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OWCMANMRPMSAS

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made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, OWC, its parent, partners, affiliates, officers, employees, and agents 

assume no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. OWC reserves 

the right to make changes or revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify 

any person of such revisions and changes.

FCC Statement:

Warning! Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user’s authority to operate this device.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC 

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a 

commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 

accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment in 

a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own 

expense.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the 

FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This 

equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, 

may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 

installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference with radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the 

equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

•  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•  Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Health And Safety Precautions:

•  Read this user guide carefully and follow the correct procedures when setting up the device.
•  Use proper anti-static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure. Failure to do 

so can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and/or the hard drive enclosure.

•  Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the device. To avoid any risk of electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or dangerous 

emissions, never insert any metallic object into the device. If it appears to be malfunctioning, contact OWC technical support.

•  Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liquids on 

the drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal 

injury.

•  General Use Precautions:
•  To avoid damage, do not expose the device to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 40° C (41° F to 104° F).
•  Always unplug the device from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of 

time. Otherwise, there is an increased risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting or fire.

•  Do not use the device near other electrical appliances such as televisions, radios or speakers. Doing so may cause interference 

which will adversely affect the operation of the other products.

•  Do not place the device near sources of magnetic interference, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Magnetic 

interference can affect the operation and stability of hard drives.

•  Do not place heavy objects on top of the device.
•  Protect your device from excessive exposure to dust during use or storage. Dust can build up inside the device, increasing the 

risk of damage or malfunction.

•  Do not block any ventilation openings on the device. These help to keep the device cool during operation. Blocking the 

ventilation openings may cause damage to the device and cause an increased risk of short-circuiting or fire.

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Summary of Contents for RACK PRO MINI-SAS

Page 1: ...R A C K P R O M I N I S A S Assembly Manual User Guide ...

Page 2: ... 3 About This Manual 1 4 Rear View 1 5 Front View 1 6 About RAID modes Device Setup 4 2 1 Drive Installation 2 2 Connections 2 3 Replacing Drives 2 4 Desktop Conversion Support Resources 7 3 1 Formatting 3 2 Unmounting Drives 3 3 Troubleshooting 3 4 About Data Backup 3 5 Contacting Technical Support CONTENTS OWC Rack Pro mini SAS Table of Contents ...

Page 3: ...m requirements 1 1 3 Supported Drives Up to four 3 5 SATA or SAS drives 1 5Gb s 3 0Gb s or 6 0Gb s For RAID setups identical drives are required make model capacity firmware IMPORTANT Cables longer than 1 meter cannot be used with 6 0Gb s hard drives 1 2 Package Contents 1 Power cable 2 Rack mounting handles 3 Desktop mounting feet 4 Screws for desktop conversion 1 3 About This Manual The images a...

Page 4: ...r off Blue Power on all 4 drive bays Drive Access Flashing Red Drive being accessed Array Rebuild Blinking Red Rebuilding RAID array Solid Red Faulty drive Power Input External mini SAS Port Power Button located on the left side of the enclosure behind the access door pictured below LED Indicators ...

Page 5: ... one drive fails the whole array can become corrupted and data will be lost Always maintain a backup of your data RAID 1 Drive Mirroring The drives appear as one volume with a size equal to the capacity of a single installed drive RAID 1 copies or mirrors a set of data from the first drive to the second drive This is useful when reliability and redundancy are more important than capacity or speed ...

Page 6: ...ly seated it should sit flush with the aluminum frame 4 Repeat the previous steps for each drive you are installing Important Notes Do not force the drives into place If they do not slide and seat easily make sure there are no obstructions It is not possible to add more drives to an existing RAID array or change the RAID configuration without reformatting To avoid data corruption it is essential t...

Page 7: ...lay solid red We strongly suggest you immediately replace any failing drive To remove the hard drive from the enclosure first unmount the drive from your system then pull the lever located above the hard drive to eject it right NOTE some RAID modes allow the data on the array to remain accessible if a single drive within that array fails If more than one drive fails at the same time or if one driv...

Page 8: ...e from the sides of the enclosure and attaching the included rubber feet To remove the rack handles simply remove the four Phillips screws on the side of the rack and the rack handle will come off as shown below Once you have removed the rack handles turn the OWC Mercury Rack Pro over and attach the four rubber feet using a Phillips screwdriver to the bottom of the enclosure ...

Page 9: ...on the Eject icon a small green arrow over a hardware image 2 A message will appear detailing the devices that the Eject icon controls i e Safely remove Click on this prompt 3 You will then see a message that says Safe to Remove Hardware It is now safe to disconnect the Mercury Elite Pro Dual from the computer 3 3 Troubleshooting Many problems can be traced to power or connectivity issues Begin tr...

Page 10: ... loss or corruption while using the Rack Pro mini SAS is the sole responsibility of the user and under no circumstances may OWC its parents partners affiliates officers employees or agents be held liable for loss of the use of data including compensation of any kind or recovery of the data 3 5 Contacting Technical Support HOURS OF OPERATION 8am 8pm CT Monday Friday 866 692 7100 North America only ...

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Page 12: ...ti static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure Failure to do so can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and or the hard drive enclosure Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the device To avoid any risk of electrical shock fire short circuiting or dangerous emissions never insert any metallic object into the device If it appears to be malf...

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