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ExpressBox 3T

User Manual

Thunderbolt™ to PCIe Expansion

Model: EB3T and

EB3T with Storage Bays

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Страница 1: ...ExpressBox 3T User Manual Thunderbolt to PCIe Expansion Model EB3T and EB3T with Storage Bays...

Страница 2: ...wer 13 Connect Cables and Turn On 13 Control Fan Speed 15 Daisy Chaining 15 Attaching Displays 16 Storage Drive Installation 16 Controller Card Installation 23 How to Configure SAS SATA Raid 24 Chapte...

Страница 3: ...Magma ExpressBox 3T 3 Troubleshooting 46 Chapter 4 How to Get More Help 50 Contacting Technical Support 50 Returning Merchandise to MAGMA 50...

Страница 4: ...help you CAUTION Used to indicate and prevent the following procedure or step from causing damage to the equipment WARNING Used to indicate and prevent the following step from causing injury DANGER or...

Страница 5: ...may cause your installation to produce emissions that could interfere with other electronic equipment in the area of your system When Working Inside a Computer 1 Before taking covers off a computer pe...

Страница 6: ...ich can include wrist straps and smocks when servicing equipment You can also take the following steps to prevent damage from electrostatic discharge ESD When unpacking a static sensitive component fr...

Страница 7: ...separately PCI Express Features Supports three full length cards This chassis includes a PCI Express Gen 2 switch Any two x4 ports can merge to form an 8 lane port Therefore the x8 connector is used...

Страница 8: ...60 Hz Power Input Two 4 pin auxiliary power tabs Environmental Ambient Temperature 0 to 50 C Storage Temperature 20 to 60 C Relative Humidity 5 to 85 non condensing MTBF 50 000 Regulatory Compliance...

Страница 9: ...sBox 3T Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Tools Required for Installation To complete the installation of the Magma product you will need a Phillips head screwdriver and ESD wrist strap to prevent electrostati...

Страница 10: ...g Against Electrostatic Discharge in the Preface WARNING High voltages are present inside the expansion chassis when the unit s power cord is plugged into an electrical outlet Disconnect the power cor...

Страница 11: ...ace card Make sure that all cards are fully seated in their connectors When correctly seated there will be a firm resistance when you pull up gently on the card To keep the cards in place secure them...

Страница 12: ...onnect an AUX Y splitter IMPORTANT Y cable is only shipped included with First generation pre production of EB3T expansion units that have one Auxiliary Power cable This is applicable to EB3T Units wi...

Страница 13: ...e touching anything inside the enclosure be sure unit has been off and is cool Beware of touching anything in chassis if unit has been on Connect Cables and Turn On Plug in power cord to ExpressBox 3T...

Страница 14: ...y turn OFF when the computer is turned OFF or goes into SLEEP mode If either end of the Thunderbolt cable is removed while the system is ON the expansion chassis will automatically power down The Blue...

Страница 15: ...fan speed to provide more cooling You will need a pair of needle nose pliers or a similar tool used for grabbing small jumpers Remove the fan cage at the front of the chassis and you will see a small...

Страница 16: ...or to add a Display Port HDMI DVI or VGA Display The Display Port connector can plug into the other Thunderbolt port on ExpressBox 3T Make sure your display is plugged in and the appropriate adapter i...

Страница 17: ...essBox 3T Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 17 The Storage Kit is composed of the following items 3MM Centering Screws 3MM Panhead Screws PCB Interface PCB Molex Power Cable SAS SATA CABLE DRIVE BAY w D...

Страница 18: ...agma ExpressBox 3T Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 18 1 Connect Power Cable to Drive Interface Board 2 Connect SAS SATA Cable to Interface Board 3 Connect EB3T Aux Cable to Interface Board Power Cable...

Страница 19: ...hapter 2 Hardware Installation 19 4 Mount Interface Board 5 4pin Connector is closer to the front fan as shown from the picture below Secure the Interface board 6 Remove all 4 Drive Trays as shown fro...

Страница 20: ...ma ExpressBox 3T Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 20 7 Install Drive Cage as shown from the pictures below 8 The Label orientation should be far away from the Front fan 9 Align and latch Metal Tab in S...

Страница 21: ...Magma ExpressBox 3T Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 21 10 Secure Drive Cage Housing 11 Place drive inside the tray as shown from the pictures below...

Страница 22: ...Magma ExpressBox 3T Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 22 12 Turn the tray over and secure the drive 13 Drives are now ready 14 Install Drive Tray...

Страница 23: ...ort 4 drives We recommend using Areca Controller card or a PCIe controller card that is supported by Windows Operating system and Apple Mac OS X for Mac OS make sure it has an Apple Thunderbolt compat...

Страница 24: ...management If you are using a non Areca card make sure to check with the vendor or manufacturer of the card for further instructions Areca has its own Graphical User Interface for RAID configuration a...

Страница 25: ...HTTP If you are unable to start or launch the Areca Web Management do these steps 1 Clear Internet History Reset Internet to default setting 2 Shutdown computer And unplug power from Magma EB3T 3 Disc...

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Страница 31: ...rive and create partition Different Operating Systems have their own utility for creating partitions On Mac OS you have to use the Disk Utility On Windows you have to use Disk Management IMPORTANT The...

Страница 32: ...minated and 3 solid green LEDs on the backplane For more details go to Thunderbolt 2 Interface Card LEDs on page 20 Thunderbolt 1 Interface Card LEDs When the Thunderbolt 1 Interface card is fully ope...

Страница 33: ...1 Interface card it would only show 4 illuminated solid GREEN LEDs this is normal See picture below FIGURE T1 B IMPORTANT LEDs D700 and D701 on the Thunderbolt 1 Interface card are illuminated when po...

Страница 34: ...D5 D6 D7 and D9 are illuminated See picture on FIGURE T2 A If you don t have an external display attached only 5 Green LEDs are illuminated See FIGURE T2 B FIGURE T2 A If the above LEDs are not comin...

Страница 35: ...s D3 D4 D6 D7 and D9 this is normal See FIGURE T2 B below If you reconnected an external Display device LEDs D1 and D5 should come on immediately Otherwise the Thunderbolt 2 Interface card is not prop...

Страница 36: ...expansion unit This means the expansion unit is on standby mode See picture below FIGURE T2 C If the above LEDs are not coming ON please check the power standby cable make sure it is firmly connected...

Страница 37: ...id green LED on the backplane signifies standby mode The magma device is switched off on the electronic interface but it draws some power on standby mode It is waiting to be activated by a remote powe...

Страница 38: ...his Mac under the Apple Icon 1 Your first step will vary depending on which version of Mac OS X you are using Mac OS X 10 6 8 Snow Leopard or earlier Open Apple System Profiler by choosing About this...

Страница 39: ...ture below applies for Thunderbolt 2 Tbolt2 Series is the new device name for Thunderbolt 2 IMPORTANT Thunderbolt 2 requires Mac OS 10 9 and above It is highly recommend to update your Mac to the late...

Страница 40: ...ell as auxiliary peripherals such as hard drives into the chassis If however the installation was unsuccessful you may not see the PCI to PCI Bridge or it will have a small yellow symbol in front of i...

Страница 41: ...ecognized by Mac OS through Thunderbolt Technology 1 Your first step will vary depending on which version of Mac OS X you are using Mac OS X 10 6 8 Snow Leopard or earlier Open Apple System Profiler b...

Страница 42: ...ot support Thunderbolt you will see a message Driver Installed No Click on the specific PCIe card in question to see if it s Thunderbolt Compatible If it shows Yes then it s compatible if it shows No...

Страница 43: ...ressBox 3T Chapter 3 Verify Installation 43 System Profiler showing two PCIE cards with One PCIe card with a non thunderbolt driver installed System Profiler showing no PCIe cards being detected or re...

Страница 44: ...s successful you can install 3rd Party cards as well as auxiliary peripherals such as hard drives into the chassis If however the installation was unsuccessful you may not see the PCI to PCI Bridge or...

Страница 45: ...Magma ExpressBox 3T Chapter 3 Verify Installation 45 1st PCIe slot 2nd PCIe slot 3rd PCIe slot 1st PCIe slot 2nd PCIe slot 3rd PCIe slot Thunderbolt Interface card Slot 4th PCIe slot...

Страница 46: ...If the Thunderbolt card is properly seated and connected there should be two green LEDs shown when black power cable is plugged in as shown below Q If ExpressBox 3T does not power up how do I determi...

Страница 47: ...Ie card in question to see if it s Thunderbolt Tunnel Compatible If it shows Yes then Thunderbolt tunneling has been enabled If it shows No then the driver does not work through Thunderbolt and the PC...

Страница 48: ...dwidth is limited to 10Gbps through the Thunderbolt port and PCI address and IO space can be limited so the type of cards installed in the chassis may limit the number that can be daisy chained succes...

Страница 49: ...3T 49 In Windows Control Panel Device Manager View by connection You should see these three PCI to PCI bridges Right click on it and select Properties select Hardware Ids from dropdown list you should...

Страница 50: ...possible damage Note Expansion board and PCIe PCI cards that arrive damaged in shipment will not be covered under warranty Returning Merchandise to MAGMA If factory service is required a Service Repr...

Страница 51: ...of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference t...

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