ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User’s Manual
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Accordance Systems Inc.
ARAID® Models 1500 and 2000
User’s Manual – V1.0 Revision A
Table of Contents
Thank you for your purchase of ARAID 1500, 2000
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Unpacking the ARAID 1500 and 2000
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Mobile Racks
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ARAID 1500 and 2000 Features
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Specifications .................................................................................................................................................... 5
System requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 5
ARAID 1500 and 2000 Operations Overview
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ARAID 1500 General
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ARAID 1500 and ARAID 2000 General ............................................................................................................ 6
Parts on Front Panel
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Rear View and Jumper Settings
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ARAID 1500 or 2000 Operational Tests
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RAID 1 - Auto Rebuild Function Test
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Auto Rebuild Function (ARF) of ARAID 1500 and 2000
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ARF Compatible Operating Systems .............................................................................................................. 10
ARF Compatible IDE @ Serial ATA Hard Drives............................................................................................. 10
Auto Rebuild Instruction (ARF) for RAID 1
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Booting With One Hard Drive in Single Mode
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Changing Single Mode to Default Mode
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Performing a Manual Mirror-On-Demand
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Cooling Fan and Temperature
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Hard Drive Failure and Troubleshooting Guide
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ARAID Questions & Answers
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PC BIOS setup ................................................................................................................................................ 18
Power failure while disk rebuild is in progress ................................................................................................ 18
Preventing and recovering from an unexpected virus attack .......................................................................... 18
Replacing and Upgrading Hard Drives ........................................................................................................... 19
Appendix A
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