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SAS / SATA II NAS System
2 User Manual
Table of Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................7
FCC Compliance Statement............................................................................................8
Before You Begin .............................................................................................................9
PART I Hardware Components and RAID Subsystem
.....................................10
Chapter 1 Introduction
.............................................................................................11
1.1 Key Features........................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.2 Technical Specifications..................................................................................................................................... 13
1.3 RAID Concepts ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.4 Array Definition..................................................................................................................................................... 21
1.4.1 Raid Set ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
1.4.2 Volume Set .................................................................................................................................................... 21
1.5 High Availability.................................................................................................................................................... 22
1.5.4.1 Creating Hot Spares.......................................................................................................................... 22
1.5.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support....................................................................................................... 22
1.5.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild..................................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 2 Installation Overview
...........................................................................23
2.1 Packaging, Shipment and Delivery............................................................................................................... 23
2.2 Unpacking the NAS System............................................................................................................................. 23
2.3 Identifying Parts of the NAS System ........................................................................................................... 24
2.3.1 Front View ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
2.3.2 Rear View........................................................................................................................................................ 26
Chapter 3 Getting Started with the NAS System
..............................................28
3.1 Connecting the NAS to your Network........................................................................................................ 28
3.2 Powering On .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
3.3 Installing Hard Drives......................................................................................................................................... 30
3.4 Connecting SAS JBOD Enclosures and/or RAID with SAS JBOD ..................................................... 31
Chapter 4 RAID Configuration Utility Options
..................................................33
4.1 Configuration through Terminal.................................................................................................................... 33
4.2 Configuration through the LCD Panel ........................................................................................................ 39
4.2.1 Menu Diagram ............................................................................................................................................. 40
4.3 Configuration through web browser-based proRAID Manager....................................................... 45
Chapter 5 RAID Management
.................................................................................47