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SYSTEM UNIT VIEWS

FRONT VIEW

Power

HDD 4

HDD 3

HDD 2

HDD 1

ID
A

LCM Panel

Enter

Esc

Down

TOP & COVER VIEWS (Exposed)

4 Spare HDD Screws

HDD Slots

(indicate HDD 1 through HDD 4)

Handles

The status

indication of each
LED indicator is
listed under the
LED INDICATORS
section.

Summary of Contents for RC-M4QJ

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Page 2: ...P COVER VIEWS Exposed 11 REAR VIEW 12 RC M4SP SATA USB 2 0 3 0 12 RC M4DJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 combo 12 RC M4QJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 combo 13 INSERTING REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES...

Page 3: ...EACH RAID MODE 52 CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES 52 SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM 52 LED INDICATORS 53 POWER LED x 1 53 RAID ALERT LED x 1 53 HDD LED x 8 54 EXTERNAL BOOTUP 55 PC 55 MAC 55 DISK VOLUME...

Page 4: ...2000 70 Q As 71 GENERAL 71 HARD DRIVE CAPACITY 71 DISCREPANCY IN REPORTED ACTUAL SIZE CAPACITY 72 RAID 1 0 72 REBUILD 73 RAID MODE PASSWORD 73 RAID MASTER USER NAME OR PASSWORD ERROR 74 RAID MASTER FA...

Page 5: ...is device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital devic...

Page 6: ...host computer Always place the RAID Unit on a smooth surface and avoid all dramatic movement vibration and percussion Do NOT allow water to enter the RAID Unit Installation of additional equipment in...

Page 7: ...0 eSATA IEEE 1394a and IEEE 1394b ports depends upon model Provides JBOD None RAID RAID 0 Striping RAID 1 Mirroring Span Clone RAID 5 RAID 1 0 and optional HotSpare for effective storage management Su...

Page 8: ...10 4 or higher One available USB eSATA IEEE 1394a or IEEE 1394b port depends upon model 3 5 SATA compatible hard drive is required for the RAID System unit Once the hard drives are formatted the actua...

Page 9: ...9 PACKAGE CONTENTS RC M4SP SATA USB 2 0 3 0 RC M4DJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 Combo...

Page 10: ...10 RC M4QJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 combo Please keep all package contents and packaging material in the event that the product must be returned...

Page 11: ...DD 4 HDD 3 HDD 2 HDD 1 RAID Alert LCM Panel Enter Esc Up Down TOP COVER VIEWS Exposed 4 Spare HDD Screws HDD Slots indicate HDD 1 through HDD 4 Handles The status indication of each LED indicator is l...

Page 12: ...12 REAR VIEW RC M4SP SATA USB 2 0 3 0 DC IN USB 3 0 Type B Power Switch DC IN Lock Port Slot RC M4DJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 combo eSATA DC IN USB 2 0 Type B eSATA Port Power Switch DC IN Lock Port Slot...

Page 13: ...13 RC M4QJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 combo eSATA DC IN FireWire 800 2 ports FireWire 400 USB 2 0 Type B eSATA Port Power Switch DC IN Lock Port Slot...

Page 14: ...one hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid Simultaneously push the lid in the direction away from you front to back using your thumbs A click sound would indicate the release...

Page 15: ...th the metal cover side facing up and ensure that the interface connectors are oriented toward your left side Connectors 4 Position the handle to the hard drive end which is facing away from the inter...

Page 16: ...he handle to make sure that the holes glide smoothly on the screw guides Repeat the same procedures for rest of the hard drives The auto limiting segmented screws are designed to prevent the hard driv...

Page 17: ...rtGuider System won t be able to align and the hard drive cannot be inserted 10 Align the handle with the guide rails and slide the hard drive into the indicated slot Firmly push downward until a thum...

Page 18: ...hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid Simultaneously push the lid firmly downward and toward you back to front A click sound would indicate grasp of the top lid security clasp...

Page 19: ...stem and the host eSATA DC IN The RAID System should only be connected to a host computer via one interface Connection of the system to a computer via two or more interfaces simultaneously is not reco...

Page 20: ...l will show Initializing then DataTale ONNTO Corp If there are no hard drives inside the RAID System the Hard Drive LED lights will turn off after blinking and the LCM Panel will only show DataTale ON...

Page 21: ...CM BUTTONS BUTTON MEANING X Esc or No Enter or Yes Up Arrow Down Arrow BASIC MENU Initializing Main Menu Quick Setup Main Menu System Manager Quick Setup Quick Setup Create One RAID Delete All RAID Sy...

Page 22: ...current RAID Mode setup in the RAID System s inserted hard drives DISK MANAGER Select Disk To retrieve detailed information regarding the selected disk such as model serial number firmware version tot...

Page 23: ...em After initializing it will display DataTale ONNTO Corp Under Main Menu press Down Button to select Quick Setup and press Enter Main Menu Quick Setup 2 Select Create One RAID and press Enter Create...

Page 24: ...ASSWORD section under Q A 5 After verifying the password it will display Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No Press Enter to confirm or Esc X to cancel Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No 6 Then the RAID System wi...

Page 25: ...ore beginning the installation process INSTALLATION FOR MAC Please follow the steps listed in the instructions provided below 1 If using the installation CD please copy the driver for MAC to your Desk...

Page 26: ...un installation is necessary to operate the RAID MASTER When there s a newer version of RAID MASTER the previous version needs to be un install first before installing the new version of the software...

Page 27: ...If choose to launch the RAID MASTER immediately after installation click on the icon stating Launch the application right now If not then make sure the icon is not checked Once decided click on Finish...

Page 28: ...at kind of RAID format is assigned for each inserted hard drives and much more EVENT LOG Records all process completed for the RAID System and can be saved to a text format file BASIC RAID CONFIGURATI...

Page 29: ...model and serial numbers for each inserted hard drives Because the RAID MASTER can manage more than one unit of the RAID System each RAID System connected to the host computer will reflect as Control...

Page 30: ...ording should appear as the Event Log Viewer Each row should provide information such as number of each event listing the oldest one first issued module chosen and completed date and time for the acti...

Page 31: ...e is important to save and provide essential information for our service team especially when there s something wrong with the RAID System and it needs service BASIC RAID CONFIGURATION SET UP RAID MOD...

Page 32: ...review the RAID MODE PASSWORD section under Q As for more information Please review the RAID Mode options under Glossory to choose the best suitable RAID Mode for your needs and desire If the number o...

Page 33: ...lecting status 5 Once the process is completed the same popup window will reflect the process recording note for the Event Log Viewer Click on the OK icon to confirm 6 The inserted hard drives will re...

Page 34: ...AID Mode deletes all data stored on the hard drives If you have saved data in the drives backup all data before changing the RAID Mode 1 Please click on the third sub menu icon bottom Once clicked the...

Page 35: ...reflecting error will appear 2 Once selected the RAID MASTER will begin running the previous RAID Mode from the inserted hard drives A popup window will appear giving a warning and asking for confirma...

Page 36: ...rocess recording note for the Event Log Viewer Click on the OK icon to confirm 5 The inserted hard drives will now reflect as unreleased and the current basic information for them are available The RA...

Page 37: ...at same time For example creating two sets of RAID 1 or have a combination set of RAID 0 and RAID 1 o Assign an additional hard drive as the spare and will perform automatic rebuild when another hard...

Page 38: ...r s E mail address for this server Sender Username Enter the sender s username for this server Sender Password Enter the sender s password for this server The password will be authenticated by the spe...

Page 39: ...a test mail to the specified recipient s already 4 To load user s information from a previously saved profile click on the Load From Profile icon 5 To save the current profile onto the host click on...

Page 40: ...inserted hard drives should appear as the Advance RAID Configuration Then click on Create RAID under Configure RAID box 2 Under the Create RAID box click and choose the preferred RAID Mode under Sele...

Page 41: ...RAID Mode If decides to insert a password for change protection please place it inside the password box If decides to only use certain hard drives check or uncheck the hard drives to use based on pre...

Page 42: ...NG OR DELETING AN ALREADY ASSIGNED RAID MODE To change the current assigned RAID Mode for the inserted hard drives for the RAID System under the Advance Mode the previous RAID Mode must be deleted fir...

Page 43: ...eeds to be input now inside the password box If it is not correct or not inputted then a popup window reflecting error will appear 2 Once selected the RAID MASTER will begin to run and delete the RAID...

Page 44: ...rocess recording note for the Event Log Viewer Click on the OK icon to confirm 5 The inserted hard drives will now reflect as unreleased and the current basic information for them are available The RA...

Page 45: ...nce selected the RAID MASTER will automatically update the information on the right side for the inserted hard drives for the assigned RAID Mode If had previously inserted a password for change protec...

Page 46: ...n to confirm 4 Once confirmed a popup window showing status will appear 5 Once completed a popup window stating has added a spare disk will appear Click on the OK icon to confirm DELETING A SPARE To d...

Page 47: ...heck the Spare hard drive 2 Once selected the Spare hard drive will show up individually Check the assigned Spare hard drive to delete Then click on Apply icon to confirm 3 The RAID MASTER will show u...

Page 48: ...48 4 Once confirmed a popup window showing status will appear 5 Once completed a popup window stating The spare disk is deleted will appear Click on the OK icon to confirm...

Page 49: ...he manufacturer and the flash number To update the firmware when necessary please complete using the following steps 1 Under the third sub menu third from top select to go into the Controller 1 Firmwa...

Page 50: ...update click on the Update icon to update the new firmware version 4 Once updated a popup window will appear to reflect status by stating Update the firmware successfully Please shutdown the system an...

Page 51: ...e 2 Adjust the slider bar under Please select a value from the slider by going left or right Left side indicate low and right side indicate high for speed of rebuilding and will affect the speed of da...

Page 52: ...nnected to the host the Unit cannot be daisy chained SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM Safe removal of the RAID System from the host controller is highly recommended especially when switching interfaces...

Page 53: ...HDD 4 HDD 3 HDD 2 HDD 1 RAID Alert DataTale ONNTO Corp POWER LED x 1 Indicators Color Power on Green Power off None RAID ALERT LED x 1 Indicators Color Healthy None Rebuild Blink Red Broken or Degrade...

Page 54: ...The red color is for Health condition of the hard drive When the hard drive is not healthy the red LED will be on HDD 1 2 3 4 Indicator Left Connection Access Right Health RAID mode Disk Not Detected...

Page 55: ...es Linux No No Yes MAC The External Bootup varies with different platform and interfaces eSATA Platform Interfaces USB FireWire Mac driver Built in No driver Built in Power PC CPU G4 or Later No No Ye...

Page 56: ...P2 Yes No Yes Windows Windows Vista Windows 2008 32 bit 64 bit Yes Yes Yes Linux Linux 32 bit 64 bit Yes No Yes Mac OS 9 10 1 10 2 No No No Mac Mac OS 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 Yes Yes Yes Depends on t...

Page 57: ...Any of the hard drives can be taken out to perform necessary data modification with our compact DataTale Portable 3 5 HDD Enclosure single drive at another location Under JBOD mode Any hard drive take...

Page 58: ...tions for more details 3 Then a popup window will appear stating Deleting RAID will result in the specified volumes being deleted and the data will be lost Do you want to continue it Press the Yes ico...

Page 59: ...lost and cannot be recovered RAID Set is in Degrade Mode If RAID is degrade or non functioning The data inside the RAID is in danger and need to replace the hard drive if necessary DISK Detects as a B...

Page 60: ...60 RAID MASTER POPUP WINDOWS OF STATUS REBUILDING BROKEN DEGRADE IN DANGER...

Page 61: ...seeing several different hard drives the operating system sees only one large drive Striping splits data evenly across two or more disks simultaneously dramatically increasing performance Striping can...

Page 62: ...ss will begin when the hard drive LED starts blinking Under Mirroring mode only 2 hard drives are allowed without limitations on the slot location However the rest of the hard drive slots are free to...

Page 63: ...t does not increase performance SPAN Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 A1 A2 A3 A4 B5 B6 B7 B8 C9 C10 C11 C12 D13 D14 D15 D16 CLONE CLONE consists of at least two drives storing duplicate copies of the same...

Page 64: ...orted by RAID 5 is 3 or 4 The storage capacity will become all disks in total but minus 1 The capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disks RAID 5 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 Cp...

Page 65: ...is not listed as an option and the hard drives can be operated as JBOD simply in its original unreleased format HOT SWAP Hard Drive Hot Swap refers to the ability to add or remove a device from the ho...

Page 66: ...s already setup as combination with HotSpare the RAID System will automatically rebuild the Target Disk the new functional hard drive or HotSpare with data from the Source Disk the remaining functiona...

Page 67: ...ccess of the hard drive during a Rebuild is not recommended Even if the RAID System loses connection to the host the rebuild continues If the RAID System is powered off the RAID System will retain the...

Page 68: ...Windows 2000 or later 32 bit 64 bit OS Mac OS 10 4 x or later An available PCI Express slot CD ROM or DVD ROM drive HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1 Power off and unplug your computer 2 Remove the housing of...

Page 69: ...rovided instructions to complete the driver installation Please refer to User s Manual under eSATA Host Card section on our website VERIFY DRIVER INSTALLATION MAC OS If a driver installation failure e...

Page 70: ...70 WINDOWS 2003 and XP WINDOWS 2000...

Page 71: ...a protection level Lastly if the work requires instant and continuous backup of data such as for a writer or editor then RAID 1 0 would be the best choice since it can provide both high data protectio...

Page 72: ...discrepancy between reported capacity and actual capacity Several factors can come into play when your host system views and reports the capacity of a hard drive There are actually two different numbe...

Page 73: ...already been configured with another RAID broken or degraded First go to Deleting a Spare under Advanced RAID Configuration section to erase the previous RAID configuration in this new hard drive The...

Page 74: ...not correct Please double check the entered information to see if they re correct especially user name and password RAID MASTER FAILED RAID Q How will the RAID MASTER alert me if one or more of the ha...

Page 75: ...torage size can be adjusted to better fit your host OS Some older OS can only function the RAID System under a particular size limitation please see Hard Drive Capacity for more detailed information A...

Page 76: ...to 5Gbit sec eSATA up to 3Gbit sec USB 2 0 up to 480Mbit sec eSATA up to 3Gbit sec USB 2 0 up to 480Mbit sec 1394a up to 400Mbit sec 1394b up to 800Mbit sec System Material Aluminum case with plastic...

Page 77: ...t Delete Enter Password Verify Password Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No Waiting System Re intialize Waiting System Re intialize Password Error Cannot Delete Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No If password is...

Page 78: ...NAGER Main Menu Disk Manager Select Disk 1 Model Serial No Firmware Ver Total Capacity Disk State Pure HDD Disk State RAID Member Free Capacity If HDD is not a member of a RAID If HDD is a member part...

Page 79: ...Change Password Enter New PWD Re enter PWD Password Updated Press Any Key Password Differ Do Not Change Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No Enter Old PWD If password is empty If password is not empty If pa...

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