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DETAILED USER’S MANUAL

v1.0

TOWERRAID

TR4UT

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Page 1: ...DETAILED USER S MANUAL v1 0 TOWERRAID TR4UT B P...

Page 2: ...R0 MODE 11 2 5 R1 MODE 11 2 6 R10 MODE 12 2 7 R3 MODE 13 2 8 R5 MODE 13 3 INSTALLATION 15 3 1 BEFORE INSTALLING 15 3 2 INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE 15 3 3 UNSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE 16 3 4 POWER ON OFF...

Page 3: ...6 8 R10 MODE 30 4 6 9 R3 MODE 31 4 6 10 R3 MODE WITH HOT SPARE 32 4 6 11 R5 MODE 34 4 6 12 R5 MODE WITH HOT SPARE 35 4 7 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY OR HOT SPARE DRIVE 37 4 7 1 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY DR...

Page 4: ...use in external storage applications The TowerRAID TR4UTP TR4UT BP storage appliance uses industry proven Multi port Serial ATA PHY technology and proprietary storage processor to provide very high e...

Page 5: ...lds Exposure to strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data Can t operate properly under Windows 3 x 95 98SE ME NT Hard disk drive is not including Please be noted the following prod...

Page 6: ...8 bit LBA addressing Supports ATAPI drives Supports host control of hard disk drive staggered spin up Supports Asynchronous Notification Output swing control and automatic impedance calibration for SA...

Page 7: ...andard B type USB or eSATA interface with door cover Power PC Link and four HDD LEDs Support Clean Large Clone R0 R1 R3 R5 R10 modes Metal chassis SECC and plastic panel frame ABS design 265 L x 135 W...

Page 8: ...ro Mac OS Tiger 10 4 x Mac OS Leopard 10 5 x Mac OS Snow Leopard 10 6 x CD ROM drive Mouse or compatible pointing device eSATA connection or avalible PCIe slot USB connection USB 1 0 or 2 0 or 3 0 dir...

Page 9: ...node of a cascaded configuration but not for subordinate nodes Even though you can use the MODE SWITCH to select CLEAN MODE for any node in a cascaded configuration only the first CLEAN MODE volume of...

Page 10: ...it is in a vulnerable state because its cloned hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately one by one if they are more than o...

Page 11: ...o protect against data loss due to drive failure One drive mirrors the other at all times Every write operation goes to both drives R1 MODE provides the highest level of data protection for critical d...

Page 12: ...blocks of data are then striped R0 across another R1 set This provides improved speed The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R10 volume will be two times of the smallest drive If one drive fai...

Page 13: ...e virtual R3 volume will be four times of the smallest drive If one drive fails the virtual R3 volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible Wh...

Page 14: ...e virtual R5 volume will be four times of the smallest drive If one drive fails the virtual R5 volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible Wh...

Page 15: ...ample 115 for Japan and 230 for UK before installing It may exposure to strong magnetic fields and malfunctions or damage 3 2 INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE Please refer below procedure to complete the HD...

Page 16: ...ss screw shut to seat the drive securely Close the front door and the upper chassis cover than fasten the tool less screws on the back panel 3 3 UNSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE Please unfasten the tool les...

Page 17: ...Push power switch to O position to power off 3 5 INSTALLING SATATO ESATA BRACKET CABLE Remove a free I O bracket from your computer Install the SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE to the free I O bracket and...

Page 18: ...BUS ADAPTER The package is bundled with Highpoint R622 controller card The controller card does not require driver installation except Windows 2000 XP 2003 Please review Highpoint R6XX Quick Installa...

Page 19: ...ld always use the eSATA host connection If it becomes necessary to change the host connection between eSATA and USB the host computer system and the TowerRAID TR4UTP TR4UT BP should both be powered do...

Page 20: ...by dragging the hard drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it or powering it down 4 4 HARD DISK DRIVE HOT PLUG HOT UNPLUG The hard disk drives should not be hot plugged but unless RAID failure...

Page 21: ...d Partial Volumes Off On HDD Rebuild A Physical Partition is being Rebuild i e Mirroring Mode Off Blink On 4 6 MODE SETTING The TowerRAID TR4UTP TR4UT BP with the device s LEDs to indicate status To s...

Page 22: ...22 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLEAN 3 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting...

Page 23: ...torage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to LARGE 3 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power than release the S...

Page 24: ...torage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLONE 3 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power than release the S...

Page 25: ...E MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Insert 2 drives in order from the top to the bottom 3 Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLONE...

Page 26: ...26 5 Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON 6 Turn off the power 7 Insert the hotspare drive into the 3rd HDD bay 8 Turn on the power to complete mode setting...

Page 27: ...rage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to R0 3 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power than release the SETUP...

Page 28: ...28 4 6 6 R1 MODE The R1 MODE storage policy requires 2 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1 R10 3 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON...

Page 29: ...se the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting 4 6 7 R1 MODE WITH HOT SPARE 1 Turn off the power 2 Insert 3 drives in order from the top to the bottom 3 Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1 R10 4 Press an...

Page 30: ...rn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting 4 6 8 R10 MODE The R10 MODE storage policy requires 4 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to...

Page 31: ...SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting 4 6 9 R3 MODE The R3 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Set...

Page 32: ...e power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting 4 6 10 R3 MODE WITH HOT SPARE The R3 MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 4 drives to implement 1 Turn off the p...

Page 33: ...3 3 Set the MODE SWITCH position to R3 4 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON 5 Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON 6 Turn off the power 7 Insert the hotspare drive into the 4th HDD ba...

Page 34: ...34 8 Turn on the power to complete mode setting 4 6 11 R5 MODE The R5 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to R5...

Page 35: ...d SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting 4 6 12 R5 MODE WITH HOT SPARE The R5 MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 4 drives to...

Page 36: ...36 2 Insert 3 drives in order from the top to the bottom 3 Set the MODE SWITCH position to R5 4 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON 5 Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON...

Page 37: ...werRAID TR4UTP TR4UT BP storage appliance stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure on CLONE R1 R3 R5 and R10 MODE The following example illustr...

Page 38: ...r 3 Replace a same or larger size of hard disk drive 4 Turn on the power 5 The TowerRAID TR4UTP TR4UT BP storage appliance will rebuild the virtual volume from degrade mode to normal automatically App...

Page 39: ...e on drive 4 will replace the breakdown drive and rebuild automatically To setup a new hot spare drive please remove the breakdown drive 2 2 Turn off the power 3 Replace a same or larger size hard dis...

Page 40: ...mple illustrates the LARGE storage policy which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TERA BOX SATA RAID III Every disk should appear with the word Basic a size value that show...

Page 41: ...og box appears allowing you to select which disks to initialize Uncheck the SteelVine Processor Disk item and click OK Within a few seconds the selected disk s should be marked as a Basic disk Note Be...

Page 42: ...42 4 Click Next to start the Partition Wizard 5 Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next...

Page 43: ...43 6 Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies the entire volume Click Next 7 Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next...

Page 44: ...44 8 Name and format the partition and click Next 9 Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition...

Page 45: ...S Note Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and drag the old drive to the trash to un mount previously partition After you configure and partition the new volumes restore the backed up data...

Page 46: ...the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TERA BOX SATA RAID III 3 Select 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop down list 4 Enter a name for the volume in the Name field such as My Disk 5 Sel...

Page 47: ...nowledge the warning Disk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop The icon is labeled with the partition name 9 Repeat steps 1 through 8 to partition any rem...

Page 48: ...Manufacturer Capacity Family Part Number Firmware Fujitsu 2 5 320GB N A MH2232DBH 00000009 Fujitsu 2 5 160GB N A MHW2160BH 00000009 Fujitsu 2 5 160GB N A MHZ2160BH 00000009 Fujitsu 2 5 120GB N A MHY2...

Page 49: ...S 4 AAB Seagate 160GB Barracuda 7200 10 SATA 3Gb s ST3160815AS 3 AAD Seagate 160GB Barracuda 7200 7 Serial ATA ST3160827AS 3 42 Seagate 160GB SV35 ST3160812SV 3 ALP Seagate 80GB Momentus 5400 3 SATA S...

Page 50: ...1102 ASUS P5B VM INTEL G965 INTEL ICH8 N I ASUS P5K SE INTEL P35 INTEL ICH8 1008 ASUS P5D DELUXE INTEL 965 INTEL ICH8R 1236 ASUS P5B E INTEL P965 INTEL ICH8R 1803 ASUS P5KR INTEL P35 INTEL ICH9R 0605...

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