2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION...................................................................................................................... 4
C
OPYRIGHT
................................................................................................................................................ 4
N
OTICES
A
ND
C
LASSIFICATIONS
................................................................................................................ 4
C
ONTACT
U
S
.............................................................................................................................................. 4
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE RAID SYSTEM............................................................................................ 5
G
ENERAL
P
RECAUTIONS
............................................................................................................................. 5
RAID
S
YSTEM
P
RECAUTIONS
.................................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 6
F
EATURES
................................................................................................................................................... 6
S
YSTEM
R
EQUIREMENT
.............................................................................................................................. 7
MAC ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
O
PTIONAL
A
CCESSORIES
............................................................................................................................ 7
P
ACKAGE
C
ONTENTS
.................................................................................................................................. 8
SYSTEM VIEWS ......................................................................................................................................... 9
F
RONT
V
IEW
............................................................................................................................................... 9
R
EAR
V
IEW
................................................................................................................................................ 9
T
OP
&
C
OVER
V
IEW
(E
XPOSED
)................................................................................................................10
INSERTING/REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM ......................................11
F
ASTEN
T
HE
HDD
S
MART
G
UIDER
K
IT
O
NTO
T
HE
H
ARD
D
RIVE
..............................................................12
P
LACE
T
HE
HDD
S
MART
G
UIDER
K
IT
I
NSIDE
T
HE
RAID
S
YSTEM
............................................................15
CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A HOST COMPUTER .......................................................17
NUMBER OF HARD DRIVE/SSD SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE............................................19
DISK SLOT NUMBER ...............................................................................................................................19
LED INDICATORS ....................................................................................................................................20
G
REEN
:
O
N
/
O
FF
.......................................................................................................................................20
R
ED
:
O
N
/
B
LINK
/
F
LASH
..........................................................................................................................20
W
HITE
:
O
N
/
F
LASH
...................................................................................................................................20
A
LL
D
ISKS
:
I
NSERTED
/
D
ETECTED
............................................................................................................21
A
LL
D
ISKS
:
NOT
I
NSERTED
/
D
ETECTED
...................................................................................................21
A
LL
D
ISKS
:
D
ISK
4
D
ATA
A
CCESS
ONLY.................................................................................................21
A
LL
D
ISKS
:
D
ISK
4
E
RROR
ONLY ............................................................................................................21
A
LL
D
ISKS
:
D
ISK
4
R
EBUILD
ONLY .........................................................................................................21
F
AN
:
E
RROR
..............................................................................................................................................21
DAISY CHAIN: CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES......................................................................22
SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM...........................................................................................22
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT ........................................................................................................................23
SSD
SMARTGUIDER
KIT:
P
ACKAGE
.....................................................................................................23
SSD
SMARTGUIDER
KIT:
SSD
C
OMPATIBILITY
...................................................................................23
SSD
SMARTGUIDER
KIT:
I
NSTALLATION
.............................................................................................24
RAID MASTER...........................................................................................................................................26
RAID MASTER: INSTALLATION ..........................................................................................................26
INSTALLATION FOR MAC.................................................................................................................26