TableofContents
GENERALINFORMATION......................................................................................................................4
COPYRIGHT............................................................................................................................................................4
NOTICESANDCLASSIFICATIONS.................................................................................................................4
CONTACTUS..........................................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION................................. .......................................................................................................6
FEATURES..................................................................................................................................................................6
SYSTEMREQUIREMENT...........................................................................................................................................7
PC...................................................................................................................................................................................7
MAC...............................................................................................................................................................................7
OPTIONALACCESSORIES.........................................................................................................................................7
PACKAGECONTENTS...............................................................................................................................................7
SYSTEMUNITVIEWS..............................................................................................................................8
FRONTVIEW.............................................................................................................................................................8
REARVIEW................................................................................................................................................................8
TOP&COVERVIEW(EXPOSED)...........................................................................................................................9
INSERTING/REPLACINGTHEHARDDRIVESINTHERAIDSYSTEM....................................10
CONNECTINGTHERAIDSYSTEMTOACOMPUTER..................................................................16
CONNECTINGMULTIPLEDEVICES......................................................................................................................18
RAIDMODES................................................................................................................................. ..........19
RAID0(STRIPING)..............................................................................................................................................20
RAID1(MIRRORING).........................................................................................................................................21
JBOD.......................................................................................................................................................................22
SETTINGTHERAIDMODE(MANUALLY)........................ ..............................................................23
RAIDSWITCH........................................................................................................................................................24
HDDSLOTNUMBER.............................................................................................................................25
HDDALLOCATION................................................................................................................................25
LEDINDICATORS..................................................................................................................................26
POWERLEDX1....................................................................................................................................................26
HDDLEDX4........................................................................................................................................................26
SAFEREMOVALOFTHERAIDSYSTEM.........................................................................................27
EXTERNALBOOTUP.............................................................................................................................28
PC.................................................................................................................................................................................28
MAC.............................................................................................................................................................................28
DiskVolumeOver2TB........................................................................................................................................28
ESATAPCIEXPRESSCARDINSTALLATION..................................................................................29
SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS......................................................................................................................................29
HARDWAREINSTALLATION.................................................................................................................................29
DRIVERINSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................30
VERIFYDRIVERINSTALLATION..........................................................................................................................30
MacOS:......................................................................................................................................................................30
WindowsOS:...........................................................................................................................................................30
Windows2003andXP:......................................................................................................................................31