4. Useful Information
4.1 Tableau T335 Drive Bay Controller
The Tableau T335 Forensic Drive Bay Controller is in the first bay of the Forensic Tower II. The Forensic
Drive Bay Controller manages the following three CRU-DataPorts: the READ ONLY IDE CRU-DataPort,
the READ ONLY SATA CRU-DataPort, and the READ/WRITE SATA CRU-DataPort. On the left hand side of
the T335 Forensic Drive Bay Controller are the LED’s. The five sets of LED’s on the left hand side
correspond to the three CRU-DataPorts: IDE CRU-DataPort (bay two), SATA READ ONLY CRU-DataPort
(bay three), and SATA READ/WRITE CRU-DataPort (bay four). SATA #1 corresponds to the SATA READ
ONLY CRU-DataPort and SATA #2 corresponds to the SATA READ/WRITE CRU-DataPort. The first row of
LED’s correspond to the IDE CRU-DataPort, the second row of LED’s correspond to the SATA READ ONLY
CRU-DataPort and the last row of LED’s correspond to the SATA READ/WRITE CRU-DataPort. There are
two FireWire 800/400 ports in the middle and two USB 2.0 ports on the right hand side. The last bay
contains a DVD-RW. The OS hard drive and the DATA drive are in slots one and two of the internal bay
configuration.
The following is a table of each of the items of the Tableau T335 and a description of its purpose:
Front Element
Description
Power LEDs
The Power LED for an individual CRU-DataPort unit indicates whether the
power is ON or OFF for that unit. The Power LED will be on solidly when the
corresponding CRU-DataPort or drive bay is ON. If the Power LED is blinking
ON and OFF, then the drive bay is OFF and the T335 Forensic Drive Bay
Controller is working normally.
Dev Det LEDs
The Dev Det LEDs (Device Detection) indicate that a hard drive has been
recognized by the CRU-DataPort or drive bay unit in which the hard drive has
been placed.
Host Det LEDs
The Host Det LEDs (Host Detection) indicate communication between the
"Host" computer (in this case the Forensic Tower II), the T335 Forensic Drive
Bay Controller and the subject hard drive which is in one of the CRU-DataPort
units.
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