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8-BAY RAID ENCLOSURE

English

CONTENTS

RAID mode setup / LED display status

SETUP

INITIALIZATION

16 - 20

OVERVIEW

LED indication

Model: QB-X8US3R

REFERENCES

21 - 24

Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit)
Macintosh O.S. 10.5

Trouble shooting

1 - 4

5 - 10

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LED DISPLAY STATUS

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Page 1: ...el QB X8US3R REFERENCES 21 24 Windows Vista 32 64 bit Windows 7 32 64 bit Macintosh O S 10 5 Trouble shooting 1 4 5 10 16 18 19 20 11 15 LED DISPLAY STATUS http www fantec de For questions or needs regarding this device please visit our Fantec Support Forum http www fantec forum com Please visit our website for more information ...

Page 2: ...anning Mode BIG JBOD 8 Spanning Mode BIG JBOD 9 2 X RAID 0 Striping Mode 10 RAID 0 Striping Mode 11 2 X RAID 5 12 RAID 50 13 2 X RAID 10 14 Smart Fan automatic mode 15 Smart Fan manual mode 16 Fan speed level 1 17 Fan speed level 2 18 Fan speed level 3 19 Mode RAID mode button needs to be pressed and held for 3 seconds to switch the device s raid mode This design will prevent accidental execution ...

Page 3: ... button 3 eSATA port 4 USB 3 0 USB 2 0 port 5 AC Input port 6 Lock HDD HANDLE 3 4 REAR 1 1 2 3 4 KEYS 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 INSIDE Descriptions 1 HDD1 error 2 HDD2 error 3 HDD3 error 4 HDD4 error 5 HDD5 error 6 HDD6 error 7 HDD7 error 8 HDD8 error 6 ...

Page 4: ...3TB HDD 7 3TB HDD 8 3TB 12TB 12TB HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 24TB HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD 4 3TB HDD 5 3TB HDD 6 3TB HDD 7 3TB HDD 8 3TB RAID mode setup users need to press and HOLD the RAID button for 3 seconds till the LED flashes press again to change the mode After selecting the RAID you want press and HOLD the confirmation button in the rear panel till the device...

Page 5: ...e Note The computer will detect 2 drives HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 Layer 1 Layer 2 HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 24TB HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD 4 3TB HDD 5 3TB HDD 6 3TB HDD 7 3TB HDD 8 3TB Striping is a method of concatenating multiple hard drives into one logical storage unit It is the automated process of writing data across multiple drives simult...

Page 6: ...ghest level of redundancy and performance RAID 50 can sustain one to four drive failures while maintaining data integrity if each failed disk is in a different RAID 5 array In RAID 50 the total addressable volume is 2 times the smallest layer of RAID 5 array RAID 50 requires at least 6 Hard drives Note The computer will detect 1 drive 9 10 HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD 4 3TB HDD 5 3TB HDD 6 3T...

Page 7: ...s When any of HDD1 HDD8 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD8 blue active is on Blue Active MODE LED Display Spanning BIG RAID 0 LED Display Status Blue Active MODE LED Display When any of HDD1 HDD8 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD8 blue active is on RAID 0 Striping 11 12 ...

Page 8: ... LED Display When any of HDD1 HDD8 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD8 blue active is on Blue Active 2 13 14 Purple Transferring Data Red Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt LED of rebuild HDD error and HDD 1 8 depends on which HDD is being rebuilt error will be on LED Display Status MODE LED Display When any of HDD1 HDD8 is recognized by the PC HDD1 HDD8 blue active is on Blue Active Striped set...

Page 9: ... on Blue Active INITIALIZATION 15 16 Windows Vista 32 64 bit Windows 7 32 64 bit If the HDD is uninitialized you may have to initialize it by doing steps as followed At first click Start Execute at your PC and key in diskmgmt msc After that please press Enter key Windows Vista 32 64 bit Windows 7 32 64 bit Activate MBR if total volume is less than 2TB Note Please enable GPT if the total capacity i...

Page 10: ...DD Users could find more information about cluster allocation at http support microsoft com kb 302873 Cluster size Maximum NTFS Volume size bytes RAW 512 2 199 023 255 040 2TB 1 024 4 398 046 510 080 4TB 2 048 8 796 093 020 160 8TB 4 096 17 592 186 040 320 16TB 8 192 35 184 372 080 640 32TB 16 384 70 368 744 161 280 64TB 32 768 140 737 488 322 560 128TB 65 536 281 474 976 645 120 256TB Create new ...

Page 11: ... 18 19 20 Macintosh O S 10 5 Macintosh O S 10 5 1 Click Disk Utility icon 2 Click Erase 4 Format completed 3 Click Erase Remake Number of the HDD icon varies depending on different RAID mode Macintosh O S 10 5 ...

Page 12: ...re than 2TB could be recognized only for the operation system is 10 4 11 Tiger or later 10 Do not connect the device to the SATA port on the motherboard Use SATA to eSATA PCI Express or SATA to eSATA PCI add on card otherwise the PC Windows Macintosh may not recognize the device 11 Rebuild time is based on the capacity e g it takes about 1 hour for 200GB 12 When the USB eSATA cable is plugged out ...

Page 13: ...lace near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or the devices including amplifiers that produce heat Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon them or against t...

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