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Instruction Manual

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3. Secure the drives to the Enclosure tray,  
  using the provided screws. 
 

4. Select the operating mode for your hard drive using the DIP Switches  
  shown below.  Once you have set the DIP switches according to the  
  desired RAID mode, press the Reset Button to save changes.  

 
 
 

DIP Switches

Reset Button

DIP Switch No.

RAID Mode

1

2

3

4

GUI* 

(Requires Software Installation)**

ON

ON

ON

ON

JBOD*

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

BIG

ON

OFF

OFF OFF

RAID 0 (Fast)

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

RAID 1 (Safe)

ON

OFF

ON

ON

RAID/SAFE33*

ON

ON

OFF OFF

RAID/SAFE55*

ON

ON

OFF

ON

*denotes Port Multiplier requirement over eSATA

** Please see pg. 11 for more details on GUI Mode

Summary of Contents for SAT3520U2ER

Page 1: ...SAT3520U2ER SAT3520UERGB InfoSafe eSATA USB 2 0 Dual 3 5 SATADrive Enclosure with RAID Instruction Manual...

Page 2: ...antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an exp...

Page 3: ...2 Installation 3 Installing Drives in the Enclosure 3 Connecting SAT3520U2ER to the Host Computer 5 Partitioning Installed Drives 5 Software Operation Guide 8 Software Installation Guide 8 Using the S...

Page 4: ...d Concatenated BIG mode Features Rear panel power and fan on off switches Easy configuration using dip switches or GUI Hard drive power and activity LEDs Supports data transfer speeds of up to 3Gbps e...

Page 5: ...Instruction Manual 2 Hardware Guide FrontView 1 Power LED 2 HDD 1 LED 3 HDD 2 LED RearView 1 Fan 2 eSATA Connector 3 Power Switch 4 Power Adapter Socket 5 Fan Switch 6 USB Connector 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 6: ...mly connected to the SATA connector on the SAT3520U2ER SAT3520UERGB Repeat this step with the second 3 5 SATA hard drive using the remaining tray If connecting the enclosure to a host computer using t...

Page 7: ...cording to the desired RAID mode press the Reset Button to save changes DIP Switches Reset Button DIP Switch No RAID Mode 1 2 3 4 GUI Requires Software Installation ON ON ON ON JBOD ON OFF OFF ON BIG...

Page 8: ...r included to the power adapter socket on the rear panel of SAT3520U2ER Connect the remaining end of the power adapter to an available power outlet 2 Connect SAT3520U2ER to the host computer using eit...

Page 9: ...the Computer Management window select Device Manager The installed hard drives will appear as unallocated in the bottom half of the right pane 3 Right click the Disk you wish to use and select Initial...

Page 10: ...ated block and select New Partition 6 The New Partition Wizard will appear Follow the on screen instructions to complete the creation of the new partition When the partition has been created the hard...

Page 11: ...ide 1 Insert the included Driver CD into the CD DVD ROM drive on the computer to which the Enclosure will be connected host computer 2 Click on the Install GUI icon 3 Follow the instructions provided...

Page 12: ...tus window The SteelVine Manager icon remains active in the notification tray even if you close the SteelVine Manager window It can be closed by right clicking the icon and clicking Exit Changing the...

Page 13: ...e storage policy you wish to use then click Apply to finalize the switching process For further instructions pertaining to the operation of the SteelVine Manager refer to the SteelVine User Guide incl...

Page 14: ...configuration of the last mode for which the enclosure was set i e if the disks were configured as JBOD before being set for GUI they will still show as two separate disks However if set for RAID0 it...

Page 15: ...rformance in terms of speed but no data redundancy 5 RAID 1 SAFE Mode A storage policy configuration in which all data written to the hard drive is duplicated mirrored onto the second physical disk to...

Page 16: ...ild a second BIG Span HDD In this mode two physical drives will be recognized one is SAFE mirror and the other is BIG Span 7 SAFE55 Mode This configuration takes 55 of both drives to build a SAFE mirr...

Page 17: ...Drive Type Compatibility 3 5 SATA revision 1 x 1 5Gbps and revision 2 x 3 0Gbps internal hard drives OS Support Windows ME 2000 XP 2003 Vista MAC OS 9 0 and Linux 2 4 1 0 LED Indicators Power HD1 HD2...

Page 18: ...with equivalent products at our discretion The warranty covers parts and labor costs only StarTech com does not warrant its products from defects or damages arising from misuse abuse alteration or no...

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