:
Disconnect the Cipher tower from computer when verifying
the RAID setting.
It is assumed that you have already connected the SATA drives
and set up the raid mode when verifying the raid setting.
1. Turn on the power for Cipher tower.
2. Push the RAID setting button with a ballpoint pen. Using
the table below, verify if the LEDs are lighting up. The
selected LEDs will light up for 2 seconds followed by a
blink and cycles back.
RAID Mode
LEDs
BIG 2
LEDs 1, 2 & 4 all OFF
BIG 4
4 ON, 2 & 1 OFF
FAST 2
2 ON, 4 & 1 OFF
FAST 4
1 ON, 4 & 2 OFF
SAFE FAST
4 & 2 ON, 1 OFF
SAFE 2
4 & 1 ON, 2 OFF
RAID 3 + S
2 & 1 ON, 4 OFF
RAID 5 + S
4, 2 & 1 all ON
LED reference:
LED 1 - eSATA Status
LED 2 - USB Status
LED 4 - HPM Health
Best Practice:
Create a label to identify the SATA hard drive and the associated
Cipher key used.
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