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QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE
v1.0
TOWERRAID
TR5M+
(
B
)
Package Contents
Hard Drive Installation
Item
Quantity
TR5M+B / TR5M+ ..................................................................... 1
Removable Tray ..................................................................... 5
Power cord ............................................................................. 1
eSATA cable ........................................................................... 1
2 Port eSATA PCIe Adaptor .................................................. 1
Screws ..................................................................................... 1 set
Quick Installation Guide ........................................................ 1
CD Manual ............................................................................. 1
Connection Diagram
3. Install each hard drive by placing them into the hard drive trays and securing them on
both sides with the included screws.
4. Place the trays back into the unit and lock them in place by pushing the tray handles in.
5. Close the front hard drive panel.
Hard Drive Installation (Continued)
QUICK
INSTALLATION
GUIDE
BACK
COMPUTER REAR PANEL
1. Open the front hard drive panel of the unit.
2. Remove the hard drive trays by pushing the tray tab to the right and releasing the tray
handle.
Please contact Sans Digital for missing or damaged items.
Power ON/OFF: Push the power button located on the front panel to power on/off the unit.
eSATA
eSATA
eSATA
eSATA
POWER
PC Link
5 4 3 2 1
POWER
PC Link
1 2 3 4 5
POWER
PC Link
1 2 3 4 5
POWER
PC Link
1 2 3 4 5
POWER
PC Link
1 2 3 4 5
5
4
3
2
1
FRONT
POWER
PC Link
1 2 3 4 5
Windows System Installation
Step 1
Step 4
Select “Manual Setup (Recommended
Selection)”, specify driver search from
CD-Rom.
Step 3
From your desktop, point the cursor at “My
Computer”, right click and select
“Manage”.
Select the driver and begin installation
process. After SATA card installation is
completed, it will be ready for use.
Right click on “Mass Storage Controller”
and select “Update Driver”.
Step 2
Installing the PCIe Adapter Card to a Computer
PCI-Express Slots
PCI-E Card
Unplug AC power from computer before installation.
Insert the PCIe Card into an available PCIe slot (x1 / x4 / x8 / x16) on
your computer (Step 1) and secure with screw (Step 2). Both PCIe 1.0 &
2.0 are compatible, where 2.0 provides optimal performance.
Note: Please refer to CD for driver installation.
RAID Mode Setup and Diagrams
LED Indicators
JBOD
A3
A2
A1
A4
B3
B2
B1
B4
B5
DISK 0
DISK 1
RAID 0
A5
A3
A1
A7
A6
A4
A2
A8
DISK 0
DISK 1
SPANNING
A3
A2
A1
A4
A6
A5
A12
A11
A10
A13
DISK 0
DISK 1
RAID 1
A3
A2
A1
A4
A3
A2
A1
A4
DISK 0
DISK 1
RAID 5
B1
A1
C1
B2
A2
C2
B3
A3
C3
D1
D2
D3
C
p
B
p
A
p
D
p
DISK 0
DISK 1
DISK 2
DISK 3
RAID (1+0)
A3
A1
A5
A4
A2
A8
A6
A7
A3
A1
A5
A4
A2
A8
A6
A7
DISK 0
DISK 1
DISK 2
DISK 3
POWER
PC Link
5 4 3 2 1
1
2
3
1. Power LED - Lights when unit is powered on.
2. PC Link LED - Lights when unit is connected
to computer via eSATA port.
3. HDD LEDs - Green when HDD is installed.
Orange when HDD is being accessed.
Other Sans Digital Products
T:
1.800.980.1988
F:
1.626.322.3878
E:
W:
WWW.SANSDIGITAL.COM
To setup RAID mode, please insert the included CD into the computer and install the
Web GUI. Follow the installation instructions in the Detailed Manual to fully setup the
desired RAID mode.
• 5-Bay IDE / SATA Hard Drive Organizing Rack
• Designed with a 4.7” cooling fan and a hollow aluminum frame for
efficient heat dissipation.
• Designed with an ON/OFF power switch, which controls the power of
hard drives, when a 20-pin or 24-pin ATX power supply is connected.
• Expandable to 10-bay by stacking an additional unit on top and
securing it with a tool-less screw.
• 4-Bay External RAID Enclosure
• Access 4 hard drives while using only one cable.
• Hardware RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 3, 5 and CLONE with hot spare.
• USB 3.0 and eSATA host interefaces, supporting PC, Mac and Linux.
• Bundled with R622 2-port PCIe 2.0 x1 eSATA 6G controller card. Over
200MB/s in RAID 5 performance
• Available in black and silver finish.
• 5-Bay External RAID Enclosure
• Access 5 hard drives while using only one cable.
• Hardware RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 3, 5 and CLONE with hot spare.
• USB 3.0 and eSATA host interefaces, supporting PC, Mac and Linux.
• Bundled with R622 2-port PCIe 2.0 x1 eSATA 6G controller card. Over
200MB/s in RAID 5 performance
• Available in black and silver finish.
• 8-Bay External RAID Enclosure
• Two eSATA cables supporting up to 8 hard drives using Port Multiplier.
• Provides RAID 5 protection with over 200MB/s in performance.
• upports JBOD and RAID modes on Linux, MAC and Windows;
supporting Windows 7 and Snow Leopard.
• Bundled with dual-port eSATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 x1 RAID controller card.
• Available in black and silver finish.
HDDRACK5
TR5UT+B / TR5UT+
TR4UT+B / TR4UT+
HDDRACK5
TR8M+B / TR8M+
RAID system should not be use as a substitute for your data backups. A data backup
strategy should be implemented to fully protect your data assets.
