ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES
Model: CDC5HXAES
All settings on the diagram shows
RAID mode setting modification is ENAABLED (SET)
Error buzzer function is DISABLED (BZS)
7.
Power on the Cipher Tower.
8.
Verify if the RAID array is detected by the system
a.
If the 5-port HPM-XA is connected to the motherboard onboard
SATA, on the CMOS setup utility, the raid array will display as
“Addonics H/W RAID5” if setup as a RAID5 array.
b.
If the 5-port HPM-XA is connected to an eSATA host controller
card, on the RAID BIOS, the raid array will display as
“Addonics H/W RAID0” if setup as a RAID0 array.
c.
If booted into Windows, in Disk Drives under Device Manager,
the raid array will displa
y as “Addonics H/W LARGE” if setup as
a RAID0 array.
9.
Once raid array is verified, you can set back the RAID jumper setting
back to default
or the diagram below where buzzer is ENABLED.
Note: On this setting, there is no jumper on SET.
RAID Setting Notes:
When 2 drives are connected to the
HPM-XA, and J4 is set to this setting,
the 2 drives will be configured as a
2-drive RAID1 array.
When 4 drives are connected to the
HPM-XA, the 4 drives will be
configured as a 4-drive RAID10 array.
Clone’s action is similar to RAID1.
However, all of the hard drives will be
mirrored. Clone mode is useful
especially when users like to copy
data from a source hard drive to the
drives connected to the HPM-XA.
Notes on Spare Drives
Using the Easy RAID Setting (EZ)
In reference to the diagram, the auto-rebuilding to spare drive is
ENABLED (EZ)
When EZ mode is ENABLED, the degraded RAID group will start
rebuilding automatically by using the existing spare drive.
* Spare drive can be either plugged before RAID building or a new drive
can be plug as the spare drive when RAID rebuild is required.
A.
Which port acts as a spare drive?
The last drive will automatically become the spare drive.
For a 3-drive RAID5 with spare:
Drives connected to SATA ports 1~3 belong to the active RAID5 array
and drive connected to port 4 is the spare.
For a 4-drive RAID10 with spare:
Drives connected to SATA ports 1~4 belong to the active RAID10 array
and drive connected to port 5 is the spare.
For a 2-drive RAID1 with spare:
Drives connected to SATA ports 1& 4 belong to the active RAID1 array
and drive connected to port 5 is the spare.
B.
When will rebuild action start?
When the raid fails and EZ is enabled, the HPM-XA will
automatically rebuild the RAID group using the spare.
When the raid fails and EZ is disabled, the HPM-XA will NOT rebuild the
raid group unless you install a good drive to replace the failed drive.
