TowerRAID TR5UT+/TR5UT+B User’s Manual
Ver. 091007
5
z
Hard disk drive is not including, unless state otherwise.
z
Please be noted the following product may run irregularly which are not under warranty.
9
Toshiba DynaBook, Satellite series (All K6 CPU models).
9
IBM Aptiva E series (All K6 CPU models).
9
Sotec E-note M260 series.
9
All AMD K6 system.
9
PC with sis7000/ 7001/ 7002 PCI to USB host controller.
1.3
FEATURES
1.3.1
OVERALL FEATURES
z
Provides Clean, Large, Clone, R0, R1, R3, R5, R10 modes for effective storage management.
z
Easy configuration of RAID modes, no IT expertise required.
z
Easy monitoring of system status via LED indicators.
z
Ensures data integrity with redundant backup capability.
z
Achieves fastest performance via R0 mode.
z
Supports automatic rebuild in Clone, R1, R3, R5, R10 mode.
z
Supports hot spare drive in Clone, R1, R3, R5, R10 mode.
z
Supports HDD roaming.
z
Supports current SATA II compliant HDDs, backward compatible with most SATA I compliant HDDs.
z
Simplifies HDD installation; user friendly design enables effortless HDD swapping.
z
Flexible connection via eSATA or USB 3.0/2.0/1.0 host port.
z
Eliminates potential downtime, repair costs, and lost sales due to disk failure.
z
Dissipates heat efficiently with metal housing.
z
Maximizes airflow with silent, high quality fan.
z
1 host port (eSATA or USB) to 5 Serial ATA hard disk drives.
z
Compatible with SATA Gen1 and Gen2 host controllers.
z
Compatible USB 3.0 specifications, backward compatibile with USB 2.0 or below.
z
Embedded fast Storage Processor.
z
Ultra-fast 3Gbps host and device port capability.
z
Greater than 200MBps sustained reads in R0 mode (limited by drives and host controller).
1.3.2
SATA FEATURES
The
TowerRAID TR5UT+/TR5UT+B
provides the following Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) features:
z
1 eSATA host port to 5 SATA devices (Port Multiplier Functionality).
z
Auto-negotiation between SATA I (1.5Gpbs) and SATA II (3Gpbs).
z
Supports SATA II Gen2i and Gen2m (External SATA Connection, eSATA).
z
Supports Hot-Plug on CLEAN MODE.
z
Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ).
z
Supports PM aware and non-PM aware host on RAID mode.
z
Supports asynchronous signal recovery.
z
Supports spread spectrum clocking.
z
Supports BIST and loopback mode.
z
Supports 48-bit LBA addressing.
z
Supports ATAPI drives.
z
Supports host control of hard disk drive staggered spin-up.
z
Supports Asynchronous Notification.
z
Output swing control and automatic impedance calibration for SATA II PHY.
1.3.3
USB 3.0 FEATURES
The
TowerRAID TR5UT+/TR5UT+B
provides the following Universal Serial Bus (USB) features:
z
1 USB 3.0 host port to 5 SATA devices.
z
Operates at USB full, High-speed rates, Super-Speed (12 Mb/s, 480Mb/s, 5Gb/s).
z
OS independent, Driverless, Auto Configuration.
z
Support USB Super-Speed, High-Speed and Full-Speed Operation.
z
Supports and compatible with OHCI/UHCI/EHCI hosts.
z
Support Mass Storage Class.
z
Support on line USB firmware update.
