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MDAe High Capacity Digital Video Storage System

Installation and Operation Manual

Summary of Contents for MDAe

Page 1: ...Please read this manual before installing your equipment MDAe High Capacity Digital Video Storage System Installation and Operation Manual...

Page 2: ...torage System Installation and Operation Manual IMPORTANT The first few pages of these instructions contain important information on safety and product conformity Please read and ensure that you under...

Page 3: ...cking 5 Introduction 6 Installation Environment 6 Rear Panel 6 Connections 7 Front Panel 8 Hard Drive Installation 9 Configuring the Disk Drives 10 Mounting the Disk Drives 11 Connecting the Disk Driv...

Page 4: ...oad outlets and extension cords as this can result in a risk of fire or electric shock Object and Liquid Entry This equipment must be protected from the ingress of foreign materials Never push objects...

Page 5: ...sions British standard BSEN50081 1 1992 Electromagnetic compatibility Generic emission standard Part 1 Residential commercial and light industry British standard BSEN55022 1998 Limits and methods of m...

Page 6: ...not overload the circuit Ventilation Ensure that the location is well ventilated Do not obstruct the cooling vents or fans Temperature Observe the unit s ambient temperature specifications when choosi...

Page 7: ...not currently support multiple SCSI device connections Do not attempt to use the SCSI and 1394 ports simultaneously 1394 FIREWIRE PORTS 1 AND 2 Connect a 1394 Firewire device to one of the two 1394 p...

Page 8: ...ving data WR MDAe Transmitting data 100 LED ON 100 Mbps bandwidth LED OFF 10Mbps LCDDISPLAY Once the unit has been powered up the LCD display will indicate the total disk capacity of the MDAe The LCD...

Page 9: ...t allow lose screws to become lost inside the MDAe chassis Wear an Electrostatic Discharge protection device whenever work is being performed inside the unit OPENINGTHEMDAe 1 Before removing the MDAe...

Page 10: ...connector cables When a pair of drives is connected to a single IDE cable one drive must be configured as a Master and the other as a Slave Configure the Master Slave settings for each drive using the...

Page 11: ...e screw for each installed disk drive Orient the disk drive so that the IDE power connector is near the bottom of the MDAe chassis and facing the motherboard Populate the MDAe unit starting from the l...

Page 12: ...NECTING THE DRIVE TO THE MOTHERBOARD The motherboard has four IDE connector sockets labelled IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 3 and IDE 4 and is supplied with four IDE connector cables Each cable can be used to connec...

Page 13: ...ng the supplied SCSI cable Using the block of dip switches SW1 on the rear panel set SCSI Termination dip switch 1 to ON and SCSI Power dip switch 2 to ON Select SCSI as the type of Bus in the Bus Sel...

Page 14: ...pressing the Enter key on the front panel Subsequent presses of the Enter key cycle through the setup options in turn More details on the key functions in this menu can be found on page 8 Notes The Se...

Page 15: ...te and time by using the left right arrow keys to select the required field Then use the up down arrow keys to change the value of the selected field Note that date time setting is only required when...

Page 16: ...ceding disk is filled up Contact Technical Support for information on replacing and recovering problem hard disks Be sure to confirm that the drives are connected according to the diagram on page 11 b...

Page 17: ...0 GB models with hard drives fitted Upto 2 TB when fitting own hard drives Mechanical Weight 12 7 kg Dimensions 351 mm x 131 mm x 483 mm D x H x W Construction Steel rack mountable 3U Finish Dark grey...

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Page 20: ...B MDAE 2 Baxall Limited Stockport England Visit our Web site http www baxall com Baxall Limited reserve the right to make changes to the product and specification of the product without prior notice t...

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