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First install the HDD from up to down in the enclosure. Power on the device, 

press RAID button for 3 seconds until LED flashes. Press it again, select the RAID mode 

you want to use and press the Confirmation Button on the rear panel till the device shuts down. 

Power the device on again and the RAID mode setup is completed.

SETUP

RAID mode setup

2xHDD

3xHDD

4xHDD

No. of HDDs

RAID MODE

RAID 0 (Spanning)

RAID 0 (Striping)

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

RAID 3

RAID 5

RAID 10

: Supported               : N/A

Summary of Contents for QB-35US3R+AES

Page 1: ...Model QB 35US3R AES 4 BAY RAID ENCLOSURE English ...

Page 2: ... encrypted file 6 14 Overview 1 3 Setup 15 24 RAID Modus Einstellungen LED Anzeigen Initialization 25 34 Windows Vista Windows 7 Macintosh O S 10 X References 35 38 http www fantec de If you have questions or need help with this device please visit our Fantec Support Forum http www fantec forum de Please visit our website for more information ...

Page 3: ...DE 01 38 DIAGRAM of FANTEC QB 35US3R AES FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW EN 01 38 ...

Page 4: ...TA in use access 12 USB in use access 13 16 HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 Blue active Purple access Red rebuild 17 Smart Fan automatic mode 18 Smart Fan manual mode 19 Fan speed level 1 20 Fan speed level 2 21 Fan speed level 3 22 AES Blue Decoded Red Encoded 23 Mode RAID mode button needs to be pressed for 3 seconds to switch the device s mode This design will prevent accidental execution of this function ...

Page 5: ...ESCRIPTION 1 Fan 2 RAID CONFIRMATION button 3 eSATA port 4 USB 3 0 2 0 port DESCRIPTION 1 AES Key port 2 DC Jack 3 DC Power HDD HANDLE FRONT COVER METAL FRAME REAR PANEL SIDE PANEL right 1 3 4 2 EN 03 38 ...

Page 6: ...llation guide SELF ASSEMBLY C Press down the rib to detach the metal frame and remove it A Please use the provided handles to secure the 4 HDDs with screws B Press the circular deepening to open the cover EN 04 38 ...

Page 7: ...ey are securely installed in order from up to down F Adjust the metal frame that was removed in Step C Please make sure the bottom of the frame stays inside the track before closing the cover G Connect the power supply to the device plug in either USB or eSATA cable in the rear panel and power on the device H Plug in the AES Key Token I Set up RAID Mode ...

Page 8: ... or eSATA cable to connect the device to the PC When the AES LED turns blue the device is ready 3 Lock Unplug the AES Key Token When the AES LED turns red the PC will recognize the unit as an um formatted device and it s not possible to access the data 4 Store the AES Key management software and the backup file in a safe place It will be needed to restore a new AES Key Token 5 Do not change the RA...

Page 9: ... AES Token have the same AES code but to go for sure please backup both AES Token and store the files on a safe place or burn them on CD DVD 2 When the installation is completed plug in AES Key Token use the USB or eSATA cable to connect the device and PC power on the device click on Backup Key Backup AES Key to Encrypted File Apply and save it in the designated path 1 Click OK Backup AES Key to e...

Page 10: ...EN 08 38 2 Choose a designated path and click Save 3 Click OK Note AES Key Message if the key not plugged in ...

Page 11: ...EN 09 38 Duplicate to another key 2 Click OK 1 With a new USB Key Token users can use Backup Key to get the previous AES code back Note AES Key Message if the key not plugged in ...

Page 12: ...EN 10 38 3 Restore the file storage path and click Open 4 Click OK 5 Generate AES key successfully Please shutdown the system and then restart it with AES key to take effect ...

Page 13: ...n the second key click on Generate Key Duplicated Encrypted File to AES Key Apply and follow the instructions And remember to keep 2 keys with you at all times 2 When the installment is completed plug in AES Key Token use the USB or eSATA cable to connect the device and PC power on the device click on Backup Key Backup AES Key to Encrypted File Apply and save it in the designated path 1 Click OK B...

Page 14: ...EN 12 38 3 Click OK 2 Choose a designated path and click Save Note AES Key Message if the key not plugged in ...

Page 15: ...EN 13 38 1 With a new USB Token Key users can use Backup Key to get the previous AES code back Duplicate to another key 2 Restore the file storage path and click Open ...

Page 16: ...EN 14 38 3 Click OK 4 File storage and path 5 Generate AES key successfully Please shutdown the system and then restart it with AES key to take effect Note AES Key Message if the key not plugged in ...

Page 17: ...ess it again select the RAID mode you want to use and press the Confirmation Button on the rear panel till the device shuts down Power the device on again and the RAID mode setup is completed SETUP RAID mode setup 2xHDD 3xHDD 4xHDD No of HDDs RAID MODE RAID 0 Spanning RAID 0 Striping RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 10 Supported N A ...

Page 18: ...EN 16 38 RAID mode confirmation button ...

Page 19: ...ard drives into one logical storage unit It is the automated process of writing data across multiple drives simultaneously Striping is used to increase the performance of disk reads The multiple hard drives will write data in column effect If one drive in a striped set fails all of the data in the stripe set is lost Mirroring is the automated process of writing data to multiple drives simultaneous...

Page 20: ...arity data One minor benefit is the dedicated parity disk allows the parity drive to fail and operation will continue without parity or performance penalty Distributed parity requires all drives but one to be present to operate drive failure requires replacement but the array is not destroyed by a single drive failure Upon drive failure any subsequent reads can be calculated from the distributed p...

Page 21: ...Purple Transferring Data EN 19 38 LED Display Status MODE LED Display Spanning RAID O When any of HDD1 HDD4 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD4 blue active is on Blue Active ...

Page 22: ...Purple Transferring Data EN 20 38 RAID O Striping LED Display Status MODE LED Display When any of HDD1 HDD4 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD4 blue active is on Blue Active ...

Page 23: ...us EN 21 38 Mirroring RAID 1 When any of HDD1 HDD4 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD4 blue active is on MODE LED Display Red Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt LED of rebuild HDD error and HDD 1 4 depends on which HDD is being rebuilt error will be on ...

Page 24: ...riped set with dedicated parity MODE LED Display When any of HDD1 HDD4 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD4 blue active is on Red Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt LED of rebuild HDD error and HDD 1 4 depends on which HDD is being rebuilt error will be on EN 22 38 ...

Page 25: ... data is being rebuilt LED of rebuild HDD error and HDD 1 4 depends on which HDD is being rebuilt error will be on When any of HDD1 HDD4 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD4 blue active is on MODE LED Display RAID 5 Striped set with distributed parity LED Display Status ...

Page 26: ...eing rebuilt LED of rebuild HDD error and HDD 1 4 depends on which HDD is being rebuilt error will be on LED Display Status MODE LED Display When any of HDD1 HDD4 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD4 blue active is on Blue Active RAID 10 Striped sets in a mirrored set ...

Page 27: ...doing steps as followed At first click Start Execute at your PC and key in diskmgmt msc After that please press RETURN key Windows 2000 XP 32 64 bit Windows 2000 XP 32 62 bit only support MBR Under Windows 2000 XP the HDD total volume shall not be more than 2 048GB otherwise the device won t be recognized EN 25 38 ...

Page 28: ...EN 26 38 3 Disk format completed 2 Create new partition and format disk ...

Page 29: ...steps as followed At first click Start Execute at your PC and key in diskmgmt msc After that please press RETURN key 1 Start disk initialization Note Please enable GPT if the total capacity is more than 2TB and enable MBR if the total capacity is less than 2TB GPT mode Get more information on page 20 ...

Page 30: ...EN 28 38 2 Create new partition and format disk 3 Disk format completed ...

Page 31: ...32 64 bit If the HDD is uninitialized you may have to initialize it by doing steps as followed At first click Start Execute at your PC and key in diskmgmt msc After that please press RETURN key 1 Start disk initialization ...

Page 32: ...tal volume size is up to 2TB Note Please enable GPT if the total capacity is more than 2TB and enable MBR if the total capacity is lup to 2TB Initialization with GPT or MBR mode Activate GPT if total volume size is more than 2TB ...

Page 33: ...DE 31 38 2 Create new partition and format disk 3 HDD format completed EN 31 38 ...

Page 34: ...EN 32 38 Macintosh O S 10 X 1 Click Disk Utility icon 2 HDD initialize ...

Page 35: ...EN 33 38 4 Click Erase 3 Click Erase ...

Page 36: ...5 HDD format in process 6 Format completed EN 34 38 ...

Page 37: ... to clean the partition table you have to switch another RAID mode and do the RAID mode switch all over again referring to Setup Then go back to the RAID mode you want repeat the previous actions and enable GPT when initializing HDD 9 For Macintosh users the total capacity of more than 2TB could be recognized only for the operation system is 10 4 11 Tiger or later 10 Do not connect the device to t...

Page 38: ...lease check if the HDD is securely installed or update the eSATA host driver version 17 If the transfer rate is not normal please check if the setting of SATA disk jumper is 1 5 or 3 0Gbps 18 If there is noise with the fan power off the device unscrew the fan take out the cover clean the fan and assemble it back 19 If the noise is still present you can change the fan with another identical fan of ...

Page 39: ...rt fan controlled by the built in thermal sensor and it comes with 2 modes auto manual and 3 levels of speed Level 1 below 45 C 1200 1800rpm Level 2 45 C 54 C 1800 2500rpm Level 3 hotter than 55 C 2500 3500rpm 24 Operation System Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 32 64bit with MBR enabled supports total capacity up to 2TB Vista 7 32 64bit with GPT enabled supports total capacity more than 2TB Macintosh 10 3...

Page 40: ...ice still functions well but you may have to replace it with a new one immediately b The chart below shows you that the device still functions when two HDDs have error HDD installed Error 1 Error status HDD No HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 RAID MODE Status of device OK OK OK LOSS Error 2 Error 3 Error 4 Error 5 Error 6 OK OK RAID10 Error status HDD No HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 RAID MODE RAID10 Status of d...

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