OWC MerCury raCk PrO IntrOduCtIOn
1.1.3 Supported Hard Drives
•Up to four 3.5” SATA drives (1.5Gb/s, 3.0Gb/s, or 6.0Gb/s)
•Drives of identical model are required for all RAID types other than Clear/JBOD (Inde-
pendent Drive) mode and Combine/JBOD (SPAN) mode.
1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS
FireWire 800
(1394b) cable
eSATA cable
Desktop feet
with Phillips screws (4)
Rack handles (2)
USB 3.0
(A to Standard-B) cable
Power cable FireWire 400
(1394a) cable
INTRODUCTION
1
Phillips screws for rack
handles (8)
1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Firmware, images, and descriptions may vary slightly between this manual and the unit
shipped. Functions and features may change depending on the firmware version. Please
visit the product webpage for the most recent specifications.
1.4 FRONT VIEW
1.1.1 Mac Requirements
•PowerPC G4 CPU, 128MB RAM
•eSATA: Mac OS X 10.3 or later
•FireWire: Mac OS X 10.2 or later
•USB 3.0 (backwards compatible to
USB 2.0): Mac OS X 10.2 or later
1.1.2 PC Requirements
•500MHz Intel Pentium 3 CPU, 128MB RAM
•eSATA: Windows XP or later
•FireWire: Windows 2000/XP or later
•USB 3.0 (backwards compatible to USB
2.0): Windows 2000/XP or later
1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Bumpers for rack handle
screw holes (2)