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Part 6: Warranty Information

NewerTech MaxPower RAID eSATA 6G-4e Controller Card 3 Year Warranty 

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Limited Warranty: 3 years parts and labor

Exclusions & Limitations

This Limited Warranty applies only to the NewerTech MaxPower RAID eSATA 6G-4e Controller Card. The Limited Warranty does 

not apply to any other NewerTech, Inc. (NewerTech) or Other World Computing, Inc. (OWC) hardware products or any software, even if 

packaged or sold with other hardware. Manufacturers, suppliers, or publishers, other than NewerTech and OWC, may provide their own 

warranties to the end user purchaser, but NewerTech, in so far as permitted by law, provides their products “as is”. Software included 

with the NewerTech MaxPower RAID eSATA 6G-4e Controller Card is not covered under this Limited Warranty. Refer to the licensing 

agreement accompanying the software for details of your rights with respect to its use.

Neither NewerTech, nor OWC warrant that the operation of the product will be uninterrupted or error-free. Neither NewerTech, nor OWC 

are responsible for damage arising from failure to follow instructions relating to the product’s use. 

This warranty does not apply: (a) to damage caused by use with non-NewerTech products; (b) to damage caused by accident, abuse, 

misuse, flood, fire, earthquake or other external causes; (c) to damage caused by operating the product outside the permitted or 

intended uses described by NewerTech or OWC; (d) to damage caused by service (including upgrades and expansions) performed by 

anyone who is not a representative of NewerTech, OWC or an Authorized Service Provider of NewerTech or OWC; (e) to a product or part 

that has been modified to significantly alter functionality or capability without the written permission of NewerTech and OWC; (f) to 

consumable parts, such as batteries, unless damage has occurred due to a defect in materials or workmanship; or (g) if any NewerTech 

serial number has been removed or defaced.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THIS WARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER 

WARRANTIES, REMEDIES AND CONDITIONS, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. AS PERMITTED BY 

APPLICABLE LAW, NEWERTECH AND OWC SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL STATUTORY OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, 

WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND WARRANTIES AGAINST HIDDEN 

OR LATENT DEFECTS. IF NEWERTECH OR OWC CANNOT LAWFULLY DISCLAIM STATUTORY OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES THEN TO THE 

EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL SUCH WARRANTIES SHALL BE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURATION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY 

AND TO REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT SERVICE AS DETERMINED BY OWC IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION. No OWC or NEWERTECH reseller, agent, or 

employee is authorized to make any modification, extension, or addition to this warranty.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS WARRANTY AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEWERTECH, ALONG WITH OWC, ITS 

PARENT, NEW CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, 

INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONDITION, OR UNDER ANY 

OTHER LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF USE; LOSS OF REVENUE; LOSS OF ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED 

PROFITS (INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS ON CONTRACTS); LOSS OF THE USE OF MONEY; LOSS OF ANTICIPATED SAVINGS; LOSS 

OF BUSINESS; LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY; LOSS OF GOODWILL; LOSS OF REPUTATION; LOSS OF, DAMAGE TO OR CORRUPTION 

OF DATA; OR ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE HOWSOEVER CAUSED INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT 

OF EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY, ANY COSTS OF RECOVERING, PROGRAMMING, OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA 

STORED OR USED WITH OWC PRODUCTS AND ANY FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA STORED ON THE 

PRODUCT. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY TO DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS. OWC DISCLAIMS ANY 

REPRESENTATION THAT IT WILL BE ABLE TO REPAIR ANY PRODUCT UNDER THIS WARRANTY OR MAKE A PRODUCT EXCHANGE 

WITHOUT RISK TO OR LOSS OF THE PROGRAMS OR DATA.

NewerTech MAXPower RAID eSATA 6G-4e

Содержание PAXPower RAID

Страница 1: ...User Manual eSATA 6G 4e PCIe 2 0 Controller Card RAID ...

Страница 2: ...irements Page 4 b Hardware Installation Page 4 c Driver Software Installation Page 5 6 d Booting to the MAXPower RAID eSATA 6G 4e Card Page 7 8 Part 3 Management Page 9 a NewerTech Web Manager Access Page 9 b Device Management Page 10 c Array Management Page 11 12 d Spare Pool Management Page 13 e Events Page 13 f Tasks Page 13 g Settings Page 14 h SHI Storage Health Inspector Page 15 i Web Manage...

Страница 3: ... a RAID 0 so significant speed gains are seen Protection Utilizes mathematical parity to achieve data protection while taking up a minimum of space Capacity All but one drive worth of capacity is usable In a four drive RAID 5 array there is three drives worth of usable space What is RAID RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Drives Put simply this means taking multiple matching drives and...

Страница 4: ... grounding strap Make sure to work in a clean and static free area and avoid wearing clothing that retains static charges For more information please visit www newertech com static NewerTech MAXPower RAID eSATA 6G 4e Any PC with an available PCIe 2 0 or 1 0 slot PCIe x8 or x16 slot required PCs with a Thunderbolt port and a PCIe expansion chassis may also be compatible with this card when running ...

Страница 5: ...s to install the drivers and the RAID Management application 1 Download the latest installer file from www newertech com support The correct zip file is named with the prefix maxpower_raid_esata6g_win_drivers Right click the downloaded file and choose Extract All 2 Click the Start menu then right click on Computer and select Properties 3 From the System screen click the Device Manager link on the ...

Страница 6: ... RAID card it must have the drivers installed as well as the EFI support file uploaded to the card The clone restore process is different for the various Mac OS X versions using Disk Utility Third party cloning software can be used to greatly simplify the process on Mac OS X 10 7 and 10 8 Mac OS X 10 6 8 has the ability to do a file level clone restore using Disk Utility while you are booted to th...

Страница 7: ...t file to the card by using the Update BIOS section found in the Device Management section of the Web Manager To get to the Device Management section navigate to the Manage menu and select Devices Click on the Choose File button and browse to the EFI support file After selecting the EFI support file click on the Submit button 6 Restart your computer 7 If the destination drives connected to the MAX...

Страница 8: ...4e Access The NewerTech Web Manager can be accessed from any web browser on the computer being used by entering the following address into the address bar PC https localhost 7402 Mac https localhost 8402 When prompted for a username and password enter the following Username admin Password admin The password can be changed at any time from within the Settings section of the Web Manager Browsermusts...

Страница 9: ... RAID array will need to be unplugged from the Array Management screen before physically disconnecting the array or drive within the array See the Unplugging an Array on page 12 for more information Rescanning for Devices If a drive is connected to the controller while in the Device Management screen click Rescan Devices to have the Web Manager recognize the connected drive Initializing a drive wi...

Страница 10: ...ethod Quick Initialization Skips the full build initialization of the array and allows for a volume to be created This is not usually recommended and is only acceptable for use with new drives that have not had data previously written to them Foreground The RAID will fully initialize before a volume can be created and the array utilized This may take hours Background Allows a volume to be created ...

Страница 11: ...ecomes degraded and enters a Critical state usually caused by a failed drive it will need to be rebuilt If a spare drive has already been reserved via the Spare Pool Management section it will automatically replace a failed drive and begin the rebuild process If there are no drives in the Spare Pool follow these steps to replace a failed drive and begin the rebuild process Expanding Migrating an A...

Страница 12: ...cal levels If any problems are found a warning event will be created and logged If you have set SMTP settings for email notification of warnings in the Settings section of the Web Manager you will receive an email notification New Verify Task Scheduler The New Task Scheduler is only visible when redundant RAID arrays are present and is used to schedule times to run background verifications and reb...

Страница 13: ...ent Enter SMTP outgoing mail server setting here to allow notifications and warnings to be sent to email recipients You can add multiple recipients and choose level of events that are sent to each email recipient Listening Port The controller card s listening port for access to the Web Manager can be changed here The listening port is specified at the end of the URL http localhost used to access t...

Страница 14: ...s found and repaired Having a small number is acceptable but if the number continually grows or the number turns red it is strongly recommended to replace the drive SHI Storage Health Inspector The NewerTech Web Manager has a built in health monitoring system to allow for monitoring of drive characteristics and S M A R T status attributes To access click on the SHI menu item Self Monitoring Analys...

Страница 15: ... the array is rebuilding Legacy status indicating drive device has existing file system formatting Uninitialized status indicating the drive device or array has not been initialized or has stopped initialization Information Warning Error Critical status indicating a drive device is missing from the array Critical status indicating that the array needs to be rebuilt or when a RAID member is needing...

Страница 16: ...d you must follow a different procedure for physically disconnecting drives from the card Even though you ejected the drive from the desktop you must still unplug it from the Web Manager interface Log into the Web Manager and click on the Maintenance link for the array you wish to disconnect and click on the Unplug button Now the drives are ready to be physically unplugged from the RAID card I ins...

Страница 17: ... 275 4576 International 1 815 308 7001 8AM 8PM CT Monday Friday 9AM 4PM CT Saturday Live Chat Available during normal business hours www newertech com support Email Submit your email at www newertech com contact Page 17 NewerTech MAXPower RAID eSATA 6G 4e ...

Страница 18: ...removed or defaced TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW THIS WARRANTY AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES REMEDIES AND CONDITIONS WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN STATUTORY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW NEWERTECH AND OWC SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL STATUTORY OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNE...

Страница 19: ...Sale located at http eshop macsales com service terms sale which are hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference For OWC s complete Return Policies please visit http eshop macsales com service returnpolicy NEITHER NEWERTECH NOR OWC ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS CORRUPTION OR DESTRUCTION OF DATA WHILE USING ANY PRODUCT PURCHASED FROM NEWERTECH OR OWC NEWERTECH AND OWC WILL NO...

Страница 20: ...ice to you Without limiting the foregoing NewerTech may provide notice of any such changes to the Product by posting them on its websites and or via the Product You agree that NewerTech shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification or cessation of the Product You acknowledge that NewerTech has no express or implied obligation to provide or continue to provide the Product or an...

Страница 21: ...cture or production of missiles nuclear chemical or biological weapons You further agree not to upload to your account any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization including but not limited to certain types of encryption software This assurance and commitment shall survive termination of this SLA Disclaimer of Warranties SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLO...

Страница 22: ...N THE PRODUCT AND VI ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE PRODUCT Indemnity You agree to defend indemnify and hold NewerTech its parent holding company affiliates subsidiaries directors officers employees agents partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand including reasonable attorneys fees made by a third party relating to or arising from a any Content you submit post transmit or otherwi...

Страница 23: ...ency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to...

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