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3. Depending on RAID card’s requirement (take Areca’s for instance), ﬁrstly install

NA333TB3 RAID card’s Windows Thunderbolt-aware driver and the Windows

GUI program.

2. Click

ACPI x64-based PC

, select

Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System

, and click

PCI bus/PCI

Express Root Complex

. Then items

Intel 7 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port X

will be shown. Find one of the items that shows PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge, open the

PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge to the innermost tier, and the RAID card within NA333TB3

will be shown, meaning the storage is recognized by host.

Summary of Contents for NA333TB3

Page 1: ...First edition June 2017 User Manual NA333TB3 3U 16 bay Thunderbolt 3 Storage and PCIe Expansion...

Page 2: ...s 1 Overview 2 Package Checklist 3 Panel Layout 6 Operation and Verification 3 3 4 5 5 7 7 8 11 5 1 PCIe Card Installation 6 1 Verification steps for Mac 5 2 Hard Drive Installation 5 3 Connecting to...

Page 3: ...underbolt 3 interface Furthermore the Thunderbolt 3 NA333TB3 enclosure is compatible with both SAS and SATA HDDs SSDs for applications in various elds 2 Package Checklist Before installing the unit ve...

Page 4: ...ectors Connecting Thunderbolt 3 cables to host and downstream device 1 HDD Power LED White Power On Indicator 2 HDD Status LED Flash Blue HDD Accessing Indicator Red HDD Failure Indicator 3 Mute Butto...

Page 5: ...t 3 PCIe x8 slot closed type supports PCIe card x8 x4 x1 Slot 4 PCIe x8 slot open type supports PCIe card x16 x8 x4 x1 5 1 PCIe Card Installation slot 4 slot 3 slot 2 slot 1 1 Place NA333TB3 chassis o...

Page 6: ...rackets of the PCIe cards 5 Connect the cable between the topmost mini SAS connector on backplane and the mini SAS connector Channel 1 4 on RAID card and then connect the rest cables subsequently to t...

Page 7: ...bilize the chassis on a server rack or proper place 3 Connect NA333TB3 with power source 2 Place the HDDs SSDs in the trays and x them with drive mounting screws If 3 5 inch HDD use the screws in the...

Page 8: ...s to I position to enable the power supply unit 2 The NA333TB3 is designed to be powered on off simultaneously with Thunderbolt Mac when storage is connected to Mac by Thunderbolt cable Therefore powe...

Page 9: ...icon on top left of the screen select About This Mac and click System Report and then System Information pane will pop up Select Thunderbolt at the left side of the pane if NA333TB3 can be selected to...

Page 10: ...since starting up it will take more time for its info to be shown 5 Verify the drivers of RAID card and PCIe cards are installed on macOS When seeing all the PCIe cards are listed at the last step the...

Page 11: ...up the RAID volume 7 While NA333TB3 is connected to Mac by Thunderbolt cable when shutting down Mac the NA333TB3 will be shut down simultaneously as well 1 Verify NA333TB3 is recognized by host Right...

Page 12: ...based PC select Microsoft ACPI Compliant System and click PCI bus PCI Express Root Complex Then items Intel 7 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port X will be shown Find one of the items that sh...

Page 13: ...rvGUI in All Programs in Windows Start to execute the application 5 After executing ArcHttpSrvGUI application the web GUI will pop up Select SAS RAID Controllers and then select ARC 188X Web Managemen...

Page 14: ...GPT GUID Partition Table and click OK 9 After selecting GPT GUID Partition Table the RAID volume will appear in the center bottom part of the window Right click the portion of the RAID volume and sel...

Page 15: ...D indicator on the tray will light The SGPIO function will be effective when the SAS SATA RAID card supports SGPIO function for example Areca s RAID card If you have any questions please contact your...