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INTRODUCTION 

 
Thank you for purchasing the DataTale SMART 4-bay RAID System.  The 
DataTale SMART 4-bay RAID System with LCM panel and RAID MASTER 
(Graphic User Interface) provides massive storage capacity and advanced RAID 
configuration options in a desktop storage device.  The LCM and RAID MASTER 
allow easy configuration of RAID Modes:  JBOD (None RAID), RAID 0 (Striping), 
RAID 1 (Mirroring), Span, Clone, RAID 5, RAID 1+0, and optional HotSpare. 
 
The installation instructions in this manual apply to the following models:  

  RC-M4SP (SATA-USB 2.0/3.0) 
  RC-M4DJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0 combo) 
  RC-M4QJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 combo) 

 Please thoroughly read and follow the instructions provided in this manual.  

Failure to do so may result in damage to the RAID System, and any or all of the 
connected devices. 

FEATURES 

  Supports current SATA II compliant hard drives, fully backward compatible 

with SATA 1.0 and SATA 1.0a compliant hard drives 

  Connects flexibly via USB 2.0/3.0, eSATA, IEEE 1394a, and IEEE 1394b 

ports (depends upon model) 

  Provides JBOD (None RAID), RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), Span, 

Clone, RAID 5, RAID 1+0, and optional HotSpare for effective storage 
management 

  Supports Automatic Rebuild in Raid 1+HotSpare, Clone+HotSpare, and RAID 

5+HotSpare. 

  Configures RAID modes easily using LCM or RAID MASTER, no IT expertise 

required 

  Monitors system status via LED indicators, LCM, or RAID MASTER 
  Prevents over-tightened hard drives with auto-limiting segmented screws 
  Features a trayless function with the SmartGuider*

 

and user-friendly design 

enables effortless hard drive hot-swapping  

  Dissipates heat efficiently with aluminum housing 
  Maximizes airflow with silent fans and mechanical designs 
  Supports hot-plug and hard drive hot-swap 
  Supports both online and offline rebuild 

 

 

SmartGuider*

 

is a trayless device that utilizes the simplicity of a handle and 

screws.  The integrated handle is attached to the hard drive with auto-limiting 
segmented screws.  Then, the entire setup can be slide into the unit by aligning 
the screws with the specially designed guides.  This enables flexibility in removal 
and insertion of the hard drives with ease. 

Содержание RC-M4DJ

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Страница 2: ...OP COVER VIEWS Exposed 11 REAR VIEW 12 RC M4SP SATA USB 2 0 3 0 12 RC M4DJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 combo 12 RC M4QJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 combo 13 INSERTING REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM 14 FASTEN THE HANDLES ONTO THE HARD DRIVES 15 CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A COMPUTER 18 LCM 21 LCM BUTTONS 21 BASIC MENU 21 MAIN MENU DESCRIPTIONS 22 SUB MENU DESCRIPTIONS 22 QUI...

Страница 3: ... EACH RAID MODE 52 CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES 52 SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM 52 LED INDICATORS 53 POWER LED x 1 53 RAID ALERT LED x 1 53 HDD LED x 8 54 EXTERNAL BOOTUP 55 PC 55 MAC 55 DISK VOLUME OVER 2TB 56 BACKUP KIT 57 HOW TO BACKUP A MODIFIED HARD DRIVE 58 GLOSSORY 59 LCM DISPLAY OF STATUS 59 RAID MASTER POPUP WINDOWS OF STATUS 60 REBUILDING 60 BROKEN 60 DEGRADE IN DANGER 60 RAID MODES 61...

Страница 4: ... 2000 70 Q As 71 GENERAL 71 HARD DRIVE CAPACITY 71 DISCREPANCY IN REPORTED ACTUAL SIZE CAPACITY 72 RAID 1 0 72 REBUILD 73 RAID MODE PASSWORD 73 RAID MASTER USER NAME OR PASSWORD ERROR 74 RAID MASTER FAILED RAID 74 RAID MASTER ADJUST HARD DRIVE STORAGE SIZE 75 APPENDIX 76 SPECIFICATIONS 76 LCM PROCESS TREE 77 QUICK SETUP 77 DISK MANAGER 78 SYSTEM MANAGER 79 ...

Страница 5: ...his device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipmen...

Страница 6: ...e host computer Always place the RAID Unit on a smooth surface and avoid all dramatic movement vibration and percussion Do NOT allow water to enter the RAID Unit Installation of additional equipment in the host computer may be required Visit our website to download the latest product information updates Do NOT attempt to service this unit yourself Disassembling the RAID Unit s inner parts will exp...

Страница 7: ... 0 eSATA IEEE 1394a and IEEE 1394b ports depends upon model Provides JBOD None RAID RAID 0 Striping RAID 1 Mirroring Span Clone RAID 5 RAID 1 0 and optional HotSpare for effective storage management Supports Automatic Rebuild in Raid 1 HotSpare Clone HotSpare and RAID 5 HotSpare Configures RAID modes easily using LCM or RAID MASTER no IT expertise required Monitors system status via LED indicators...

Страница 8: ... 10 4 or higher One available USB eSATA IEEE 1394a or IEEE 1394b port depends upon model 3 5 SATA compatible hard drive is required for the RAID System unit Once the hard drives are formatted the actual available storage capacity can vary depending on the selected operating environment normally 5 10 less Any loss corruption or destruction of data is the sole responsibility of the user of the RAID ...

Страница 9: ...9 PACKAGE CONTENTS RC M4SP SATA USB 2 0 3 0 RC M4DJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 Combo ...

Страница 10: ...10 RC M4QJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 combo Please keep all package contents and packaging material in the event that the product must be returned ...

Страница 11: ...HDD 4 HDD 3 HDD 2 HDD 1 RAID Alert LCM Panel Enter Esc Up Down TOP COVER VIEWS Exposed 4 Spare HDD Screws HDD Slots indicate HDD 1 through HDD 4 Handles The status indication of each LED indicator is listed under the LED INDICATORS section ...

Страница 12: ...12 REAR VIEW RC M4SP SATA USB 2 0 3 0 DC IN USB 3 0 Type B Power Switch DC IN Lock Port Slot RC M4DJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 combo eSATA DC IN USB 2 0 Type B eSATA Port Power Switch DC IN Lock Port Slot ...

Страница 13: ...13 RC M4QJ SATA eSATA USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 combo eSATA DC IN FireWire 800 2 ports FireWire 400 USB 2 0 Type B eSATA Port Power Switch DC IN Lock Port Slot ...

Страница 14: ...n one hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid Simultaneously push the lid in the direction away from you front to back using your thumbs A click sound would indicate the release of the top lid security clasp 2 Lift the top lid up to remove and expose the top view or hard drive slots Take out the handles from the enclosure itself and locate the hard drive screws in the packag...

Страница 15: ...ith the metal cover side facing up and ensure that the interface connectors are oriented toward your left side Connectors 4 Position the handle to the hard drive end which is facing away from the interface connectors and align it with the screw hole openings Connectors ...

Страница 16: ...the handle to make sure that the holes glide smoothly on the screw guides Repeat the same procedures for rest of the hard drives The auto limiting segmented screws are designed to prevent the hard drives or and the handles from damages due to over tightening Furthermore this design makes the handle slide easily without any tightness ...

Страница 17: ...artGuider System won t be able to align and the hard drive cannot be inserted 10 Align the handle with the guide rails and slide the hard drive into the indicated slot Firmly push downward until a thump sound is heard Repeat the same procedures for the rest of hard drives In most cases you would need to firmly push the trays to a close until a thump sound is heard ...

Страница 18: ... hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid Simultaneously push the lid firmly downward and toward you back to front A click sound would indicate grasp of the top lid security clasp CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A COMPUTER 1 Connect the AC DC power adapter eSATA DC IN ...

Страница 19: ...ystem and the host eSATA DC IN The RAID System should only be connected to a host computer via one interface Connection of the system to a computer via two or more interfaces simultaneously is not recommended especially when doing data transfer 3 Turn the power switch to the on position eSATA DC IN ON ...

Страница 20: ...el will show Initializing then DataTale ONNTO Corp If there are no hard drives inside the RAID System the Hard Drive LED lights will turn off after blinking and the LCM Panel will only show DataTale ONNTO Corp DataTale ONNTO Corp 5 You are now ready to begin using your RAID System Ready to go DataTale ONNTO Corp Due to compatibility issues if you use the eSATA interface to do the data transfer the...

Страница 21: ...LCM BUTTONS BUTTON MEANING X Esc or No Enter or Yes Up Arrow Down Arrow BASIC MENU Initializing Main Menu Quick Setup Main Menu System Manager Quick Setup Quick Setup Create One RAID Delete All RAID System Manager System Info System Manager Change Password System Manager Logout From Menu Initializing DataTale ONNTO Corp Main Menu Disk Manager Disk Manager Select Disk 1 ...

Страница 22: ... current RAID Mode setup in the RAID System s inserted hard drives DISK MANAGER Select Disk To retrieve detailed information regarding the selected disk such as model serial number firmware version total capacity capacity not used and disk status SYSTEM MANAGER System Info To retrieve detailed information regarding the RAID System such as firmware version and control number Change Password To set ...

Страница 23: ...tem After initializing it will display DataTale ONNTO Corp Under Main Menu press Down Button to select Quick Setup and press Enter Main Menu Quick Setup 2 Select Create One RAID and press Enter Create One RAID Quick Setup 3 Use the Up and Down Buttons to select which RAID Mode to use Select Level RAID 0 If not enough hard drives are inserted inside the RAID System then it will display Disk Not Eno...

Страница 24: ...PASSWORD section under Q A 5 After verifying the password it will display Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No Press Enter to confirm or Esc X to cancel Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No 6 Then the RAID System will begin processing the preferred RAID Mode and display Waiting System Re initialize Once completed the RAID System is ready for usage under the chosen RAID Mode Waiting System Re initialize For rest...

Страница 25: ...fore beginning the installation process INSTALLATION FOR MAC Please follow the steps listed in the instructions provided below 1 If using the installation CD please copy the driver for MAC to your Desktop Double click the driver to decompress Then open the folder stating RAID MASTER MAC_vx xx xx 2 Once opened please double click on the RAID MASTER to open the program Due to MAC s OS installation a...

Страница 26: ... un installation is necessary to operate the RAID MASTER When there s a newer version of RAID MASTER the previous version needs to be un install first before installing the new version of the software 3 Once clicked this image stating DataTale RAID MASTER Installation Wizard should appear Click on Install to continue ...

Страница 27: ... If choose to launch the RAID MASTER immediately after installation click on the icon stating Launch the application right now If not then make sure the icon is not checked Once decided click on Finish to finish the installation 5 Once the installation is completed the RAID MASTER Menu page should appear ...

Страница 28: ...hat kind of RAID format is assigned for each inserted hard drives and much more EVENT LOG Records all process completed for the RAID System and can be saved to a text format file BASIC RAID CONFIGURATION o Provides the basic RAID Mode setup and configuration o Give a place to insert and apply a password to protect any changes done on the RAID System o Shows what type of RAID Mode is setup at the m...

Страница 29: ...d model and serial numbers for each inserted hard drives Because the RAID MASTER can manage more than one unit of the RAID System each RAID System connected to the host computer will reflect as Controller and in numbering order Controller 1 Controller 2 respectively Due to chipset configuration the Controller List will reflect the hard drives as M0 M1 M2 and M3 for hard drives 1 2 3 4 respectively...

Страница 30: ...cording should appear as the Event Log Viewer Each row should provide information such as number of each event listing the oldest one first issued module chosen and completed date and time for the action type of information provided for user and memo note for each type 2 To save a copy of the recorded list please click on the icon Save To File The Clear icon will erase all previous event logs perm...

Страница 31: ...le is important to save and provide essential information for our service team especially when there s something wrong with the RAID System and it needs service BASIC RAID CONFIGURATION SET UP RAID MODE To setup the RAID System under the Basic Mode please complete using the following steps 1 Please click on the third sub menu icon bottom Once clicked a list of RAID Mode options and basic informati...

Страница 32: ... review the RAID MODE PASSWORD section under Q As for more information Please review the RAID Mode options under Glossory to choose the best suitable RAID Mode for your needs and desire If the number of inserted hard drives does not qualify for a particular RAID Mode the option to choose that RAID Mode will not be available faint image 3 Once selected the RAID MASTER will give an alert popup windo...

Страница 33: ...flecting status 5 Once the process is completed the same popup window will reflect the process recording note for the Event Log Viewer Click on the OK icon to confirm 6 The inserted hard drives will reflect the assigned RAID Mode and show the basic information for them The RAID System is now ready to be used under the preferred RAID Mode ...

Страница 34: ...RAID Mode deletes all data stored on the hard drives If you have saved data in the drives backup all data before changing the RAID Mode 1 Please click on the third sub menu icon bottom Once clicked the current assigned RAID Mode basic information should appear for the inserted hard drives and the option to DELETE ALL RAID under the list of RAID Mode options Select the DELETE ALL RAID on the list O...

Страница 35: ... reflecting error will appear 2 Once selected the RAID MASTER will begin running the previous RAID Mode from the inserted hard drives A popup window will appear giving a warning and asking for confirmation Click on Yes to continue 3 Once confirmed the RAID MASTER will begin deleting the previous RAID Mode from the inserted hard drives A popup window will appear reflecting status ...

Страница 36: ...process recording note for the Event Log Viewer Click on the OK icon to confirm 5 The inserted hard drives will now reflect as unreleased and the current basic information for them are available The RAID System is now ready to be re assigned and formatted for a new RAID Mode ...

Страница 37: ...s at same time For example creating two sets of RAID 1 or have a combination set of RAID 0 and RAID 1 o Assign an additional hard drive as the spare and will perform automatic rebuild when another hard drive already in a RAID Mode setup fails for RAID 1 CLONE and RAID 5 only FIRMWARE INFORMATION Provides Controller s firmware information such as product name firmware version manufacturer and flash...

Страница 38: ...er s E mail address for this server Sender Username Enter the sender s username for this server Sender Password Enter the sender s password for this server The password will be authenticated by the specified mail server when sending an E mail Recipient E mail s Enter the E mail address es of persons to receive a notification email Must enter between E mail addresses for multiple recipients 2 Selec...

Страница 39: ...t a test mail to the specified recipient s already 4 To load user s information from a previously saved profile click on the Load From Profile icon 5 To save the current profile onto the host click on Save To Profile icon 6 Finally click on Apply icon to confirm the Event Notification and Event Settings preferences A popup window will appear to reflect status by stating Apply the email notificatio...

Страница 40: ...e inserted hard drives should appear as the Advance RAID Configuration Then click on Create RAID under Configure RAID box 2 Under the Create RAID box click and choose the preferred RAID Mode under Select a RAID type option list Once selected the RAID MASTER will automatically update the information on the right side for the inserted hard drives if are assigned the chosen RAID Mode Then click on th...

Страница 41: ...d RAID Mode If decides to insert a password for change protection please place it inside the password box If decides to only use certain hard drives check or uncheck the hard drives to use based on preference If decides to adjust the hard drives storage capacities click on the hard drive you would like to adjust and move the slide guide bar on the bottom of all hard drives from right to left 3 Onc...

Страница 42: ...ING OR DELETING AN ALREADY ASSIGNED RAID MODE To change the current assigned RAID Mode for the inserted hard drives for the RAID System under the Advance Mode the previous RAID Mode must be deleted first Please complete using the following steps Changing the RAID Mode deletes all data stored on the hard drives If you have saved data in the drives backup all data before changing the RAID Mode 1 Ple...

Страница 43: ...needs to be input now inside the password box If it is not correct or not inputted then a popup window reflecting error will appear 2 Once selected the RAID MASTER will begin to run and delete the RAID Mode from the inserted hard drives A popup window will appear giving a warning and asking for confirmation Click on Yes to continue 3 Once confirmed the RAID MASTER will begin deleting the previous ...

Страница 44: ...process recording note for the Event Log Viewer Click on the OK icon to confirm 5 The inserted hard drives will now reflect as unreleased and the current basic information for them are available The RAID System is now ready to be re assigned and formatted for a new RAID Mode ...

Страница 45: ...Once selected the RAID MASTER will automatically update the information on the right side for the inserted hard drives for the assigned RAID Mode If had previously inserted a password for change protection please place it inside the password box The unused hard drive will be highlighted in a different color Only an automatic rebuilt can be setup for a Spare under RAID 1 CLONE RAID 5 modes 2 Once s...

Страница 46: ...on to confirm 4 Once confirmed a popup window showing status will appear 5 Once completed a popup window stating has added a spare disk will appear Click on the OK icon to confirm DELETING A SPARE To delete the current assigned Spare hard drive for the RAID System under the Advance Mode please complete using the following steps 1 Under the Configure RAID box click the Delete Spare icon and choose ...

Страница 47: ...Check the Spare hard drive 2 Once selected the Spare hard drive will show up individually Check the assigned Spare hard drive to delete Then click on Apply icon to confirm 3 The RAID MASTER will show up an alert popup window stating This configuration will delete the specified spare disk s from the RAID It will result in the volumes on the specified disks being deleted and the data will be lost Do...

Страница 48: ...48 4 Once confirmed a popup window showing status will appear 5 Once completed a popup window stating The spare disk is deleted will appear Click on the OK icon to confirm ...

Страница 49: ...the manufacturer and the flash number To update the firmware when necessary please complete using the following steps 1 Under the third sub menu third from top select to go into the Controller 1 Firmware Information Click on the Browse icon to find the firmware update 2 Find the new firmware version on the host ...

Страница 50: ... update click on the Update icon to update the new firmware version 4 Once updated a popup window will appear to reflect status by stating Update the firmware successfully Please shutdown the system and then restart it to take effect ...

Страница 51: ...de 2 Adjust the slider bar under Please select a value from the slider by going left or right Left side indicate low and right side indicate high for speed of rebuilding and will affect the speed of data transfer based on set preference The higher the RAID Rebuild Priority the quicker the rebuild speed and the slower the data access and transfer speed 3 After entering preferences click on the Appl...

Страница 52: ...onnected to the host the Unit cannot be daisy chained SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM Safe removal of the RAID System from the host controller is highly recommended especially when switching interfaces In order to safely remove your RAID System from the host controller you would need to eject the device on your host controller system If using a MAC System safe removal of the RAID System from the h...

Страница 53: ... HDD 4 HDD 3 HDD 2 HDD 1 RAID Alert DataTale ONNTO Corp POWER LED x 1 Indicators Color Power on Green Power off None RAID ALERT LED x 1 Indicators Color Healthy None Rebuild Blink Red Broken or Degrade Red Fan Error Flash Red ...

Страница 54: ... The red color is for Health condition of the hard drive When the hard drive is not healthy the red LED will be on HDD 1 2 3 4 Indicator Left Connection Access Right Health RAID mode Disk Not Detected None None All modes Disk Detected White None All modes Disk Not Healthy White Red All modes Data Access Flash White None All modes Source Disk Flash White None Target Disk Flash White Blink Red Disk ...

Страница 55: ...Yes Linux No No Yes MAC The External Bootup varies with different platform and interfaces eSATA Platform Interfaces USB FireWire Mac driver Built in No driver Built in Power PC CPU G4 or Later No No Yes No CoreDuo Yes No Yes No Intel based CPU Core2Duo Or Later Yes Yes Yes No If the computer does not come with eSATA interface and an optional eSATA card is added choosing the card that comes with th...

Страница 56: ...SP2 Yes No Yes Windows Windows Vista Windows 2008 32 bit 64 bit Yes Yes Yes Linux Linux 32 bit 64 bit Yes No Yes Mac OS 9 10 1 10 2 No No No Mac Mac OS 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 Yes Yes Yes Depends on the Linux version Please see the chart below Linux OS USB eSATA Linux Fedora Core 8 32 bit No Yes Linux Fedora Core 8 64 bit No Yes Linux Fedora 10 64 bit Yes Yes If the OS does not support over 2TB y...

Страница 57: ... Any of the hard drives can be taken out to perform necessary data modification with our compact DataTale Portable 3 5 HDD Enclosure single drive at another location Under JBOD mode Any hard drive taken from the RAID System can be modified inside the Portable Enclosure and placed back into the RAID System as an individual hard drive Under Mirror or Clone modes After revising the extracted hard dri...

Страница 58: ...ctions for more details 3 Then a popup window will appear stating Deleting RAID will result in the specified volumes being deleted and the data will be lost Do you want to continue it Press the Yes icon to continue deleting the RAID mode 4 The Information Message will appear to reflect the deleting request 5 Now the RAID MASTER will reflect the Target Disk as Unreleased which is now a new hard dri...

Страница 59: ... lost and cannot be recovered RAID Set is in Degrade Mode If RAID is degrade or non functioning The data inside the RAID is in danger and need to replace the hard drive if necessary DISK Detects as a Bad Disk If one or more of the hard drives are broken or non functioning FAN Fail Status Abnormal If one of the fans are broken or non functioning Press Enter or Esc after the Idle Screen Display to c...

Страница 60: ...60 RAID MASTER POPUP WINDOWS OF STATUS REBUILDING BROKEN DEGRADE IN DANGER ...

Страница 61: ... seeing several different hard drives the operating system sees only one large drive Striping splits data evenly across two or more disks simultaneously dramatically increasing performance Striping can be implemented in disks of differing sizes but the storage space added to the array by each disk is limited to the size of the smallest disk Although Striping is an easily implemented simple configu...

Страница 62: ...ess will begin when the hard drive LED starts blinking Under Mirroring mode only 2 hard drives are allowed without limitations on the slot location However the rest of the hard drive slots are free to perform under other RAID Modes requiring 1 or 2 hard drives using the Advance Mode Menu RAID 1 Disk 1 Disk 2 A B C D A B C D In Mirroring mode if one of the disks fails either source or backup the da...

Страница 63: ...ut does not increase performance SPAN Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 A1 A2 A3 A4 B5 B6 B7 B8 C9 C10 C11 C12 D13 D14 D15 D16 CLONE CLONE consists of at least two drives storing duplicate copies of the same data In this mode the data is simultaneously written to two or more disks Thus the storage capacity of the disk array is limited to the size of the smallest disk CLONE Disk 1 Disk 2 A B C D A B C D ...

Страница 64: ...ported by RAID 5 is 3 or 4 The storage capacity will become all disks in total but minus 1 The capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disks RAID 5 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 Cp Dp D1 A3 Bp C2 D2 Ap B3 C3 D3 If one of the disks fails the data can be reconstructed through parity calculation once the broken disk is replaced with a new one RAID 1 0 In RAID 1 0 the data is firs...

Страница 65: ... is not listed as an option and the hard drives can be operated as JBOD simply in its original unreleased format HOT SWAP Hard Drive Hot Swap refers to the ability to add or remove a device from the host computer without powering off the device the system will automatically recognizes the change after the Hot Swapping is completed Under Striping Span and JBOD modes it is not recommended to perform...

Страница 66: ...is already setup as combination with HotSpare the RAID System will automatically rebuild the Target Disk the new functional hard drive or HotSpare with data from the Source Disk the remaining functional hard drive sector by sector After the rebuild is completed data in the new hard drive will replace the damaged or non functioning hard drive The use of identical hard drives from the same manufactu...

Страница 67: ...access of the hard drive during a Rebuild is not recommended Even if the RAID System loses connection to the host the rebuild continues If the RAID System is powered off the RAID System will retain the rebuild status in memory When the RAID System is powered on again the rebuild process will resume from the previous status Under USB 2 0 connection a warning notice indicating that the device has no...

Страница 68: ...S Windows 2000 or later 32 bit 64 bit OS Mac OS 10 4 x or later An available PCI Express slot CD ROM or DVD ROM drive HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1 Power off and unplug your computer 2 Remove the housing of your computer and locate an available PCI Express slot on your motherboard 3 Insert the card in the available PCI Express slot Ensure that the card is firmly seated in the slot 4 Replace the housing ...

Страница 69: ...provided instructions to complete the driver installation Please refer to User s Manual under eSATA Host Card section on our website VERIFY DRIVER INSTALLATION MAC OS If a driver installation failure error message appears after restarting the computer follow the recommendations provided in the error message WINDOWS OS 1 Right click the My Computer icon on your desktop and choose Manage from the po...

Страница 70: ...70 WINDOWS 2003 and XP WINDOWS 2000 ...

Страница 71: ...ta protection level Lastly if the work requires instant and continuous backup of data such as for a writer or editor then RAID 1 0 would be the best choice since it can provide both high data protection and speed with less storage capacity HARD DRIVE CAPACITY Q All my hard drives are at least 1TB or above will the RAID System be able to support the gigantic storage capacity A Yes the RAID System w...

Страница 72: ... discrepancy between reported capacity and actual capacity Several factors can come into play when your host system views and reports the capacity of a hard drive There are actually two different numbering systems used to express units of storage capacity Binary which says that a kilobyte is equal to 1024 bytes and Decimal which says that a kilobyte is equal to 1000 bytes Most commonly used to dis...

Страница 73: ...e already been configured with another RAID broken or degraded First go to Deleting a Spare under Advanced RAID Configuration section to erase the previous RAID configuration in this new hard drive Then the Add Spare feature will become available and simply follow the steps specified in Adding or Changing a Spare under Advanced RAID Configuration section RAID MODE PASSWORD Q What is the RAID Mode ...

Страница 74: ... not correct Please double check the entered information to see if they re correct especially user name and password RAID MASTER FAILED RAID Q How will the RAID MASTER alert me if one or more of the hard drives have failed A A popup window will appear as alert indicating which hard drives have failed After clicking OK to confirm the alert select the sub menu RAID and Disk Information under Basic M...

Страница 75: ...storage size can be adjusted to better fit your host OS Some older OS can only function the RAID System under a particular size limitation please see Hard Drive Capacity for more detailed information A sliding guide will appear under the hard drives image once selected Adjust it from right to left based on your desired storage capacity ...

Страница 76: ... to 5Gbit sec eSATA up to 3Gbit sec USB 2 0 up to 480Mbit sec eSATA up to 3Gbit sec USB 2 0 up to 480Mbit sec 1394a up to 400Mbit sec 1394b up to 800Mbit sec System Material Aluminum case with plastic parts LED Indicators Power Connection Health Access Rebuild RAID Alert Power Supply Input AC 100 240V Output DC 12V 7 5A with Peak current 12A Input AC 100 240V Output DC 12V 5A with Peak current 9A ...

Страница 77: ...ot Delete Enter Password Verify Password Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No Waiting System Re intialize Waiting System Re intialize Password Error Cannot Delete Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No If password is empty Not enough HDDs to create RAID If password is not empty If password is wrong If password is correct If no RAID exists Note Press Up Down to select the RAID Level Always press Esc to go back to ...

Страница 78: ...ANAGER Main Menu Disk Manager Select Disk 1 Model Serial No Firmware Ver Total Capacity Disk State Pure HDD Disk State RAID Member Free Capacity If HDD is not a member of a RAID If HDD is a member part of a RAID ...

Страница 79: ...r Change Password Enter New PWD Re enter PWD Password Updated Press Any Key Password Differ Do Not Change Are You Sure Enter Yes Esc No Enter Old PWD If password is empty If password is not empty If password is correct If password is wrong Password Error Cannot Change If password is correct If password is wrong Note Always press Esc to go back to Main Menu ...

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